Our expectation is that our future trainees will pass all relevant exams on the first sitting. The team is particularly strong on regulatory healthcare matters., AG provides an amazing client service. Mr Nejc Kodri and White Whale Capital SPF, SA. 3 . Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement. Good level of challenge, done in a respectable way and always explaining thought processes and legal basis. Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) / Twitter Advising Kirklees Council on a vacant possession strategy for the Piazza Centre and Market Hall, Huddersfield to facilitate the planned new Cultural Heart in the town centre. Worked with investment platform provider FNZ on the launch of FNZ Impact, an innovative tool allowing investors and advisers/managers to assess their portfolios and potential investments against independent ESG criteria. Advised Rothermere Continuation on the employee share scheme aspects of its 3bn takeover office for Daily Mail & General Trust. Advised Aberdeen City Council on the procurement of a joint venture partner to deliver its vision of an Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub. Kirsty Nicholson is our key point of contact and very capably co-ordinates the Addleshaw Goddard team., The team I turn to when I want commercially-astute advice., Miles Ede is excellent in complex negotiations., Ross McKenzie; Helena Brown; Sam Lawson; Calum Fisher, David Anderson is a true gem untiring, and ferociously committed to agreed deadlines, were unwavering in their support and spot on in their commercial analysis of options as they presented., Addleshaw Goddards Scotland team has exceptional knowledge across a range of functions in the business. In all of my seats, I have been treated more like an NQ than a trainee and the work I have been given has reflected that. We've acted for many of the world's most recognised and respected companies in the last 2 years, including 48 FTSE 100 companies. Acting in relation to the administration of Arena Television to secure, worldwide freezing injunctions against each director, a 100 million summary judgement against each director and their subsequent bankruptcies. Advised Blackstone on fitting out of its corporate HQ and works at Chiswick Park. Genuine focus on understanding and supporting our business to achieve our goals and objectives. Williams & Company Limited / N Brown Group Plc, Chris-Bailey Gibbs; Gerri Elliott; Leigh Jackson; Sarah Ashberry; Chris Ridley, First class, clear and pragmatic advice, which made a difficult set of redundancies run very smoothly., The people I have worked with at Addleshaw Goddard ensure they understand our business and the challenges that we face. Advising Allied London on its re-development of the London Road Fire Station in Manchester and also in relation to its 1 billion development within central Manchester at St Johns. Acting for Mr Nejc Kodri (the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp) and his wholly owned company, White Whale Capital SPF SA in a high profile shareholder dispute in the crypto space against a South Korean private equity holding company (Bitstamp Holdings owned by NXMH). Further amalgamations lead to the firm becoming Booth & Co. Additionally, the team members that we worked with were commercially minded and proactively developed ideas to improve our employee share scheme. Danny Wood on LinkedIn: Addleshaw Goddard launches business Two years later the firm remained ranked 15th nationally (by turnover) in The Lawyer's UK 200 Annual Report. In all dealings, they were exceptionally calm, assured, communicating with us at all times in a very professional manner showing real maturity and empathy when required. They will be commercial and think outside the box, too. 189 stores. Very knowledgeable and very practical., Bruce Kilpatrick is extremely experienced and has a deep reservoir of sage wisdom. They clearly have a strong and positive working relationship, which makes working with them easy. Technically gifted. Advised Caudwell on the development of super prime residences in Mayfair, London. I cant recommend them enough., Polly Sprenger is superb. Attentive to peoples needs and put the client first. No legal experience is needed as we're looking for candidates that are passionate, ambitious as well as committed to succeed in a legal career. He also has a good business background. As I am in twice a week I always get lunch there. Exemptions will be taken in to account from the paralegal apprenticeship. Valeri Bozhikov is an exceptional associate who is high energy and eager to bring his sound judgement to bear on nuanced questions of law., Rona Bar-Isaac is expert in her field, and very commercial and supportive. Following a pandemic-induced redundancy consultation towards the end of 2020, the firm has rebounded well, making 23 lateral partner hires, while its litigation practice has grown by an impressive 20% year-on-year since 2017. The tax team have a good understanding of our business