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International expansion - the legal ingredients

2011 saw yet another year of growth for UK food and non-alcoholic drinks exports.

If you are expanding into new markets be sure to consider the legal and practical challenges you may face.

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Our goal is to help retail and consumer businesses succeed, we're genuinely passionate about using our knowledge of the law to respond to your business challenges.

Our market leading legal team works closely with some of the most well known brands in the retail and consumer sector, from leading multichannel retailers, other high street occupiers such as restaurants, pubs and coffee chains, to household consumer goods brands and food and drink businesses. We advise our clients on all aspects of their legal requirements, from strategic acquisitions to loyalty programmes, and from brand management to store portfolio reviews.

The team's expertise has long been acknowledged - we're recognised by the legal directories as leading advisors to the sector, and the feedback we receive from clients consistently supports that opinion. The retailers and household brands we advise include Associated British Foods, B&Q, Britvic, Diageo, Hobbs, Mars, PZ Cussons, Primark, and Sainsbury's.

To find out more about how our retail and consumer legal expertise can add value to your business, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Head of Retail and Consumer

Andrew Shufflebotham
020 7160 3049

@andrewshuffAG
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Latest news, views & insights

Stay up to date with the latest news, views, and insights, from the retail and consumer sector.

Mirror - Burger King Twitter account hacked - February 2013

AG advises PZ Cussons on its sale of Polish home care brands - February 2013

FT - Nestle trademark win over KitKat - January 2013

AG advises CN Creative on its sale to BAT - December 2012

FT - Minimum alcohol pricing proposals - November 2012

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Retail
At a time when the retail sector faces the most profound and seismic changes in consumer shopping habits, our market leading retail team remains dedicated to supporting retail clients. We do this by drawing on an expert knowledge of the law, paired with a genuine passion for, and experience in, all things retail.

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Food & Drink
We work with flagship brand owners and manufacturers in the food and drink sector including Associated British Foods, Britvic, Diageo and Mars as well as smaller businesses and start ups. Our experience in working with FMCG businesses from manufacture to retail gives us the ideal platform from which to work with food and drink sector clients across a wide range of legal requirements. We combine our depth of technical experience across our practice areas with dedicated food and drink client specialists.

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Household and Personal Care
Addleshaw Goddard has expertise and experience across all the key legal disciplines required by the Household and Personal Care sector, a fact recognised by a wide range of clients including GSK, PZ Cussons and Jeyes.

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