Michael Leftley > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Addleshaw Goddard Offices
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
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Michael Leftley
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Head of employment group and partner specialising in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law including corporate governance issues and boardroom disputes.
Career
Trained Gouldens (now Jones Day); qualified 1993; solicitor Gouldens 1993-2000; partner Addleshaw Goddard 2000.
Memberships
The Employment Lawyers Association and City of London Law Society Employment Committee.
Education
Bolton School; Warwick University (1989 LLB Hons); University College, London (1990 LLM Labour Law and Human Rights).
Leisure
Travel, art and cycling.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employers
Michael Leftley heads the practice at Addleshaw Goddard, which focuses on strategic HR issues for clients. It continues to be busy advising on a range of issues such as complex litigation, business protection, and boardroom issues. In addition, it is recommended for its work on investigations, global mobility issues, major projects and compliance matters. Its biggest markets are in financial services, retail and consumer, energy and transport. The group also has a significant practice advising on HR issues on inbound investment from the U.S. Richard Yeomans and Sarah Harrop are recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)