ABOUT US:
FINDING THE SMARTEST WAY TO DELIVER THE BIGGEST IMPACT

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The problems our clients bring us vary. But we solve them with the same, single-minded focus. We always ask: ‘What’s the smartest route to the biggest impact?’ For example:

  • We led the legal negotiations for VW and Ford on one of the largest strategic alliances in the world, helping to forge a new era in electric and commercial vehicles across 170 markets. Impact: $billions of new value created.
  • We helped devise a new way for our manufacturing client to power its new factory. Impact: a plan 90% cheaper than the next best option that saved them £100 million.
  • We combined legal expertise and A.I. to complete a lease review of a retailer’s 189-site property portfolio. Impact: we slashed the time taken by 70% and costs by 75%.
  • We interrogated data in block-chain to resolve a cyber-currency dispute. Impact: millions of bitcoin recovered for a tech start-up.
THE FRESH LEGAL ANSWERS YOU NEED… AT THE PACE YOU DEMAND

Each year, over 2,500 leading companies and finance players around the world trust us to deliver. We help them in multiple industries and in over 100 countries. Not just once, but again and again. Many of our 48 FTSE100 clients have been with us for more than 20 years: one for 150.

Tomorrow’s problems won’t be solved with yesterday’s answers. And, we believe that good business demands good legal advice. Which, ultimately, comes down to just four words. Yes. No. Stop. Go. Assuming you’d value that clarity, imagination and impact, we’d be delighted to talk business. Your business.

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A FEW KEY FACTS

48

105

24

40

FTSE 100 clients

countries

Years valued service

Tier 1 rankings





We’ve acted for many of the world’s most recognised and respected companies in the last 2 years – including 48 FTSE 100 and over 50 FTSE 250 companies.

We’ve helped clients in 105 countries in the last few years, via our 16 offices across 3 continents.

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.

100

4th

1600

>50

Awards and accolades

Most innovative

Lawyers globally

SPECIALISTS PRACTICES





Over 100 awards and accolades for the practice and business of law in the past four years.

The FT ranked us as the 4th most innovative law firm in Europe.

Over 1600 lawyers around the world, including 343 partners.

Specialist in over 50 areas of business law.

2500

>40

COMPANIES

CSR initiatives



Over 2,500 companies have relied on our specialist technology, consultancy and innovation teams.

We are active in over 40 different Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives focused on ‘Unlocking Young Potential’.

48

105

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 and over 50 FTSE 250 companies.

We’ve helped clients in 105 countries in the last few years, via our 16 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.

100

4th

Awards and accolades

Most innovative



Over 100 awards and accolades for the practice and business of law in the past four years.

The FT ranked us as the 4th most innovative law firm in Europe.

>1600

>50

Lawyers globally

SPECIALISTS PRACTICES



Over 1600 lawyers around the world, including 343 partners.

Specialist in over 50 areas of business law.

2500

>40

COMPANIES

CSR initiatives



Over 2,500 companies have relied on our specialist technology, consultancy and innovation teams.

We are active in over 40 different Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives focused on ‘Unlocking Young Potential’.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Last year, around the world, we acted for: 2,067 Financial Services companies and Funds; 1,188 well-known Consumer brands and Retailers; 1,877 Real Estate businesses and Investors; 582 Energy clients; 553 Healthcare industry clients; 304 Transport sector clients; and many other remarkable clients. Just some examples include:

Associated British Foods
BayernLB
BNP Paribas
British Land
Bruntwood
Department for Transport
Emirates
FNZ
GSK
Hitachi
HSBC
Multiplex
NHS
Oman Investment Corporation
RBS
Siemens
SSE
Ted Baker London
Terra Firma
The Carlyle Group
Volkswagen
WeWork

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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HERITAGE

DEVELOPING IN LINE WITH A CHANGING WORLD

Addleshaw Goddard traces its roots back to the very first public record of solicitors in the UK – the Law List – published in 1775. It has grown globally through amalgamation ever since, developing in line with a changing world.

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