The name Addleshaw Goddard is synonymous with the Financial Services sector, and so the range and scale of our work is extensive.


The pace of regulatory change, combined with globalisation and advances in technology, has brought fresh challenges to financial services businesses. Minimising legal risk and at the same time keeping a commercial perspective is critical in today's environment.

Whatever your requirement, we are committed to delivering great value and high quality market expertise which is focused, relevant and consistently excellent.

Our traditional strengths and integrated approach across our specialist areas of expertise provide a compelling proposition for a wide range of clients including banks, asset managers, building societies, insurers, payments institutions and other market participants covering all elements of commercial, retail and corporate banking.

Very simply, our experience and insight within the financial services industry means our advice is not only technically first-class, but practical and commercial, and grounded in the market in which you operate.

"Addleshaws...giant in the banking and finance sphere"
- The Lawyer (April 2023)

 

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Testimonials
The latest edition of the Chambers UK Guide includes a range of positive feedback from clients about our differentiated approach, including:

"Excellent - very strong. They have good payments knowledge, good practical experience, good turnaround times and offer value for money."

"I admire them for their sector product knowledge. They seem to have a huge depth of resources to assist with all the connected issues we might have."

"Their client service is excellent."

"They're the best in class: a premier league firm with a very strong team."

"A great team to work with who demonstrated that they were capable of prevailing over the biggest opponents."

"They stand out because they have an extremely good retail finance banking practice."

"The lawyers understood our objective and know how to communicate effectively."

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Meet the team
Ben Koehne

Ben Koehne

Partner, Co-head of Financial Services Sector
London, UK

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Harold Brako

Harold Brako

Partner, Co-head of Financial Services Sector
Manchester, UK

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Hugh Lauritsen

Hugh Lauritsen

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions and Co-head of Financial Services Sector
United Kingdom

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