Addleshaw Goddard‘s non-contentious practice has experience handling matters related to the living sector, student accommodation, and office and mixed-used development projects. Andrew McVeigh leads the team, with strong knowledge of student accommodation matters, and often acts for developers in the construction aspects of transactions. Key contact Luke Baines handles domestic and international projects in the hospitality sector, and Julia Court advises on redevelopment projects. Alex Hirom has strong knowledge of energy and data centre mandates, while Sam Cary regularly acts for developers and investors. In January 2026, John Woolley joined the practice and brings expertise handling energy and infrastructure projects.
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Accolades
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Key clients
- Asahi
- Associated British Foods
- Assured Guaranty
- Aviva
- Balfour Beatty Investments
- Battersea Power Station
- Beltane Asset Management
- Bouygues Developments
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- British Sugar
- Cadogan Estates
- Carlsberg Britvic
- Coutts
- DP World
- Dubai Drydocks World
- Equitix
- Federated Hermes/Hestia
- Fortnum & Mason
- Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
- Heatherwick Studios
Work highlights
Advising on University Partnerships Programme's Exeter West Park scheme, a design, build, finance and operate project with a capital value in excess of £300m comprising 1,700 new student rooms and the refurbishment of 290 existing rooms in the Birks Grange Village.
Advising on McLaren Property’s Upper Brook Street Manchester forward funding and development of its c £160m student accommodation being acquired by Legal and General.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Andrew McVeigh
Other key lawyers
Luke Baines; Julia Court; Alex Hirom; Sam Cary; John Woolley; Alice Herbert