Eversheds Sutherland has been appointed as the sole global legal adviser to Turkish Airlines for an initial three-year period.

The contract, effective from 1 January this year, will see Eversheds work on a fixed-fee basis. There will be a single retainer fee billed monthly throughout the three-year term.

Eversheds partner and head of global client development Stephen Hopkins will lead the relationship alongside a team of lawyers both from Eversheds and its global network of relationship firms.