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Welcome to international law firm Addleshaw Goddard. Each year, over 3000 major businesses, including 48 FTSE 100 companies, trust us to deliver. They appoint us time and again, in over 90 countries. And while the challenges they bring us vary, we solve them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.

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48

96

FTSE 100 Clients

countries

We've acted for many of the world's most recognised and respected companies in the last 2 years, including 48 FTSE 100 companies.

We've helped clients in 96 countries in the last few years, via our 17 offices across 3 continents.

24

40

Years valued service

tier 1 rankings

The average length of our FTSE 100 client relationships is 24 years. Clients that appoint us return to us.

40 AG practice areas ranked in Tier 1 across the UK in legal directories 2021.

5th

1400

most innovative

lawyers globally

The FT ranked us as the 5th most innovative law firm in Europe.

Over 1400 lawyers around the world, including 325 partners.

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Now open for business in Luxembourg

AG continues to invest across continental Europe with the opening of its first office in Luxembourg. Luxembourg represents a significant business conduit, not only in finance transactions, but also corporate, real estate and funds deals that originate in the UK or EU jurisdictions.

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Addleshaw Goddard in Ireland

We have merged with Dublin-based Eugene F Collins. Together, we'll continue to find the smartest ways of delivering the biggest impact for clients operating in, to and from Ireland.

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THE AGENDA - ESSENTIAL UPDATES FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

Join us for a unique morning of to-the-point legal and practical updates. We'll take a whirlwind ride through some of the hottest legal topics organisations are facing…with a twist

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Exclusive 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. They confirmed that transformation is a business priority, but many projects are failing.

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Rhyme and Reason: Poetry and the Law

Rhyme & Reason is a celebration of the law, and the people within companies who practise it. To provide a fresh perspective, we turned to five poets, because lawyers and poets use the same tools… words.

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SWIM, DON'T SINK CONTRACT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

If contracts are central to your company's income and operations, but contract management is distracting or draining your resources, and minimising value leakage is a priority, we can help you put in place a more effective contracts strategy.

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Emerging Stronger: Restructuring

Restructuring can be a positive process. Find out more about how to identify and navigate some of the key issues facing the market, from the ongoing impact of Covid-19 to managing supply chain risk and the challenges facing the construction sector, among others.

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CLIENT IMPACT

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 ambitions to acquire 2,000 student rooms were unfundable, we disagreed – and went on to prove them wrong.

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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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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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