Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard assists a range of household names – including Blackberry, British Airways and HSBC – with ongoing employment and HR support, as well as providing advice on industrial relations, investigations and business protection. The team is led by the ‘pragmatic’ Michael Leftley, recommended by clients for his ’robust and sensible advice’. The reorganisations and redundancy programmes-focussed Sarah Harrop is also key.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very pragmatic and solutions-focused team. Great depth of resourcing and extremely smooth teamwork between associates and partners from different offices.’
‘Michael Leftley is calm, pragmatic and gives robust and sensible advice. Very 'can do' approach.’
‘The team appear to be highly integrated with their clients and have intimate knowledge of the politics, structure and strategy of their clients. They are highly trusted advisors. Excellent collaborators.’
‘Sarah Harrop. Dedicated, emotionally intelligent and highly competent. Able to work well with a range of personalities and characters.’
'AG has an excellent employment team. Partners are fully involved giving clients the best of their expertise.'
'Sarah Harrop is brilliant at collective actions and industrial relations - simply the best.'
'Practical and pragmatic. Good sector knowledge.'
'Sarah Harrop always delivers pragmatic, considered advice, whilst her availability is second to none. She is incredibly experienced, trustworthy and reliable.'
Key clients
- Anglo American
- British Airways
- Royal Mail Group
- Co-op
- BlackBerry
- HSBC
- FreeNow/Kapten
- Doctor Care Anywhere
- Impact Foods
- M&C Saatchi
- PGL Travel
- River & Mercantile Group
- The Commonwealth Games Federation
- Urenco
- William Hill and its owner 888 Holdings Plc
Work highlights
- Advised on employment law considerations as part of the firm's wider advise to nine of high street banking providers on setting up Cash Access UK Limited.
- Provided pro bono business immigration advice to Ukrainian nationals via Ukraine Volunteers.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Leftley