Jointly led by Richard Goodfellow and Paul Dight, Addleshaw Goddard remains a leading force in the Yorkshire energy and resources market. The practice structures its energy and utilities offering across oil and gas, utilities, power, and energy for businesses, acting for energy companies, developers, funds, private equity houses, and financial institutions. Goodfellow advises a wide range of stakeholders on major infrastructure and energy projects. Dight’s broad remit spans district heating schemes, renewables, EV infrastructure, battery storage projects and utility networks. Sophie Hiley is recognised for delivering advice to both public and private sector clients and is also active in the TMT sector.
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Testimonials
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- Matthew Overton works brilliantly as an extension of our in-house team. He understands our business and its commercial drivers, enabling him to give targeted advice that allows transactions to move at pace.
- Seniority and depth of expertise: The team comprises highly experienced, professional lawyers capable of operating at high levels of legal complexity and commercial decision-making. Substantial team capacity: This practice fields a large, well-resourced team, giving us the comfort of broad coverage, continuity, and the ability to scale support up or down as needs evolve. Responsiveness and integration: Because lawyers work on a secondment basis, they develop a deep understanding of the client's business, culture, and objectives — enabling faster, more commercially attuned advice than a traditional outside counsel relationship typically allows. Cost efficiency: The model of collaboration by which we are working with them generally offers a more transparent and competitive cost structure, without any compromise on the quality or seniority of the lawyers involved. Collaborative working model: The team fosters a genuinely collaborative relationship, functioning as a trusted internal partner rather than an external adviser — driving better outcomes and stronger institutional knowledge over time.
- The lawyers we work with combine deep technical expertise with genuine commercial instinct — they think like business partners, not just legal advisers. What truly sets them apart is their pragmatism; they cut through complexity to find workable, practical solutions rather than defaulting to overly cautious positions. They are highly accessible, responsive, and unpretentious despite their seniority — easy to work with and genuinely invested in the success of the client's business. Over time, the best of them have become true trusted advisers whose judgment is sought well beyond purely legal questions.
Key clients
- Volkswagen
- Environ Services Limited
- National Wealth Fund
- Pod Point Limited
- Wizz Air Holdings Plc
- Intelligent Growth Solutions Limited
- SSE Generation Limited
- Onsite Energy Group of Companies
- Aviva Investors GR SPV1 Limited
- Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited
- Cranswick Plc
- Siemens AG
- Gravis Capital Partners LLP
- ERG
- Octopus Energy Limited
- Engie Group of Companies
- Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited
- Peel Holdings Group Companies
- Greencoat Group of Companies
- Scotia Gas Networks Limited
Work highlights
Advising NESO on all aspects of grid connection reform.
Advising the National Wealth Fund in their capacity as primary lender to fund the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Sophie Hiley
Practice head
Richard Goodfellow; Paul Dight
Other key lawyers
Sophie Hiley; Anna Ai; Anthony McDonnell