Lawyers in England

Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors' Southampton commercial property team with expertise in working for national house builders

Clarke Willmott LLP

Andrew Cotton

Senior Associate

Irwin Mitchell

Andrew Cowan

Andrew is a Consultant and a member of our banking and governance team. His team acts for over 200 social housing providers and local authorities in England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland and as panel solicitors for the Homes and Communities Agency including For Profit providers. Andrew and his the team act for funders and over 180 housing associations based over England, Wales and Scotland on their general fundraising and project specific finance (such as PFI and joint ventures). Andrew has a particular specialism in governance and regulation of for social housing, and M&A within the social housing sector and joint ventures. Andrew is a regular contributor in relation to policy issues affecting the social housing sector. He is a regular speaker on housing finance, group structures and housing strategies. Andrew is a trustee of HACT, the Theatre Royal Stratford, Swan Mountain Trust and non-executive director of Seymour Street Homes, a subsidiary of British Land PLC and a member of the finance committee of the Theatre Royal Stratford.

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Andrew Crabbie

Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate

Forsters LLP

Andrew Craggs

Health Business Group Leader

Hill Dickinson LLP

Andrew Cromby

Andrew has over 30 years' experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution including High Court proceedings, injunctions, domestic and international arbitrations and mediation. He acts for UK and international clients on a broad range of commercial and contractual matters including shareholder and joint venture disputes, breaches of contract and warranty claims, the enforcement of contractual obligations, maintaining confidentiality and terminating commercial relationships. Andrew is an accredited Mediator and has been described in leading independent directory Chambers UK as someone with the “ability to steer a clear, sensible course through very troubled waters.” He has a particular expertise in partnership disputes and acts for Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) and professional partnerships (solicitors, accountants, financial services businesses, doctors and dentists) as well as for outgoing partners on individual and team moves. He also specialises in enforcing and resisting restrictive covenants and advising partnership management on constitutional and management issues and procedures. Andrew has been ranked for more than two decades as a leader in the field of partnership law in independent directories Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500

Weightmans LLP

Andrew Crudge

Using the knowledge and experience that he has developed in over 10 years as an employment lawyer, Andrew works closely with clients to provide tailored employment law advice and support. He gives practical and commercial advice on employment law issues. This includes supporting businesses with their employment documentation, together with more complex staff matters such as reorganisations, discrimination disputes, TUPE and business mergers and acquisitions. Andrew also regularly speaks at employment law seminars and runs training and update sessions for HR professionals and management teams.

Irwin Mitchell

Andrew Darwin

Andrew is an experienced litigator who has acted in cases of all kinds involving property, including landlord and tenant and freehold owner disputes, professional negligence against solicitors, architects and other building professionals, and insolvency disputes. Andrew also has extensive expertise in both non-contentious and contentious planning work. Over the last few years Andrew has developed a transactional expertise in outdoor media where he acts for a number of significant operators, and in the educational sector Andrew acts for an expanding academy chain. Andrew’s clients include multinationals, public companies, high-net-worth individuals, property and leisure companies, property developers and landowners.

Keystone Law

Andrew Dashwood-Begg

Andrew’s work is split between dealing with commercial disputes, with a particular focus on company and partnership disputes and property disputes, focusing on commercial and agricultural property and development. Andrew also uses his experience of managing disputes to advise clients on contractual interpretation and risk management.

Freeths LLP

Andrew Denye

Partner and Head of Retail

Forsters LLP

Andrew Dinsmore

Partner in the Personal Injury department. For over 20 years, Andrew has specialised in acting for individuals who have suffered life-changing injuries. Andrew has particular expertise in acting for individuals who have sustained spinal cord and brain injuries and is dedicated to achieving excellent outcomes for his clients. Andrew specialises in complex and high-value personal injury claims. Over his 20-year career he has recovered damages for clients well in excess of £100m. Andrew has a range of experience in relation to liability scenarios, from public liability to road traffic accidents and employer liability claims. Andrew also has experience of litigating sporting accidents. He achieves best outcomes for his clients by adopting a pragmatic and consensual approach to his cases. Reported cases which Andrew has acted on include the following Royce v Boyle (2005) EWHC 2638 (QB) – Andrew acted for a young client who sustained a high-level spinal injury and secured a multimillion pound award at trial for his client’s future care needs. Thacker v Steeples and MIB (2005) – Andrew acted for a young man who sustained a severe brain injury. The case was noteworthy as it was the first case where periodical payments for future care were agreed by the MIB. Harcourt v Fef Griffin and Others (2007) EWHC 1500 (QB) – Andrew acted for a young gymnast who sustained a high-level spinal cord injury during a training session. The case was noteworthy in a number of respects including for an order made by the High Court for the defendant insurers to disclose their insurance arrangements during the course of the case. Williams v Williams (2008) – Andrew acted for a young brain damaged client who was injured in a road traffic accident when only a month old. The case was noteworthy as there was a trial of the client’s long-term accommodation needs. This was required due to a dispute over whether he had to avail himself of local authority accommodation as opposed to purchasing private housing. Farrugia v Burtenshaw and Others (2014) EWHC 1036 (QB) – Andrew acted for a young man who sustained an extremely severe brain injury in a road traffic accident. There was a dispute between the parties about the extent of the client’s multimillion pound future care needs and a High Court trial was necessary to resolve that issue.

