Addleshaw Goddard – Business Services and Innovation |

Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard. We are a London headquartered, international, full-service law firm that consistently delivers high-quality outcomes for our clients globally. 

We have been advising clients for 250 years, and today we support over 5,000 of the world's most respected organisations. We help them in over 50 areas of business law, across more than 100 countries. And while the opportunities and challenges they bring us vary, we solve each in a uniquely AG way. 

Our clients enjoy working with us, we deliver a high-quality experience across everything we do, and we are known for award-winning innovation - all of which we harness to bring impact to clients. 

Our efforts to create an environment where everyone can thrive have been recognised through numerous awards and top rankings. We've recently received awards for our outstanding training, peer support, innovation, gender equality, culture, and diversity – reflecting our ongoing commitment to excellence and inclusion. 

Wherever you join us – in IT, BD & Marketing, HR or Cyber Security you will find yourself working within a fast-paced, innovative environment. 

You don't need to be a lawyer to be a leader in this supportive and inclusive professional environment. Just be yourself. And start by helping to build trusted client relationships by joining our firm. 

We have a number of roles in our Business Services teams which we are currently recruiting for, including: 

• Business Development & Marketing Graduate 
• Cyber Security Graduate 
• Bids Coordinator Apprentice (Level 3) 
• Onboarding Coordinator Apprentice (Level 3) 
• Legal Support Apprentice (Level 3) 

Are you passionate about marketing, sales or communications? Our Business Development & Marketing team is the perfect place for anyone who wants to make an impact in these areas. As part of this award-winning department you'll work to support the firm's strategy and help drive profitable revenue growth. 

This two-year scheme will grant exposure to a creative and fast-paced Business Development (“BD”) & Marketing environment. This includes assisting with business development programmes to develop client relationships and win new business, using client relationship management software, collating and drafting content for pitches, drafting press releases, digital marketing, supporting marketing campaigns, internal communications and event management. 

You will develop a commercial mindset and a clear understanding of how to drive profitable revenue growth, add value to new and existing clients, develop and deliver a distinctive brand proposition and build sector expertise, whilst rotating across our supportive specialist teams: 

• Business Development: BD directs growth by understanding client needs and competitor activity, helping lawyers develop strategies for winning new business and improving deliverables. 
• Client: Their main goal is to understand what clients need, help them get the best possible service from the firm, and ensure a positive experience. 
• Bids: Showcases why Addleshaw Goddard is the right firm to help the client by collecting information on client's needs, highlighting the firm's expertise, and answering client's questions. 
• Communications: Responsible for managing how the firm shares information internally and externally. They make sure messages about the firm, its work, and its people are clear, accurate, and professional. 
• Marketing: Marketing promotes the firm and its services the wider business community. Their work involves creating and sharing information about the firm, its expertise, and its achievements. 

Applications are currently open and close on 29 May 2026. 

Are you interested in specialising in Cyber Security? The Cyber Security team are instrumental in protecting and providing integrity of data for Addleshaw Goddard and its clients by ensuring our confidential and commercially sensitive data are secure and not at risk of data breaches and cyber-attacks. 

This two-year scheme will provide the successful graduate with knowledge, skills and experience to become an Cyber Security specialist in a large organisation.  

This role is in our global IT team, spread across our London, Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh offices and is instrumental in ensuring our data is not at risk of data breaches or cyber-attacks. 

You will build knowledge in the following areas: 

• Security Policies and Procedures: Rules and guidelines explaining how to use computers securely, escalation methods, and how to handle sensitive information. This helps staff help protect the firm from threats. 
• Risk Assessment: This is identifying and evaluating weaknesses that could be exploited by cyber attackers and recommending ways to reduce or manage risks, such as improving security measures or training staff. 
• Security Systems: These are the tools and technologies used to protect the firm's computers, networks, and data. Examples include antivirus software, firewalls, and systems that prevent unauthorised access. 
• Network Activity and Security Incidents: This involves monitoring the firm's computer network to spot unusual activity and quickly investigating and responding to threats, supporting future prevention. 

The Cyber Security Graduate will support cyber security controls and processes, assisting to protect the firm's information assets and IT infrastructure against internal and external threats. 

Applications are currently open and close on 29 May 2026. 

We recognise that university is not for everyone and welcome a pathway that acknowledges a different approach to kick start your career. Earn a salary from day one and build your skills and knowledge with experienced reputable professionals. Our Apprenticeship Schemes provide individuals with invaluable work experience in an award winning premium law firm.  

If you are currently studying your A-levels (or equivalent) and are interested in an apprenticeship with Addleshaw Goddard please visit the following links to find out more: 

• Bids Coordinator Apprentice
• Legal Support Apprentice
• Onboarding Coordinator Apprentice

At Addleshaw Goddard, we recognise the importance of nurturing an inclusive culture to help us attract, retain and enable our people to be the best they can be. 

In 2020 we introduced a new, Board approved inclusion strategy, which included: 

• Allocating senior leadership roles across 5 key strands of inclusion (Disability, Ethnicity, Gender, LGBTQ+ and Social Mobility), including senior partners and business services leads. 
• The setting of targets for ethnicity and gender across our business. 
• The setting of short-, medium- and long-term goals to keep us accountable. 

Since 2020 we have kept our strategy under review to ensure that it remains ambitious and reflects the needs of our people.  And hope that this strategic approach will create greater equality within our firm and foster a greater sense of belonging amongst our people.  

Now, our commitment to DE&I remains resolute across our business and is underpinned by the firm's 2030 Vision, which clearly articulates the firm's continued focus on investing in our Culture.  Our current objectives include: 

• To improve the diversity by attracting the best talent, irrespective of background or protected characteristic. 
• To nurture a culture that centres on equity, inclusion and mutual respect so that everyone feels as though they belong and can be the best they can be. 
• To be a firm known for its flexibility, inclusivity and innovation when it comes to DE&I in the legal sector. 

A core part of our DE&I programme has been the investment into our employee networks which now have over 700 members and include:  

• OpenAG (LGBTQ+) 
• AG Embrace (Ethnicity) 
• The Vine (Gender) 
• Ability Forum (Disability and Carers) 
• Social Mobility Champions (Social Mobility) 
• Jewish Network 
• Christian Network 
• Hindu, Sikh and Jain Network 
• Muslim Network