England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Dispute resolution
AG Service Company Limited
The ‘highly approachable’ team at Addleshaw Goddard provides ’excellent clearly articulated advice’ for its clients, routinely acting on big-ticket cases. In addition to mainstream commercial disputes, specialist areas including procurement and judicial review, fraud, professional negligence, and energy are also key focuses of the firm, along with pensions, tax, IT, and intellectual property. Bill Gilliam, commended for his ‘first class judgement’ leads the team, alongside Mark Molyneux. ’First-rate’ Louise Dobson is key to the team, with vast experience across commercial disputes, procurement challenges work, and health and pharmaceutical sectors. Samantha Wragg joined the firm as a legal director from 3volution in January 2023.
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‘Superb team that went out of their way to deliver for us. The team assembled at short notice and responded to our every need on a highly complex case. Excellent clearly articulated advice and guidance. Particularly proficient in helping provide clear and well guidance on next steps and strategy. Regular costs updates. Stuck closely to costs estimates. Had a bank of specialists and counsel who were brought in and assimilated into the team quickly. Really friendly hard working and engaging diverse team who worked closely with the client team and build strong and trusted relationships. Cannot fault the quality of service and the efforts made to achieve the best possible outcome for us.’
‘Developed strong personal relationships - very personable friendly and approachable and willing to go out of their way to check in beyond the day job. Felt like we were all part of the same team and very united. The lawyers seemed as vested in the outcome as the client team. Whilst the team worked hard you could see each members well being was of importance to the lead partner. The team were well prepared and thought ahead and well planned so the need last minute requests was minimised. Highly approachable team that made the client team and in particular witnesses feel at ease and well prepared.’
‘AG is an exceptionally well-resourced firm with strong individuals from top to bottom. It is particularly experienced in the management of large and complex cases.’
- Paul Rowley is a committed adviser and excellent strategic thinker.
- 'Louise Dobson thinks outside the box; she brings her deep knowledge of public law to bear; she is first rate.’
‘Gareth Jones is a stand-out performer.’
‘The team speak in plain English and are easy to work with and understand, making law make sense for non legal professionals. They work quickly and are easy to get hold of and work in a collaborative manner to achieve good results. They have a wide variety of experiences so you can always get an expert in any field as per your matter requirements.’
‘Louise Dobson - great communicator, translates complex areas of law into simple English. An expert in the area. Ryan Geldart is a great communicator, translates complex areas of law into simple English’
Key clients
- RPS Group Plc
- Entain Plc
- Equitix EEEF Biomass 2 Ltd
- Nexus
- Specialist Aviation Services
Work highlights
- Advising Entain plc in relation to a c. £50m dispute involving claims brought by Robert Tchenguiz before the Courts of Gibraltar and including allegations by Mr Tchenguiz of conspiracy, breach of contract, breach of statutory duty and breach of fiduciary duty.
- Acting for Specialist Aviation Services in relation to proceedings arising from the termination of a helicopter services agreement, including claims for damages for breach of contract, disputes as to intellectual property ownership and a threatened interim injunction.
- Acting for RPS in relation to its dispute with Hitachi regarding the failed implementation of an ERP system. RPS' claim includes claims for breach of contract for lacking and failed functionally and associated damages caused by the resulting disruption caused, whilst defending Hitachi's claim for unpaid invoices.
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Bill is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution/litigation team. He specialises in heavyweight disputes. He has particular expertise in the management and resolution of procurement challenges, major IT project disputes, claims arising from the sale and purchase of businesses, contract terminations and the resolution of large scale business-critical supply/JV disputes. Bill has over 20 years’ experience in litigation and arbitration, together with all forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including expert determination, negotiation and mediation. He acts for national and international clients and has considerable experience of advising both private and public bodies in a range of sectors, including health, transport, utilities, retail and technology. Examples of Bill’s recent experience include: acting for a wide variety of contracting authorities and utilities, as well as bidder clients on procurement challenges and achieving successful outcomes, by way of negotiation, strike out/summary judgment and swift partial re-run; advising ‘behind the scenes’ on highly sensitive procurement issues; assisting IT suppliers and customer organisations on resolving large scale disputes with IT outsourcing, changes in specification/scope, project delivery delays and performance failures, using escalated dispute resolution processes, negotiation, mediation, expert determination, arbitration and court proceedings; advising private and public sector organisations on complex and/or critical issues, including the management, renegotiation, default and termination of major contractual relationships; resolving high value completion account and warranty claims; dealing with several high profile judicial reviews in a number of sectors.
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Bill Gilliam, Mark Molyneux