Addleshaw Goddard

Addleshaw Goddard is a law firm that advises business clients across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It has a head office in London and works in English, German and French. The company names Transport as one of ten sectors it serves.

The firm groups its work into sectors and specialisms. The sectors are advanced manufacturing, energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, real estate, retail and consumer, sport, technology, transport and UK central government.

Its specialisms are wide. They include corporate law, private equity, finance, financial regulation, dispute resolution, global investigations, competition and regulation, and construction and engineering. The firm also advises on employment and immigration, infrastructure projects, intellectual property, pensions, private wealth, real estate, restructuring, and tax and structuring.

Financial services is a major area. The firm says it works for more than 1,400 financial institutions and has advised 41 of the 50 largest banks in the last five years. It also advises 30 of the 42 UK building societies. Its digital assets, payments and fintech group helps firms that range from growing fintechs to payment providers and crypto firms.

In the UK, it has offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and London. In Europe it is present in France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. Its German offices include Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. In the Middle East it has teams in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. In Asia it works in Singapore and in Tokyo, through a formal alliance with a Japanese law office.

The firm also has regional business groups for Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, India, Korea, Latin America, the Nordics, North America, Turkiye and Ukraine. These groups help clients who trade or invest in those regions.

It also lists case studies, an innovation section, a responsible business page and a careers section.

Services

• Corporate law
• Private equity
• Finance
• Financial regulation
• Dispute resolution
• Global investigations
• Intellectual property
• Employment and immigration
• Infrastructure projects
• Restructuring