Andrew Johnston, Managing Partner of Addleshaw Goddard, comments:
“This has been a year where we have built on the firm’s strong momentum. We have delivered impressive headline growth by strengthening our client relationships, taking increased market share and winning clients in new and existing markets.
“Every part of our business has taken a step forward with strong performances right across all of our sectors and markets. Financial Services and Real Estate made a particularly significant contribution, alongside rapid expansion in sectors such as Energy & Utilities, Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing and Technology.
“Pleasingly there have been strong contributions from our offices outside the UK, as our European and Middle East platforms mature. We have also been very happy with the successful launch of our new offices in Warsaw and Abu Dhabi.
“We have continued to invest significantly in offices, people and technology across key markets to better service our clients. At the same time, we have further strengthened our balance sheet. This has been achieved against the backdrop of more than one third of our people moving office this year, through the relocation to flagship headquarters in London and moves in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Riyadh, enhancing our client and employee experience.
“The firm has increased the number of partners and people, enhancing our expertise in areas such as cyber security, technology and transition finance in order to meet client demand. So that we continue to retain and attract the right talent across the business, we have stretched the top of our partner equity ladder. We have also increased our staff bonus pot by 16% to £22m to meaningfully reward colleagues who are making the most material contributions. We also continue to focus on investing in the salaries of experienced associates to release compression between grades.
“Tomorrow (1 July) we open for business in Amsterdam, our 22nd office, with the integration of Florent, a leading Amsterdam-based law firm. This is a key market for many of our clients and another significant milestone in our AG2030 international expansion strategy. We are well-positioned for the future and confident about the year ahead as we keep the needs of our clients at the heart of everything we do.”
FY26 highlights:
Our markets
- Office launches in Warsaw office and Abu Dhabi took our international platform to 21 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
- Our 22nd office is launching in Netherlands on 1 July with the addition of Florent, a leading full service Amsterdam-based corporate law firm with 17 partners and 60+ lawyers in total.
- Relocated to flagship headquarters at 41 Lothbury in City of London and moved to larger new premises in prime locations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Riyadh.
Our clients
Notable transactions and client engagements included advising:
- Advanced Medical Solutions on its £653m takeover by H.B. Fuller.
- Virgin Money on the sale of investment business to Octopus Money.
- UK National Wealth Fund on £36.55bn of debt financing for Sizewell C.
- United Utilities on the milestone £3bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Project.
- The Beauty Tech Group on £300m London Main Market IPO.
- Arada on acquiring significant stake in the £2.5bn Thameside West regeneration.
- Tellon Capital on Formula 1’s new global headquarters in St James’s Park.
Our culture
- Named a Financial Times’ Best Employer for second year running.
- Ranked 5th in the Social Mobility Foundation Employer Index, up from 11th.
- Named a Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality by The Times for 17th time.
Our brand
- Named UK Law Firm of the Year 2026 at both the British Legal Awards and Chambers Europe Awards.
- Second year as official legal sponsor of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
- Launched official legal sponsorship of the Genesis Scottish Open golf tournament.
Our innovation
- Recognised as one of the Top 10 most innovative law firms in Europe by FT Innovative Lawyers for 6th year in a row.
- More than 20,000 client matters utilised a technology platform and our proprietary GenAI tool has received 1.6 million prompts – 6,000 per day.
- Ranked Band 1 for Legal Transformation Consulting and Legal Tech Consulting by Chambers and named ‘Team of the year: Legal transformation’ at The Lawyer Awards.
- Opened The Lab, our client collaboration zone in 41 Lothbury.
