Addleshaw Goddard (Oman) LLP

Whether you are a FTSE100, or a family business, our approach to client relationships is the same - we bring commercial acumen, strong expertise, and relevant advice to every transaction .

We provide a complete service to clients and have strong coverage across all of the key corporate law specialisms, in the UK and internationally. Our Partners and other lawyers also bring clear geographic, sector and market insight, which is key to the multijurisdictional deals we manage and transact.

Our reputation for outstanding quality and certainty of service is built upon long-term relationship investment. It means we understand the mindset and requirements of a diverse range of clients, from listed businesses to family and privately owned businesses, from start-ups to multinationals, from financial institutions to funders.

And, we are the first amongst equals across a range of sectors, particularly the Energy, Financial Services, Leisure (hotels, pubs, gaming, travel), Real Estate and Retail and Consumer markets. Whatever the matter, our work is characterised by strategic alignment with our clients, their businesses and their transactional goals.

Addleshaw Goddard works on employment assignments with a range of businesses including international corporates, FTSE companies, financial institutions, public and private sector organisations and private individuals.

We have specialist experience across the entire spectrum of employment work, including advising on complex and high value employment litigation; all aspects of Employment Tribunal claims; executive terminations; change management (business restructures, reorganisations and redundancy processes); restrictive covenants; complex employee relations issues and transfers of undertakings (including cross-border work).

Employee incentives often involve complex issues; we team detailed technical knowledge and practical experience of developing and implementing new structures and arrangements to offer clients the best way forward. Our dedicated experts specialise in guiding the design and delivery of pay and reward structures and incentive plans, assisting in their operation and advising on and handling the impact of corporate transactions on the rights of participants.

Addleshaw Goddard works on employment assignments with a range of businesses including international corporates, FTSE companies, financial institutions, public and private sector organisations and private individuals.

We have specialist experience across the entire spectrum of employment work, including advising on complex and high value employment litigation; all aspects of Employment Tribunal claims; executive terminations; change management (business restructures, reorganisations and redundancy processes); restrictive covenants; complex employee relations issues and transfers of undertakings (including cross-border work).

Employee incentives often involve complex issues; we team detailed technical knowledge and practical experience of developing and implementing new structures and arrangements to offer clients the best way forward. Our dedicated experts specialise in guiding the design and delivery of pay and reward structures and incentive plans, assisting in their operation and advising on and handling the impact of corporate transactions on the rights of participants.

In the last two years, over 800 funders, investors, developers and agents have relied on our help to deliver nearly 14,000 real estate projects. Among these have been some true landmarks.

Our team, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia and the GCC, is one of the largest practices in the market, has won numerous awards and is ranked highly by independent commentators, as are a number of our leading individual practitioners.

We have the capacity to handle any transaction, irrespective of scale or complexity, and we provide all of the relevant expertise in one team – mainstream real estate, corporate, structuring, tax, planning, construction, construction litigation, environment, real estate disputes and funding.

Whatever your requirement, our team is brimming with extensive experience gathered over many years advising in the real estate sector. We also have a number of dedicated teams specialising in specific sub-sections of the real estate sector. Whether our clients work in one specific area or across multiple sub-sectors, we offer insight, expertise and first-class legal advice driven by innovation, research and market intelligence.

With a practice focussed on creditors, including institutional lenders, bondholders and special situations teams our Restructuring team is one of the largest nationally with over 40 dedicated lawyers.  The team capitalises upon the firm's international offices, particularly in the UAE and our preferred firm network to deliver a seamless cross-border offering.  Team members have worked on the Dubai based Abraaj Holdings private equity failure, Nortel Networks, and continue to work for the administrators of Lehman Brothers Limited.   With core teams covering informal restructuring and contentious insolvency matters the team is noted for their work on high profile matters such as Carillion with significant coverage of the UK clearing banks to complement the international focus.   They have been involved in key mandates for most of the recent retail insolvencies including Evans Cycles, Karen Millen, HMV, American Golf, Conviviality, Jones Bootmakers and Regis/Supercuts.