Addleshaw Goddard

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• Luke Bains Ruth Gibson They're both amazing construction lawyers who always give pragmatic commercial advice as well as legal advice.
• Addleshaw Goddard’s team has stood out in its delivery of complex construction projects within an existing PFI project. The team combines a strong understanding of the PPP/PFI sector with deep expertise across the wider construction sector, which proved fundamental during negotiations. They have consistently provided clear, commercially focused advice to Project Co on complex issues, including the negotiation of bespoke contractual provisions. Throughout, their approach has been pragmatic and solution-driven, ensuring that advice is both legally robust and capable of being delivered in both the construction and post-construction phases. The team has also impressed through its collaborative approach, both with external stakeholders and across its internal teams. This internal coordination has been particularly effective in ensuring a seamless and efficient process on complex, multi-disciplinary matters. Importantly, Addleshaw Goddard has remained aligned with our overarching strategic objectives throughout, ensuring outcomes support both immediate delivery requirements and longer-term project interests.
• The team is exceptionally led by Clare Mendelle and Ruth Gibson, with Ryan Barker and Ryan Fullwood providing outstanding support. They differentiate themselves through a consistently solution-focused approach, deep sector understanding of both the PFI and construction, and a clear ability to fully align with our commercial objectives. Their responsiveness, clarity of advice, and commitment to achieving practical outcomes mark them out as a leading team in the market.
• The practice's approach is impressively commercially focused and pragmatic. Where I have instructed the practice, the Addleshaw Goddard team has always given me clear input, which has allowed me to unlock issues and get on with the transaction rather than get bogged down in unnecessarily elaborate advice.
• Luke Baines (partner) is my main contact. His advice is always commercially focused, practical, and he hones in on what is needed to keep things moving. I also value his wider industry knowledge, and he has been a useful sounding board for sense-checking how we compare to current market norms or trends.
• We worked with Luke Baines and Ruth Gibson on our recent hospital construction project. Both communicated regularly and clearly with relevant parties to drive the contract to close. We have an excellent relationship with the AG team and continue to feel like valued customers.
• Sam Cary is an excellent all-rounder and often pulls together the different strands to make all documents work together and provide us with the protections we need.
• Luke Baines - an exceptional relationship partner, always immediately contactable and a true problem solver.
• Luke Baines is commercial, responsive, and broad-thinking - he will make every effort to ensure that the firm's offering as a whole is strong and tailored to clients' needs. Alice Herbert has an excellent technical approach with strong attention to detail.
• Client-focused and strong attention to detail. Mark-ups are accurate and considered, with good awareness of commercial considerations.

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

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Andrew McVeigh

Luke Baines

John Woolley