The smartest route to the biggest impact

Welcome

Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard – an international law firm, almost 250 years in the making. We’re trusted by over 3000 major organisations, including 50 FTSE 100 companies, to solve problems, deliver deals, defend rights, comply with regulations and mitigate risk. Our work spans more than 50 areas of business law for clients across multiple industries in over 100 countries worldwide. And while the challenges our clients bring us may vary, we approach and solve them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.

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Your tech ambition. Accomplished.

Our expert tech lawyers help companies, investors and suppliers accomplish their technology ambitions in the boardroom, server room and courtroom.

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Harness Generative AI

If you are harnessing GenAI in your business (or are interested in doing so), download two, free legal guides that shine a light on some myths, risks and mitigation when it comes to using GenAI within in-house legal functions and business.

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Is there perfect harmony?

Access our independent research findings on alignment between Senior Lawyers and Executives at large FTSE listed or equivalent companies.

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Exclusive business transformation research: Collaboration with the FT Focus

Every transformation project is different and we wanted to understand current executive perspectives. So in partnership with Financial Times Focus we interviewed 250 European business executives.

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Ports partnership unlocks growth potential for Africa's economy

The new partnership that we helped forge for DP World will unlock Africa’s trade potential, creating 138,000 jobs and giving 35 million people better access to vital goods and food supplies.

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Integrated legal technology tackles LIBOR challenge for Virgin Money

Like other major banks, Virgin Money had to amend thousands of commercial loans in record time to tackle the LIBOR transition compliance deadlines. The most efficient solution? A ground-breaking integration of five legal technology platforms.

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Funding the £98m unfundable deal

Confidence is often the first step in the journey to achieve a successful deal. So when debt advisers told UPP that its ambition to acquire 2,000 student rooms were unfundable, we disagreed – and went on to prove them wrong.

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70% faster property reviews in the bag for Primark

189 stores. 40,000+ pages of leasehold contracts. 28,000,000 words. When Primark needed to determine the repair responsibilities for its property portfolio, we faced a herculean challenge. With just two weeks to deliver, we put technology to work.

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How some high voltage thinking saved our client over £100M

When one of the world's leading automotive companies purchased a large plot for a major new factory, there wasn't enough power to support their ambitious growth plans. With an eyewatering energy bill looming, one simple question led to a surprisingly straightforward solution – and over £100m saving.

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