Addleshaw Goddard is recognised as a market leader in the corporate arena, with the Leeds team demonstrating strong capabilities across M&A, capital markets, and private equity work. It has particular expertise in the technology, industrials, retail and consumer, and financial services sectors. Practice head Richard Hunt has extensive experience acting on M&A and private equity transactions for founders, entrepreneurs and private companies. Mark Hallam advises on financial services and M&A mandates, while Pete Wood acts for private equity houses and private companies. Carly Gulliver, who focuses on the transactions in the digital sector, is another key contact in the group.
Testimonials
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‘The broad depth of knowledge and willingness to work across specialist teams is a real advantage when working with the team at AG.’
‘Pete Wood was great at leading the team during the process. He understood what we were trying to achieve and ensured his team was focused on the end goal.’
‘Good engagement across the team, and they were very good at getting other departments involved when required.’
‘Highly commercial, great expertise and incredibly customer focused, always delivering on time and no hesitation in going the extra mile when required.’
‘Adam Hastings is a stand-out leader in my view, builds highly skilled and high performing teams with an abundance of experience, capability and energy and as a partner.’
‘Flexibility, dedication, partner engagement level, relationship, availability and responsiveness.’
‘Pete Wood, as lead partner for our projects, has supported our group on numerous complex transactions (and other) projects for many years, providing high quality advice and regularly going above and beyond the brief to help us secure a successful and safe outcome.’
‘Rebecca Sabin and David Parker displayed resilience, dedication and energy to get our recent, highly challenging corporate sale transaction to a successful completion.’
Key clients
- SoHo Square Capital LLP
- Volpi Capital LLP
- Lloyds Development Capital
- Pacifica Group
- Equistone Partners Europe Limited
- CSB Holdings Limited
- NGH Holdings Limited
- Prime Surfactants Limited
- Team17 Group plc
- Appreciate Group plc
- 101 Ways Limited
- Shareholders of Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics Limited
- Skipton Building Society
- My Money Expert
- The Private Office
- Sovereign Group
- Tenet Group
- MJ Hudson plc
- Sixt Rent a Car Limited
- Azzurro Associates Limited
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Hunt