“I advise clients on their most complex crisis mandates and high stakes disputes. I have particular experience in group litigation, disputes involving funds and financial investors, public law challenges and sports disputes. I help my clients find practical solutions to business-critical issues and I am known for cutting to the key issues in a dispute very quickly."
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Andrew is a commercial litigator based in London who specialises in high stakes and crisis litigation. He regularly acts in funded group litigation and class actions for major international organisations, business-critical public law challenges, complex fund and financing disputes and international sporting disputes. His work frequently has a cross-border element or involves clients facing significant reputational or commercial risk.
Andrew works in close collaboration with lawyers from the firm’s other market-leading practice areas, including Corporate, Finance, Funds and TMT in cross-office, multidisciplinary teams.
Work highlights
Andrew's experience includes advising:
Reckitt in defence of a securities group action brought under s90A of FSMA and brought in a bifurcated form as a representative action under CPR 19.8
British Airways in defence of a consumer class action brought under EC Regulation 261 as a ‘opt-out’ representative action under CPR 19.8
The Premier League in respect of various investigations and actions against Clubs for breaches of Premier League Rules
The Football Association in respect of various investigations and actions against Clubs and other Participants for breaches of FA Rules
Capita in response to its cyber incident and in defence of related group litigation brought under the UK GDPR
Hutchison 3G on Ofcom’s consultation on competition issues arising from an auction of 5G spectrum usage rights, culminating in a judicial review of Ofcom's decision and an appeal to the Court of Appeal
British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair on their judicial review challenge to the Department of Health’s Coronavirus quarantine rules
A major private equity group in relation to group litigation proceedings following the nationalisation of certain mortgage lenders in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
UBS in relation to a number of asset financing disputes
Professional experience
Andrew's other notable matters include:
A major investment bank in relation to institutional scale litigation involving sovereign bond issuances
A major UK and international accounting network in respect of various conduct and risk issues
Education and qualifications
Andrew studied Law at the Queensland University of Technology and was awarded the University Prize for Insolvency Law in his final year.
