Building societies and mutuals play an important role in the economy and, as member-owned institutions, provide an important and distinctive alternative for consumers.
Addleshaw Goddard is recognised as having one of the leading building societies and mutuals teams in the UK. We advise a significant number of the UK building societies, as well as numerous other clients within the wider mutual sector. Our experience includes advising on a number of ground-breaking transactions and market firsts.
Ben Koehne who heads our Building Societies and Mutuals practice and has more than 25 years of experience is recognised as an expert in the sector and has extensive experience advising building societies and other mutuals. Ben has acted on numerous significant and ground-breaking strategic transactions and developments within the sector, including various market firsts, and has also served on a variety of industry working groups. In 2014, Ben also served on secondment for a period as Acting Deputy Group General Counsel of Nationwide Building Society.
Hugh Lauritsen co-leads our Building Societies and Mutuals practice. For almost 20 years Hugh provided building societies law advice to a number of societies and mutuals and has worked on numerous strategic transactions in the sector.
Our multidisciplinary team includes specialists with sector experience across all of our key practice areas, enabling us to take a practical and commercial approach while delivering cost-effective, seamless, high quality advice.
Our experience includes working closely with regulators, participating in industry working groups and helping to shape legal and regulatory change affecting the sector.
