England - London • Corporate and commercial
Addleshaw Goddard
The ‘top-tier’ team at Addleshaw Goddard is lauded for its capabilities in assisting clients on a broad range of competition and antitrust issues. The practice enjoys a stellar reputation among clients and peers alike, earning further praise for possessing the ’bandwidth to deal with multi national complex issues’. Rona Bar-Isaac leads the firm’s Retail and Consumer team and provides the full range of advice in complex market investigations. The London team has been bolstered by the arrival of Paul Chaplin, who joins from Hogan Lovells International LLP, and managing associate Karoline Phillips, who joins from Baker McKenzie. Former national practice head Bruce Kilpatrick left for Linklaters in autumn 2023.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
"Top tier competition team who can really mix it with the magic circle firms. They are fantastic to deal with; very commercial; very approachable and they have the bandwidth to deal with multi national complex legal issues. They are always at the cutting edge and pioneering developments whether that be equality and diversity or the latest technology. A brilliant firm to work with.’
‘Mark Molyneux - partner - heads the team. He is both bright and bold. A great strategist and leader. The team has gone from strength to strength under Mark's leadership.'
- 'Samantha Haigh - partner - a top rate litigator who is brilliant to work with.’
‘Very strong knowledge of the sector bringing insight and experience. They take on board feedback and input very well.'
- 'Very experienced at supporting multi-firm common interest privilege groups.'
‘They take the time to create strong individual relationships. They respond well to feedback and input.'
- 'Operate in a strategic manner and communicate effectively with all stakeholders.'
Key clients
- Allergan plc (member of the AbbVie Inc Group)
- Ferryspeed (CI) Limited
- SSE Plc
- GIPHY Inc
- Road Haulage Association (Trucks)
- Openreach – CAT intervention
- NKT A/S and NKT Verwaltungs GmbH (NKT) (Cables)
- Co-Op (Arthur)
- Access to Cash
- Lidl (Proctor v Lidl)
Work highlights
- Represented Allergan in administrative proceedings before the CMA and the CAT related to the investigation of the supply of hydrocortisone tablets.
- Represented SSE in its challenge to Ofgem's decision to accept modifications (CMP317/327) to the Connection & Use of System Code concerning electricity transmission system charges for generators.
- Advised ten of the largest high street banks on the antitrust and merger control aspects of the creation of a new company to assist with the roll out of the new banking hubs.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Bruce Kilpatrick, Mark Molyneux