Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 15th, 2022: Addleshaw Goddard recently marked a major milestone for the law firm, celebrating ten years of successful operations, growth and dedicated client servicing in the region and a growing reputation for bringing more quality, imagination and impact to every aspect of its client relationships.
Following a period of significant investment alongside securing new market share, the firm’s Middle East business, which now has a team of 100+ operating across the MENA region, has seen income growth more than double, and is targeting revenue growth of 60% over the next five years.
Commenting on the milestone, Andrew Johnson, Addleshaw Goddard Head of Middle East and Asia, said:
“The development of our business in the Middle East over the past ten years has exceeded all expectations, and we are using this latest milestone to set new targets to accelerate the steep growth trajectory we are on and deliver more impact for clients.
“The client work we have delivered over the last decade, together with the people we are recruiting, has made a real impression. We plan to continue to invest in the future development of our business, and we’re excited about opportunities we are currently exploring to extend our influence into new markets.”
He added:
“We are extremely grateful to all our clients across the Middle East for joining us on this exciting journey, and we look forward to further strengthening those partnerships by bringing more quality and imagination to support their business strategies for growth and success in the region for many years to come.”
A premium full-service business law firm in the Middle East, Addleshaw Goddard delivers legal services to some of the region’s most dynamic businesses. Operating as one practice across the region from three offices in the UAE, Oman and Qatar which were opened withing six months of each other in 2012/13, the firm also offers specialist expertise in the wider Middle East, including in Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Alongside traditional strengths in Corporate, Banking and Finance including Islamic Finance, Commercial Litigation and Construction, the practice also offers market leading expertise in Infrastructure, Projects & Energy, Employment and Real Estate and a particular focus on sectors as diverse as Retail & Consumer, Healthcare, Transport, Digital, Oil & Gas, and Industrial.
Deeply committed to the Middle East
Addleshaw Goddard’s lawyers are permanently based in the Middle East, offering international expertise gained by working on complex and ground-breaking multi-jurisdictional transactions combined with deep-rooted local law experience.
Over the years, the firm has developed strong relationships with the region’s key government agencies, corporate entities, financial institutions, regulatory bodies and private individuals across multiple core sectors of the region’s economy.
Addleshaw Goddard’s Arabic-speaking local law team has over ten years’ experience of liaising with the regulatory authorities in the Middle East, and play an integral role in supporting the projects and transactions on which they are instructed. Their expertise means that Addleshaw Goddard are recognised as a team that is capable of advising on, completing and delivering projects and transactions that involve complex local law issues, where execution is heavily dependent on local law expertise and the ability to work collaboratively with local authorities.
Recent independent recognition:
- Named “Law Firm of the Year Oman” at the Legal Era Middle East Awards 2020
- Awarded “Corporate & Commercial Team of the Year” at the Qatar Business Law Forum Awards 2021
- Named ”Oman Law Firm of the Year” at the Chambers Middle East Awards 2021
- Awarded “Oman Deal of the Year” by IFN in October 2021
- Named “Law Firm of the Year Oman” at the Legal Era Middle East Awards 2021
- Awarded “Restructuring Team of the Year” at the Middle East Legal Awards 2022
- Awarded “TMT Team of the Year” and “Banking and Finance Team of the Year” by The Oath Middle East Legal Awards. Honourable mention in the Law Firm of the Year (Oman) category and shortlisted for Employment Team of the Year.
About Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard is an international law firm with over 2,495+ employees across our 16 offices spanning key commercial centres around the world. Six in the UK – London, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen; six in Europe – three in Germany and one in Ireland, France and Luxembourg; a further three in the GCC – Doha, Dubai and Muscat; and one in Asia – Singapore. We have over 347 Partners and nearly 1,668 lawyers and fee-earners worldwide.
Addleshaw Goddard combines legal, technology, resourcing and consultancy expertise to deliver more impact for clients. By way of a few examples, by smarter resourcing of routine legal work, we save our clients over £20m in fees every year. Our lawyers and an AI-powered legal portal cut one client’s legal costs by up to 30%; another saw 1.2 million documents reviewed in 10 days; a third saw 10,000 properties accessible from a single app. And by combining strategy, psychology and training expertise, we created a leadership development programme for a client to equip its GC’s for an uncertain future.