Reputed for its ‘commercial approach, reliable legal advisory and excellent client handling’, Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester advises clients on a broad range of employment matters, with a particular focus on strategic HR advice. The group has expertise in the financial services, retail and consumer, energy, and transport sectors, and is uniquely experienced handling issues relating to inbound investment from the US. The group is co-led by Michael Burns, who provides ’outstanding client care' across a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment mandates, and Andrew Moore, who is an Employment Tribunal litigation expert, as well as being sought after in matters relating to contingent workers. The ‘brilliant’ Kate McGough, who specialises in non-contentious and transaction-related employment work, is also a key contact.
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‘AG are well reputed for their commercial approach, reliable legal advisory and excellent client handling. Always proactive and able to focus on practical guidance with the big picture never lost.’
‘Kate McGough is brilliant: swift, timely, addressing the issue, and a wealth of real-life experience. Michael Burns is hugely reliable and wastes no time whilst providing outstanding client care too.’
‘The service was exceptional, with ongoing communication of statuses, problem-solving, and the wanted outcome. Addleshaw Goddard has provided us with the solutions, communicated on our behalf with our counterparts, including the authorities, and provided explanations as to why we meet the legal requirements for the different hurdles we had to overcome.'
‘It is great to see a dedicated team from different backgrounds and religions in a prominent field.’
Key clients
- Chesnara plc
- Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Teneo Financial Advisory Limited
- Sysco GB
- AJ Bell Plc
- Bachy Soletanche Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised Chesnara Plc on TUPE and other HR and employment aspects of the appointment of a replacement pension servicing platform provider, SS&C, for its Countrywide Assured and Sanlam Life and Pension books.
- Supporting Sysco GB, as the sole employment law provider for the entire group in the UK and Europe, with all day-to-day employment, IR, and immigration matters, as well as acting in Employment Tribunals and settlement agreements.
- Advised Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust on the proposed separation and sale of its embedded pharmaceutical business, Torbay Pharmaceuticals, with a view to the Trust investing the profits of the sale into its estate and reducing its significant financial deficit.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Kate McGough
Practice head
Michael Burns; Andrew Moore
Other key lawyers
Kate McGough; Sajida Hussain