Stewarts Law LLP

Andrew Dodd

General Counsel and Partner

Fieldfisher

Andrew Dodds

Partner and Head of Banking and Finance, advising borrowers, lenders and other stakeholders on a broad range of finance transactions. He has particular experience in acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, asset based lending, structured finance and restructuring.

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Andrew Douglas

Browne Jacobson LLP

Andrew Dunlop

Leads Burges Salmon’s Outsourcing Group and also head of the firm’s GDPR practice. Has significant experience in joint ventures, system builds and cyber security. International director of the National Outsourcing Association 1998-2012. Currently a member of the Executive Council of The Global Sourcing Association. Clients include corporates, financial institutions and larger techcos.

Burges Salmon LLP

Andrew Dunn

Andrew is a specialist in shareholder disputes, company law and insolvency. He has acted for clients and teams all over the world including Russia, US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Europe, Equatorial Guinea and the Caribbean. He regularly receives instructions and referrals from other international lawyers particularly in Russia, the Caribbean and US. Recent successes include acting for a minority shareholder against a large NASDAQ technology company, a US$ 150 million settlement in proceedings before the courts of Bermuda, a ground-breaking US$ 500 million arbitration against an international investment bank, settlement of a complex commercial payment processing claim and success against the UK Government in the Supreme Court in a matter concerning pension rights. Current cases include a multi-million pound fraud claim against a bank, an off-shore trust claim, conspiracy claims against a finance house and a professional advisory firm, worldwide freezing injunction proceedings on behalf of an overseas bank, a warranty claim for a global manufacturer, a London partnership dispute, and an international Bitcoin dispute. Andrew regularly acts in international arbitrations with a particular knowledge of the rules of LCIA, ICC and HKIAC. He has been involved in insolvency work throughout his career, from acting for the Bank of India in the BCCI litigation to representing insolvency practitioners, entrepreneurs and directors at every level. He worked in-house for Nissan during the 2008 global financial crisis. Andrew takes appointments as an LPA Receiver and is admitted as a Solicitor in the British Virgin Islands (Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean).

CANDEY

Andrew Farquharson

Andrew is a partner in the agriculture, farms and estates team and advises clients in relation to all aspects of rural property. He routinely acts in the sale and purchase of farms and estates, sporting estates and agricultural and rural residential property portfolios. His particular area of expertise lies in acting for landowners in relation to renewable energy projects, and on residential and commercial developments. Andrew also represents several substantial estates and landowning clients in relation to the management of their mineral interests. He has significant specialist expertise in advising mineral owners in the commercial exploitation of their mineral interests and regularly advises on issues relating to reinstatement of quarry sites.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Andrew Farrugia

Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team. Andrew advises clients on commercial disputes, property disputes and regulatory issues. He acts for clients in a wide range of sectors including property, leisure, insurance, shipping and sports. His clients include insurance companies, property developers, hoteliers, ship owners, sporting talent and their agents.

Simons Muirhead Burton

Andrew Ford

Principal

LK Law LLP

Andrew Forrest

Andrew is a Fellow of the CIPD and has a masters’ degree in Human resource management and industrial relations. His experience covers both the public and private sectors and includes: Tribunal advocacy, consulting and negotiating with trade unions, training, mediation, seminar presentations and advising on employment law. Andrew joined Weightmans in October 2010 from EEF (now Make UK) where he was the HR and legal leader for the Midlands.

Weightmans LLP

Andrew Gardiner

Andrew is a corporate lawyer who specialises in corporate finance and private equity. He assists private equity firms and corporates with legal advice relating to floating on the Premium Market of the London Stock Exchange and AIM. He also has expertise in dealing with international exchanges such as TISE and TSX.

Keystone Law

Andrew Garvie

Partner and head of private client team at JMW LLP incorporating wills trusts and estates as well as Court of Protection and residential conveyancing. Specialising in all types of residential conveyancing including sales and purchases of leasehold and freehold properties for owners and investors alike. Acting for investors in disposals or purchase of buy to let property inc portfolios of property. Bespoke purchases or sales of high-net-value property as well as acting on shared ownership sales, purchases, staircasing and Help to Buy. Acting for banks and lending institutions on lender representation from initial loan through to repossession sales. Dealing with sole and joint representation lending for long and short term lenders / bridging companies. Acting for major auction house on sales & purchases of property sold under auction conditions. Specialism in acting on sales of property subject to CPS restraint orders subject to variation of restraint order for sale.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Andrew Gibson

Andrew qualified in 1989, and gained a wide range of employment litigation experience with a niche commercial law firm in Manchester before joining Hill Dickinson in September 2001. Andrew has extensive experience in a range of employment law matters, and undertakes advocacy in the Employment Tribunals, and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He has conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal. He advises on all aspects of an increasingly complex area of law, including TUPE, the Working Time Directive, race, sex and disability discrimination and redundancy. He is also involved in extensive litigation on-going nationally relating to equal pay. Notable cases include Walton Centre for Neurology & Neurosurgery NHS Trust v Bewley and the national test issue of Jones & Ors v Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors. He acts primarily for employers, from small private companies to large PLCs, NHS Trusts, Colleges, Local Authorities and Universities. He has acted for teachers and lecturers in disputes with their employers, and as a school governor for many years has a particular interest in Education Law. He is also a prominent member of the firm’s on-going training and continuing development activities for clients and potential clients, as well as coordinating the training needs for solicitors and support staff in the employment and pensions practice group.

Hill Dickinson LLP

Andrew Glaze

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs