Addleshaw Goddard advises a diverse client base across industries such as manufacturing, real estate, and gaming; in particular, the practice demonstrates particular strength in the financial services and retail sectors. Practice head Jonathan Fletcher-Rogers has extensive expertise in advising on cash takeovers, incentive arrangements, executive share plans, and executive remuneration arrangements. Frequently working on multi-jurisdictional matters, Ann Moseley specialises in remuneration, incentives, and share option plan arrangements. Based in Leeds, Martin Griffiths is a key contact for advising on employee incentives issues.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘What I like about the service is that Jonathan Fletcher-Rogers gets stuck into the detail and he brings his experience to the table and is also prepared to take a view when a point is open to different interpretations.'

  • ‘I love working with Ann Moseley; Ann is always calm and comes up with practical solutions to problems.’

  • 'All the members that I have encountered have been on top of things, have been allocated work which is appropriate to their experience and have been well supervised. In short, the team is well run and having a smaller team has been an advantage, given the way in which it is run.'

Key clients

  • Britvic plc
  • Rathbones Group Plc
  • N Brown Group plc
  • Musicmagpie plc
  • Accrol Group Holdings plc
  • Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc
  • Belvoir Group plc
  • Brand Architekts plc
  • Coventry Building Society
  • Applied Nutrition plc

Work highlights

Advised Coventry Building Society on the incentives aspects of its £780m acquisition of the Co-Operative Bank.
Advised N Brown Group plc on the share schemes aspects of its £191m recommend acquisition by Falcon 24 Bidco Limited.
Advised Belvoir Group plc on the share schemes aspects of its all-share merger with The Property Franchise Group plc.

Practice head

Jonathan Fletcher-Rogers

Other key lawyers

Ann Moseley; Martin Griffiths