Addleshaw Goddard
Corporate partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP in London. Nick specialises in private and public M&A and other corporate transactional work, such as joint ventures and reorganisations.
England - London • Corporate and commercial
Addleshaw Goddard
Highly regarded by a sizeable roster of FTSE-listed clients - spanning the financial services, energy, gaming and retail and consumer sectors - for its experience in complex and high-value corporate transactions, the ‘very friendly and courteous’ team at Addleshaw Goddard offer a significant ’depth and breadth’ in knowledge and an ‘excellent and reliable service.’ The team possesses a wealth of experience in domestic and cross-border public company takeovers, drawing on the expertise of a number of dedicated specialists that previously acted as secretaries in the Takeover Panel. The group is led by divisional managing partner and private equity specailist David Kirchin and Chris Taylor, who also heads the Africa group, focuses on the retail and consumer, life sciences and renewables sectors. Nick Pearey regularly handles strategic public takeovers, ECM transactions and private M&A transactions across an array of sectors. The highly regarded M&A practitioner Simon Wood regularly assists public companies listed on the main market and AIM. Graham Cross and Hugh Lauritsen, whose expertise is most concentrated in the financial services sector, are key lawyers who handle a variety of corporate transactions. New arrival Hardeep Plahe, former partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, joined the team in May 2023, bringing 16 years of experience of cross-border M&A and financial regulatory work, particularly in the Middle Eastern market.
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Testimonials
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‘Ability to set up quickly a team dedicated to the deal with the relevant specialists fully involved in the deal.’
‘Oliver Broomfield was fully involved in the file and had a practical and creative mindset. He has been a facilitator of the deal and managed to have all our important items take into account in our transaction. Other notables M&A associates include Francesco Rosso. Hugh Lauritsen also stood out as a partner.’
‘They have in house expertise in all fields which is more convenient to progress deals. They are nice in their mannerisms and sell their point with a convincing argument.’
‘Very friendly and courteous. I found it very easy to make contact with the team here. They were always available, within reason of course, and made the deal happen because of their very calm and methodical approach to issues we faced during the deal.’
‘Very strong knowledge of the sector bringing insight and experience. They take on board feedback and input very well. They are very experienced at supporting multi-firm common interest privilege groups. They have innovative approaches to solving issues. They articulate risks simply and seek to find solutions.’
‘They take the time to create strong individual relationships. They respond well to feedback and input. The team has highly effective negotiators. They help clients join the dots on issues and risks. They give recommendations and not just options.’
‘The depth and breadth of the team is outstanding, and this results in a consistently excellent and reliable service. They were able to progress key workstreams whilst also reacting to new issues as they arose on the day, and this can only be achieved with an exceptionally strong team. Services levels and responsiveness were excellent. They inspired confidence by being across issues and focusing on solutions exceptionally quickly.’
‘Ben Koehne is a solution focused individual who demonstrates excellent collaboration skills to find the best outcome for his clients. Jaya Gupta is exceptionally calm and has an impressive capacity for being across multiple issues at any one time.’
Key clients
- Barclays Bank UK plc, HSBC UK Bank plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group, Northern Bank Limited (trading as Danske Bank), Santander UK plc, TSB Bank plc, Virgin Money and Bank of Ireland (UK) plc as joint clients
- Associated British Foods
- BNP Paribas
- DP World
- AdvanceAdvT
- Terra Firma
- Cirrus Inns
- SSE
- Curtis Banks
- New Forests Asset Management
- Egmont International
- British International Investment plc and Norfund
- Mortgage Brain
- Shareholders of Burts Crisps
Work highlights
- Advising 10 of the UK's largest high street banks on the creation and launch of Cash Access UK Limited, a joint venture between the clients to enable consumers and small businesses to access cash, deposit and basic banking services where they are needed across the UK, including via shared banking hubs.
- Advised DP World on the establishment of an Africa investment platform with BII, the UK's development finance institution to identify, screen and develop opportunities for BII to invest in ports, inland container depots and other logistics assets across Africa. The parties expect to commit over US$1.7bn of investment over the next several years.
- Advised AdvancedAdvT, a listed acquisition vehicle associated with tech entrepreneur Vin Murria, on its £300m cash and share takeover offer for M&C Saatchi, the international advertising and marketing agency.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Addleshaw Goddard
Specialises in domestic and international M&A transactions and reorganisations for both public and private companies with a particular focus on both the financial services, telecoms and retail and consumer sectors. Chris s main clients include RBS, Diageo, AIG, Kajima and British American Tobacco. Jointly responsible for leading Addleshaw Goddard s Africa initiative with specific responsibility for East Africa.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Kirchin, Chris Taylor