and suggest well thought-through solutions., Rona Bar-Isaac; Al Mangan; Samantha Haigh; Valeri Bozhikov, They are a pleasure to work with. Simon does not rest until he has success in his grasp., Jack Edwards is refreshingly down to earth to work with., Shareholders of Global Prime Partners Limited, Aster Crawshaw; Jon Cheney; Chris Hallinan; Jonathan Cakebread, Very approachable and pragmatic team, which exudes a calm confidence to put clients at ease. Addleshaw Goddard traces its roots back to the very first public record of solicitors in the UK - the Law List - published in 1775. Takes time to explain matters to stakeholders not familiar with insolvency and is always available 24/7., Fraser Ritson is intelligent, commercially pragmatic and very responsive., Ad-hoc committee of offshore bondholders to Peking University Founders Group, Ad-hoc committee of offshore bondholders to Tsinghua Unigroup, Good level of service and advice in a fairly unusual transaction requiring niche experience the rest of the market could not offer., Aidan McConville; Jagdip Gujral; Dhaksha Giga; Nicola Kirkpatrick; Judith Donnelly, Solid team, who work hard for their clients. Joe Waldron should be singled out for his deal management capabilities and responsiveness., AG has a well-established practice and the addition of Jeremy Cross makes the firm a leader in the fund finance space., The team is pragmatic, responsive and close to clients., Jeremy Crosss pragmatism and experience are remarkable. Advised shareholders on the US$100 million disposal of the 6Point 6 group to a bid co led by private equity house, ICG, who took a minority stake. In 2019, the firm opened its first office in continental Europe, welcoming partners in Hamburg. RepresentingKroll Advisory in a 300m worldwide freezing injunctions claim against the directors of the Arena Television Group. A genuine star, consistent and completely reliable to achieve the best client outcomes., An all round professional approach conducted in a timely manner nothing seems too much trouble and everything is dealt with to the highest standard. Acted for Clydesdale Bank plc/Virgin Money plc in debt recovery services across both Scotland & England. The average length of our FTSE 100 client relationships is 24 years. The firm also has a presence in Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and Hong Kong, together with a strategic alliance in Tokyo with Hashidate Law Office. [10] The firm is the only law firm to also be included in the newspaper's Top 50 Places Where Women Want to Work, and the Top 100 Graduate Employers rankings as well as the 100 Best Companies. Advised the shareholders of NBS on the sale to Byggfakta Group UK Ltd. Goddard was appointed by Wallis Simpson as an adviser to her during divorce proceedings and in relation to her involvement during the United Kingdom abdication Crisis of 1936. About us | Addleshaw Goddard LLP Successfully defended HS2 against a challenge by Bechtel, an unsuccessful bidder on the 1.3bn HS2 Old Oak Common Station development project. As well as academics, we're looking for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to join our team. I have worked with them extensively on the latter, which included the long-running Seroxat Group litigation, in which the team acted for GSK. Such forms , In an ever more competitive world, businesses are under increasing pressure to transform the way they operate and adopt digital delivery models for their processes and services. Prior to each seat, trainees are given at least a day of training to bring them up to speed with the basic concepts involved. They have a camaraderie that makes them fantastic to work with. Confidence is often the first step in the journey to achieve a successful deal. Advised a number of household name retail clients on promotions involving charities. Further acted on the first three debut loans made under the Scheme to B3 Living Limited, Vivid Housing Limited and Watford Community Housing Trust (totalling 265m from the initial 350m bond issuance). [7] More recently Addleshaw Goddard ranked 23th in The Lawyer's top 200 firms in 2020. In 2021, the firm opened an office in Paris. Their work has always been of a high quality and delivered on time. All applications for our early careers roles can be submitted by the online application form that can be found on our Careers page. I couldnt have asked for any more from my training contract I am a remarkably better lawyer and person since joining the firm, remarked one truly fulfilled Addleshaw Goddard trainee in response to the 2022-23 Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey. For example, if you applied for the 2023 Placement Scheme/2025 Training Contract you are not able to apply for our 2025 Training Contract. Addleshaw Goddard LLP Careers IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE - Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged and challenged to fulfil your potential. 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