England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Public sector

AG Service Company Limited

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Addleshaw Goddard‘s local government team ’meets every challenge put in its way‘ and leverages the firm’s extensive UK network to act for local and combined authorities at a regional and national level. The team is particularly sought out for its transactional expertise with experience across the energy, transport, infrastructure and public services sectors. Other noteworthy areas of expertise span state aid work, development option appraisals, procurement processes and contentious work. Anna Heaton and Ian Smith lead the group in Leeds and specialise in commercial property work and development projects respectively, while Paul Hirst is recommended for his transport sector knowledge.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team meets every challenge put in its way, including dealing with bulk volume in short periods of time to tight deadlines.’

  • ‘I have been extremely impressed by AG - they have picked up a couple of our very complicated local authority loan matters and brought them to completion in a very tight timescale and did it within a very constrained legal budget.’

Key clients

  • West Yorkshire Combined Authority
  • Borough Council of Calderdale
  • The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
  • Merseytravel
  • London Luton Airport Limited
  • West Midlands Combined Authority
  • Maple Grove Developments Limited
  • Luton Borough Council
  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus

Work highlights

  • Advising the West Yorkshire Combined Authority on all elements of legal advice relating to its station's development programme.
  • Advising Merseytravel on the development of its bus franchising assessment.
  • Advising London Luton Airport Limited on its airport expansion programme.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anna Heaton, Ian Smith

Other key lawyers

Paul Hirst, Richard Goodfellow