Andrew is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group.

Andrew has experience advising on a broad range of commercial and financial disputes as well as international arbitrations, bilateral investment treaties and litigation matters with a strong focus on the shipping, aviation, mining and commodities, oil and gas sectors.

Andrew’s natural resources expertise extends to commodities trading, trade finance and mining investment disputes, while his experience in the offshore oil and gas and energy sectors covers construction, drilling and service agreement disputes, as well as wider industry disputes including energy related judicial reviews.

His shipping expertise encompasses shipbuilding, ship repair, MoA, charterparty, cargo, enforcement and other dry shipping disputes including in specialised sectors such as LNG and cruise. In the aviation sector, he advises on repossessions, lease redelivery, airframe and engine damage, base maintenance and insurance disputes.

Andrew has been recommended as a leader in his field for a number of years. Legal 500 UK 2024 notes Andrew “goes the extra mile to understand new business concepts and to give wise counsel accordingly” and “is highly experienced, conscientious of the needs of his clients, and skilled at securing good outcomes for them.”

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  • Advising Norwegian bondholders in relation to the termination of charterparties and enforcement of mortgages over offshore supply vessels.
  • Representing MRI on a successful appeal to the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal in relation to an LME arbitration award on a copper concentrates contract and subsequent enforcement actions.
  • Acting on behalf of administrators in relation to a claim against former administrators arising from the pre-pack sale of a polymetallic mine in South America.
  • Acting for Rabobank International in relation to disputes arising out of the infamous Qingdao warehousing fraud.
  • Acting for Conapro Dena BMS sal against the government of the Gambia in relation to a US$30m claim in respect of oil products.

Education

  1. University of Sydney, LLB
  2. Tulane University, LLM – Admiralty

Memberships & Associations

  1. Law Society of England & Wales
  2. London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)
  3. London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  4. London Shipping Law Centre (LSLC)