Addleshaw Goddard

Currently the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards 'Yorkshire Law Firm of the Year', Addleshaw Goddard has been serving the business community in Leeds and the wider region for over 200 years. It is a successful, full service law firm, delivering more business critical projects for clients than ever before. Built on a culture that is forward looking and supportive, commercial and straightforward, the firm is a leader across a broad range of practice areas including banking and finance, commercial litigation, competition, construction, corporate finance, corporate restructuring and insolvency, defamation, employment, entertainment, IP, IT, pensions, PFI and projects, private capital, private equity, real estate, sport and tax.

A top 16 UK firm, Addleshaw Goddard also has offices in Manchester and London that work with the Leeds office on a 'one firm' principle. This gives clients exceptional value for money, with high quality advice blended with a lower cost base than City rivals. Addleshaw Goddard fields quality professionals where and when needed for a wide range of clients, including FTSE 350 and comparable organisations, financial institutions, public sector bodies, successful businesses and private individuals.

Independent recognition:

6th in the UK for number of FTSE 100 clients

15th in the UK for FTSE 250 clients

Commercial – no. 1 in the UK for FTSE 100 clients

Commercial ranked no. 1 in the UK for FTSE 100 clients

Real Estate, Employment and Corporate all rank in top 6 for number of FTSE 100 mentions

Yorkshire Law Firm of the Year

Yunus Seedat – Corporate Lawyer of the Year – Yorkshire Business Insider Dealmakers Awards 2008

Number 40 in the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For 2008

Top 50 Places Where Women Want To Work – second year running

The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers

More legal directory top tier rankings than any other firm in Leeds.

Addleshaw Goddard was founded on May 1st 2003 by the merger of Addleshaw Booth & Co (founded February 1st 1997) and Theodore Goddard (founded 1902). Predecessor firms of Addleshaw Booth & Co were Booth & Co (founded 1775 - Leeds) and Addleshaw Sons & Latham (founded 1873 - Manchester).

Contact details: Addleshaw Goddard, Sovereign House, PO Box 8, Sovereign Street, Leeds LS1 1HQ
                        0113 209 2000
                        www.addleshawgoddard.com

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