Addleshaw Goddard has been named Legal Advisor of the Year (Transactions) at the prestigious Mergermarket British Private Equity Awards 2025, reaffirming the firm’s position as one of the leading advisers in the private equity market.

The judging panel shortlisted the firm for its strength in depth across the team, long-term client relationships, quality of advice, and outstanding deal activity, before the final winner was chosen by a public vote.

In the judging period between July 2024 and June 2025, the firm’s Private Equity team advised on 78 private equity transactions with an aggregate value exceeding £5.1 billion, including a number of headline private equity transactions, such as:

• advising the management team of JM Glendinning Insurance Brokers on the investment by US private equity firm GTCR;
• advising on some stellar professional practices deals, including acting for August Private Equity and its management team in relation to Goldman Sach's investment in AAB, the partners of Cooper Parry on Lee Equity Partners' investment and Bishop Fleming in relation to Synova's investment;  
• advising in relation to CBPE Capital's investments in each of HF and HGF;  
• acting for Phoenix Equity Partners in relation to the continuation vehicle investments in Nineteen Group and Envisage along with their investment in Futuremeds;  
• advising GCP and management in relation to the sale of Bridewell Group to Oakley Capital.

The Legal Advisor of the Year (Transactions) category featured a highly competitive shortlist, including CMS, Latham & Watkins, Macfarlanes, Squire Patton Boggs, and Taylor Wessing.

This latest award adds to Addleshaw Goddard’s growing collection of accolades in 2025, underscoring the firm’s reputation as a leading legal adviser to the private equity industry It follows Addleshaw Goddard’s recent success in being named Real Deals’ Law Firm of the Year, marking a standout year for the firm’s Private Equity Group.

The Private Equity team at Addleshaw Goddard is recognised as one of the leading advisers to the UK Private Equity industry across the whole breadth of the market, from its involvement in large-cap transactions, it’s traditional heartland of mid-market transactions, along with advising on lower mid-market deals, sell side transactions for founders, and a growing focus on independent sponsors and management roles. With offices across the UK (in London, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen it is ideally placed to serve the UK market), supported by offices in Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland and Spain and further supported by a comprehensive Middle East network spanning Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman.