Lawyers in England

Andrew Black

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Andrew Bowden-Brown

Andrew is a Partner specialising in banking and finance litigation, asset based lending and alternative finance lending, cryptocurrency asset recovery and commercial litigation. Andrew regularly advises banks and other financial institutions on security and enforcement issues arising out of facility and / or security documentation. These issues range from complex multi-jurisdictional fraud claims to simple debt recovery matters, loss mitigation, contentious and non-contentious insolvency and asset recovery and tracing claims. In addition, Andrew has extensive experience of dealing with complex commercial and crypto asset recovery litigation. He works alongside leading asset recovery experts to ensure quick, commercial and pragmatic steps are taken to assist victims recover their misappropriated assets. Andrew is a member of the Shoosmiths' crypto working group. Andrew's expertise includes: advising on actions against clients and former clients of asset based lenders, banks and other financial institutions, including guarantors, warrantors and indemnifiers advising banks and other financial institutions on claims against them by current or former clients and any consequent reports to their respective regulatory bodies. In particular, Andrew has advised banks subject to numerous high-value claims for the alleged mis-selling of various financial products, including invoice finance, asset based lending, secured and unsecured finance, structured collars, swaps, simple collars and cap products advising numerous individuals and institutions on civil and criminal recovery options following theft of their crypto / virtual / NFT assets working alongside insolvency practitioners advising on fraud investigations, administrations, liquidations and provisional liquidations, actions against bankrupts, directors and third parties and obtaining relief under the Insolvency Act, such as wrongful trading, transactions at undervalue, preference and misfeasance advising on bespoke facility and security documentation in connection with prospective clients (including assisting credit committees), reviewing and amending intercreditor documents, undertaking security reviews and re-negotiating / taking new security during the course of a facility and assisting the business to create and maintain an “exit plan” for distressed or defaulting businesses advising on professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants and other professional advisers Specialist areas include: asset based lending, invoice finance, fraud, commercial litigation, trade finance, supply chain finance, construction, insolvency and restructuring, director disqualification, debt recovery, cryptocurrency & digital asset recovery and professional negligence

Shoosmiths LLP

Andrew Bowler

Andy is joint head of patent litigation at Bristows. Andy's advice covers the full range of intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis on patents, trade marks, registered designs and trade secrets. Andy has experience in representing high profile clients in IP disputes, including complex mechanical and FMCG products, pharmaceuticals, mobile phones, automotives, electronics and medical devices. He has conducted several successful mediations of IP disputes and regularly provides freedom to operate and validity opinions. Frequently, he is asked by clients to coordinate cross-border litigation. He also has experience of making discovery applications to UK courts pursuant to letters of request/letters rogatory issued by foreign courts. Andy's cases include the Unwired Planet/Conversant case in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on SEP/FRAND licensing [2020] UKSC 37 on behalf of ZTE. Other clients include Siemens, Samsung, Kennametal and Heineken. Andy is frequently asked to comment and lecture on IP issues and is a regular speaker at international conferences on strategic considerations for European and international patent litigation. He regularly provides comments to the national press on intellectual property issues. He is on the Lexis Nexis IP & IT Editorial Board. Recent cases include: Unwired Planet v Samsung (acting for Samsung). Heineken v Anheuser–Busch (acting for Heineken). Wobben v Siemens (acting for Siemens, also on appeal). Sandvik v Kennametal (acting for Kennametal). Conversant v ZTE (acting for ZTE in patent trials concerning standard essential patents, anti-suit injunction hearing, and hearings up to the Supreme Court on jurisdiction issues concerning FRAND licensing). Jushi v OCV (acting for Jushi in leading Court of Appeal case relating to overlapping ranges). Alcon Pharmaceuticals v Pharmathen (acting for Alcon in preliminary injunction proceedings). Allergan v Ipsen (acting for Ipsen in case involving Swiss-type and EPC 2000 claims). BAE v Thales (acting for Thales). Kenilworth v Blackberry and Microsoft (acting for Kenilworth). Siemens v Seagate (acting for Siemens in Northern Irish proceedings).

Bristows LLP

Andrew Brammer

Andrew Brammer joined Weightmans in April 2019, to become the Lead lawyer in the Midlands Regulatory Team. Since qualifying in 1996, he has developed an enviable reputation as a specialist Regulatory lawyer.Working for national and international organisations across multiple sectors, Andrew’s practice focuses on protecting businesses and key decision makers during criminal investigations and prosecutions. He has defended hundreds of clients against regulatory bodies like the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency and Local Authority Trading Standards teams. His polished but practical style enables him to advise at all levels and he has been described as "highly experienced and impressively robust" and is known for his "tactical astuteness" and "excellent attention to detail".Drawing on his knowledge and experience, clients regularly call upon Andrew to offer in-house training and compliance management support.Andrew’s expertise in contentious health and safety and environmental law has been recognised by legal directories for over a decade and he is cited as being a "Leading Individual" by the Legal 500 for his health and safety work.

Weightmans LLP

Andrew Breakwell

Partner

Hall Brown Family Law

Andrew Brennan

Andrew heads Shoosmiths’ 20 strong national IP team. He is recognised as a leading intellectual property lawyer who "knows his IP” and “provides solid, targeted and fast advice”. Clients find him approachable, pragmatic, agile and very user-friendly. Andrew’s practice covers all areas of intellectual property law, with a particular focus on the technology, engineering and consumer brand sectors. He works for global tech companies and household brands through to pioneering SME’s and disruptive start-ups. Passionate about innovation, Andrew is recognised for his excellence in handling complex disputes with a technical element involving patents, confidential information and software. He also helps technology clients in relation to their strategic R&D programmes and specialised IP commercialisation arrangements. Andrew's experience covers a range of technologies, including oil and gas well perforation, various waste to energy processes, robotics, photonic printing, supercontinuum lasers, friction stir welding, graphene filtration, sealed grafts, stroke detection equipment, autonomous vehicles, software and many more. In the consumer brand space, Andrew has handled countless trade mark and design disputes and licensing deals on behalf of well-known and up and coming brands. Recent work examples include: conducting multi-jurisdictional patent dispute regarding reactive shaped charges on behalf of global designer and manufacturer of gas and oil well perforating equipment; advising on patent and know-how licence dispute between two global engineering companies; handling international patent licensing programme on behalf of global photonic printing company; advising on complex pre-clinical and clinical milestone co-development and patent licensing agreement on behalf of US life sciences company; working as part of an international team to help one of the world’s largest vodka manufacturers enforce and protect a key trade mark; and advising numerous well known cycle brands in relation to brand protection, enforcement and licensing matters.

Shoosmiths LLP

Andrew Brennan

Andrew heads Shoosmiths’ 20 strong national IP team. He is recognised as a leading intellectual property lawyer who "knows his IP” and “provides solid, targeted and fast advice”. Clients find him approachable, pragmatic, agile and very user-friendly. Andrew’s practice covers all areas of intellectual property law, with a particular focus on the technology, engineering and consumer brand sectors. He works for global tech companies and household brands through to pioneering SME’s and disruptive start-ups. Passionate about innovation, Andrew is recognised for his excellence in handling complex disputes with a technical element involving patents, confidential information and software. He also helps technology clients in relation to their strategic R&D programmes and specialised IP commercialisation arrangements. Andrew's experience covers a range of technologies, including oil and gas well perforation, various waste to energy processes, robotics, photonic printing, supercontinuum lasers, friction stir welding, graphene filtration, sealed grafts, stroke detection equipment, autonomous vehicles, software and many more. In the consumer brand space, Andrew has handled countless trade mark and design disputes and licensing deals on behalf of well-known and up and coming brands. Recent work examples include: conducting multi-jurisdictional patent dispute regarding reactive shaped charges on behalf of global designer and manufacturer of gas and oil well perforating equipment; advising on patent and know-how licence dispute between two global engineering companies; handling international patent licensing programme on behalf of global photonic printing company; advising on complex pre-clinical and clinical milestone co-development and patent licensing agreement on behalf of US life sciences company; working as part of an international team to help one of the world’s largest vodka manufacturers enforce and protect a key trade mark; and advising numerous well known cycle brands in relation to brand protection, enforcement and licensing matters.

Shoosmiths LLP

Andrew Bretherton

Andrew is an experienced UK and US qualified corporate and commercial lawyer who advises on UK and international capital markets, M&A, private equity and venture capital investments / exits. Andrew also acts as legal counsel for entrepreneurs, investors and businesses in relation to strategy, risk, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and constitutional issues. Andrew has advised clients across a range of sectors including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, hotels, hospitality and leisure, retail, technology and telecoms.

Keystone Law

Andrew Brookes

Partner handles all types of property law particularly residential housing; also relevant judicial review.

Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Andrew Brown

Andrew is a property lawyer specialising in renewable and clean energy projects with a particular focus on solar, battery, biomass, anaerobic digestion and other waste-to-energy projects. Andrew has acted for landowners and landed estates, developers and funders in the development, financing and acquisition of a variety of projects including large (NSIP) solar schemes and portfolio financing and disposals

Keystone Law

Andrew Buckham

Partner Andrew helps injured Service personnel and their families on a variety of issues. This includes assisting severely injured service personnel with compensation claims (On and Off Duty), Boards of Inquiry and Coroners Inquests. I have represented a number of soldiers with brain and spinal injuries, including Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson. I supported Ben and his family in their fight for fairer compensation for injured soldiers. I represented and provided support to a family affected by the SAS Brecon Beacons accident, where they were able to successfully recover compensation from the MOD following a fatal accident claim.

Irwin Mitchell

Andrew Burnette

Dispute resolution partner specialising in complex fraud and professional negligence, shareholder/unfair prejudice disputes, contractual/warranty claims and product liability. Particular expertise acting for both traditional and specialist lenders to recover distressed loans secured against commercial property.

Burges Salmon LLP

Andrew Callaghan

Counsel

Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Andrew Campbell

Andrew is one of the UK's leading pensions lawyers and advises corporates and trustees on the full range of pensions issues across advisory, transactional and contentious matters.

Doyle Clayton

Andrew Carridge

Partner Andrew’s work covers a wide range of areas within the life sciences sector including antimicrobial formulations, haemostatic and wound healing agents, tissue regeneration, pharmaceuticals, and disease diagnosis. He has also undertaken work on medical devices such as wound dressings, oxygen delivery apparatus and orthotics. Although Andrew’s main focus is within the life sciences sector, he benefits from experience in other areas, such as building materials and compositions, heating systems and consumer goods.

Reddie & Grose LLP

Andrew Casstles

Partner specialising in social housing involving land acquisition and development, stock rationalisation/portfolio sales, planning and infrastructure agreements, nominations agreements, management agreements. Commercial property expertise within commercial conveyancing as well as development and landlord and tenant.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Andrew Cave

Partner, Real Estate Disputes.

HCR Law

Andrew Chandler

Consultant

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Andrew Child

Andrew is a leading barrister in the field of trusts and estates disputes. He has been in practice for 25 years. He represents trustees, executors, fiduciaries and beneficiaries in large scale trust and estate litigation both domestically and internationally. He is the global head of trusts and estates disputes. Ranked for many years by the directories as a Band 1 barrister he has variously been described as “a terrific barrister with a very compelling manner”, “forceful and clear in his advice”, “exceptional” and “a force in the field”. “Known for giving well thought-out and clear advice, he is incisive and analytical in his approach to complex matters”. “His is a name you see on all the biggest cases”. "Andrew’s knowledge of trust law is immense and he has been very supportive. He is very good with clients and explains complex matters in a straightforward and digestible manner." Cases include : High-value Hong Kong trust case involving a family dispute over trust interests in a USD3.55 billion company; Guernsey trusts dispute acting for beneficiary seeking a partition of her interests from high value settlements;cross border case concerning the validity and proper construction of a Jersey Trust; second round of litigation in Bermuda concerning the administration of an extremely high value trust; trial in the Cayman Islands concerning the proper distribution of trust property between the competing beneficiaries; very high value claim between two Russian businessmen; attempts by prominent Qatari family to recover the highly valuable contents of a safety deposit box held by a bank in London; Bermuda proceedings concerning a civil law Foundation; Longleat Estate litigation instructed by Lord Bath in proceedings concerning the administration of the Longleat Estate; Re Jack Dellal deceased concerning the proper distribution of Black Jack Dellal’s estate and Re Wizard Settlement advising the son of rock star Mark Bolan on how to ensure proper financial provision was made for him out of the offshore trust structures set up by his father before his untimely death.

CANDEY

Andrew Clark

Partner, European and UK Patent Attorney

J A Kemp

Andrew Clarke

Andrew is Regional Office Head of the Leicester office and a partner in the Local Government team based in our Leicester office. He acts for a large number of local authorities, police and fire services, housing providers and education establishments across the country in relation to a wide range of issues. Andrew specialises in complex, high value, multi-party litigation and has significant experience of stress, bullying, assault and harassment claims. He leads the Environmental Technical Claims Unit dealing with flooding, subsidence, tree falls, invasive species and highway winter-maintenance claims. He is also regularly instructed in relation to data loss and information management as well as social care and abuse claims. Andrew acted for the Defendant in an undercover police officer stress case - AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary [2015] EWHC 13, and for the local authority in a case involving illegal accessing of social services information - Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWHC 132 (QB). He regularly delivers bespoke training at national and regional level.

Weightmans LLP

Andrew Cochrane

Andrew Cochrane is Non-Executive Chairman of Flint Bishop and a long-standing member of the firm’s management board. He advises the Executive Board on strategy, governance, and long-term direction, drawing on over three decades of legal and leadership experience within the firm.

Flint Bishop

Andrew Cooke

Partner Areas of Practice: Andrew specialises in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, MBOs/MBIs and restructuring and represents private equity, venture capital, family office and ultra-high net worth and high net worth clients.

Wallace LLP

Andrew Cooper

Weightmans LLP