Addleshaw Goddard

Addleshaw Goddard is a global law firm trusted by over 3000 major organisations, including 51 FTSE 100 companies, to solve problems, deliver deals, defend rights, comply with regulations and mitigate risk.

Our work spans more than 50 areas of business law, paving the way to deliver the best possible outcomes for clients across multiple industries.

Appointed time and again, the firm helps clients to do business, operate and grow - effectively and safely - in over 100 countries worldwide. And while the challenges clients bring to firm may vary, it approaches and solves them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.

The firm has a track record of innovation in the design and delivery of legal services. It's award-winning approach is a fusion of smart people, flexible resourcing, savvy technology, innovative processes and strategic consulting, providing a platform for new thinking, beyond pure legal advice. The inherent flexibility in its approach lets Addleshaw Goddard customise the firm’s response by combining relevant expertise, with appropriate resource, the right tools and smart technology in either an integrated or stand-alone package.

The range and scale of Addleshaw Goddard’s work is compelling, and encompasses high-value strategic advice to the everyday. It means the firm is able to attract talented, like-minded individuals who love what they do, are committed to clients’ success, and strive to build valued partnerships through their collective energy and expertise.

The firm’s client portfolio is testament to its strength and range of expertise, including financial institutions, public sector bodies, successful businesses and private individuals. It is a market leader across its chosen sectors: financial services, industrials, retail and consumer, real estate, energy and utilities, sport, technology, transport, and health.

Addleshaw Goddard offers a full range of legal services in all major jurisdictions and economic centres worldwide through the combination of its own offices, strategic alliances and a comprehensive preferred firm network of tried and tested correspondent full service law firms from amongst the best their respective jurisdictions have to offer.

Dubai:

The Dubai office services those clients investing in the UAE and those who use Dubai as a hub for investment in the GCC. Having local specialist expertise in corporate and commercial, employment, private equity, construction, projects, arbitration, real estate, shipping and dispute resolution, it can also call upon the resources of the firm’s other specialists in the GCC to provide access to in-depth local knowledge and full service legal expertise that clients find reassuring.

Oman:

In Muscat, Oman legal services are provided through Addleshaw Goddard (Middle East) LLP’s association with Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm as an integrated practice providing advice to both Omani and non-Omani clients.

An experienced Oman-based team with a wealth of expertise advising clients with business interests in the Gulf region, Addleshaw Goddard’s absolute commitment to developing long term relationships and deep experience of doing business in the GCC across a range of legal disciplines, means that the firm has the right experience and credentials to support the opportunity and growth anticipated in the years to come, wherever it may occur. The Muscat office provides corporate, finance, projects and infrastructure and ancillary legal services as well as disputes capability to ensure all necessary support is given for clients engaged in corporate and commercial activities in Oman.

Qatar:

The firm’s experienced team combines a deep understanding of Qatar and the GCC, with specialist expertise in corporate and commercial, finance, private wealth management, construction, projects, arbitration and dispute resolution to deliver high value, complex assignments across the Gulf region. Addleshaw Goddard also has the expertise and experience in Islamic Finance to help clients develop and use Shari’ah compliant structures and products for their business and transactions.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

The team in Riyadh offers international expertise gained by working on complex and ground-breaking multi-jurisdictional transactions combined with deep-rooted local law experience. Each of our Corporate M&A, Finance, Projects and Restructuring teams include attorneys licensed to practice in the Kingdom as well as other international jurisdictions. Clients include banks, financial institutions, government entities and government related entities as well as multinationals and public and private corporates with interests in the Kingdom. Our broad sector expertise in banking, finance, energy, oil and gas, renewables, infrastructure, transport, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, F&B and consumer goods aligns closely with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.