International law firm Addleshaw Goddard recently hired former TLT Deputy Head of Retail, Daniel Sweeney, as a Partner within its Manchester team. He is recognised as an expert in advising retail and consumer businesses, with a particular focus on portfolio development and structuring.
Daniel's practice at TLT focused on launching the firm's Manchester office in 2013 and leading a 130-person team. His work involved advising and acting as client-relationship lead for some of the UK's largest retailers.
Speaking of his new role, Daniel said: 'This is a tremendously exciting move for me to work within a market leading retail and real estate team. Addleshaw Goddard have great depth of expertise in the sectors that my clients occupy and I look forward to working with the team to support our clients and develop new relationships.'
Adrian Collins, Divisional Managing Partner, Real Estate at Addleshaw Goddard, commented: 'Daniel is a fantastic addition. An expert in retail, he is also able to bring dedicated real estate expertise and support clients in fast-developing areas, such as the evolving relationship between landlords and retailers and growing multichannel retail platforms. He has a client book which includes many of the UK's leading consumer and leisure brands, advising them across portfolio development, investment and restructuring. Daniel's experience in building relationships and providing strategic advice to clients in sectors where we have really strong existing synergies makes his arrival particularly exciting'.
