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Addleshaw Goddard Offices

Addleshaw Goddard
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
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Ben Koehne

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0207 160 3100 ben.koehne@addleshawgoddard.com

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Corporate partner, with a particular focus on advising clients in the financial services sector. Experience includes advising on a wide range of corporate and strategic transactions including UK and cross-border mergers, disposals and acquisitions (including acquisitions under the UK Banking Act 2009), joint ventures, intra-group restructurings and advising the boards of companies, building societies, mutuals and other entities on directors’ duties and a wide variety of constitutional, corporate governance, regulatory and strategic matters and projects. Closely monitors regulatory developments and advises clients on compliance and the strategic importance of regulatory change. Clients include banks, building societies, mutuals, asset managers and stock exchanges, amongst others.

Career

Allen & Overy LLP 1999-2013; qualified 2001; joined Addleshaw Goddard LLP as a partner May 2013.

Memberships

Law Society, England and Wales.

Education

Queen Elizabeths’ School, Barnet; University of Sheffield (LLB Hons, 1st Class); College of Law, London (Legal Practice Course).

Leisure

Family, music, theatre, travel.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Risk advisory > Corporate governance

‘Professional, calm, pleasant and diplomatic’, the governance and compliance team at Addleshaw Goddard is fully embedded in its corporate practice and is particularly active in the financial services sector. Key areas of focus include ESG, audit reporting, AGMs, market abuse, remuneration and board issues and the team acts for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250-listed companies, and high-profile banks. Jaya Gupta  is a key practitioner with over 28 years’ experience in corporate law and advises on regulatory issues relating to transactions, while Ben Koehne advises on constitutional, corporate governance, strategic and regulatory matters. Managing associate Richard Preston focuses on governance and compliance, and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and stock exchange-related regulatory matters; James Greig joined from an in-house role at Barclays in October 2022 and brings strong financial services regulatory expertise to the team.

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