Eversheds Sutherland Adds New Partner Lance Phillips in Chicago

Lance J. Phillips has joined Eversheds Sutherland’s M&A and Private Capital teams in its Chicago office.

In a release, the firm said Phillips is the second M&A partner, and fifth partner overall, to join Eversheds Sutherland in Chicago since the firm opened an office there in 2019.

Phillips joins from Skadden’s corporate group in Chicago.

The firm said he advises public and private clients on domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, divestitures, controlling and noncontrolling equity transfers, corporate finance, SEC and other regulatory compliance matters, share¬holder activism and corporate governance.