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Andrew Ley

Andrew is a leading corporate lawyer who focusses on working closely with the entrepreneurial owners and management teams of, and investors in, high growth companies. He leads the firm’s food and drink and capital markets teams in Scotland, providing advice on fundraising, growth by acquisition, strategic relationships, contracts, joint ventures and exits. The exits include public and private company mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts and capital markets flotations. Andrew is a highly pro-active business developer with a track record of creating opportunities for clients and intermediaries. Clients comment ‘Andrew Ley is technically brilliant’ and Andrew has a ‘fantastic capacity to grasp the vitally important aspects of the deal and help parties get the very best outcome possible’. · Addleshaw Goddard

ScotlandCorporate Law, Capital Markets

About

Andrew Ley is a leading corporate lawyer who focuses on working closely with entrepreneurial owners, management teams, and investors in high-growth companies. He leads the firm's food and drink and capital markets teams in Scotland, providing advice on fundraising, growth by acquisition, strategic relationships, contracts, joint ventures, and exits (including public and private company M&A, management buyouts, and capital markets flotations). Andrew is noted as a highly proactive business developer.

Practice areas

Corporate LawCapital MarketsFood and DrinkMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityJoint VenturesFundraisingManagement Buyouts

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Education

  • Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
  • University of Dundee (1997 LLB Hons; 1998 DipLP)
  • University of Leiden, Netherlands

Admissions

  • Law Society of Scotland