Andrew worked extensively on cross-border commercial transactions and disputes at Yanagida and Partners. His recent experience of commercial litigation includes:

• Tchenguiz v Grant Thornton: instructed by Grant Thornton in multi-billion pound fraud and conspiracy claims brought by the Tchenguiz brothers following the termination of an investigation into their affairs by the SFO (with Adrian Beltrami QC)
• Autonomy v Lynch: acting for the Second Defendant in a £3.3 billion fraud claim relating to Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Autonomy (with Simon Salzedo QC)
• Medical Research Council v Celltech: acted for the MRC in a claim for royalties payable on sales of pharmaceutical products under a complex chain of licences and sub-licences
• Catalyst Managerial Services v Libya Africa Investment Portfolio: claim for unpaid fees and damages relating to services provided to a subsidiary of the Libyan Investment Authority
• Almond v MGM Advantage Holdings: claim for breach of contract by a CEO in the financial services industry

Andrew has broad experience of domestic and international human rights litigation, having worked on Constitutional Court cases in South Africa, Alien Tort Statute claims in the United States, applications to the European Court of Human Rights and judicial review claims in the UK. Recent cases include:

• Re Gard (Yates v Great Ormond Street Hospital) [2017] EWCA Civ 410: acted for the parents of Charlie Gard in an appeal to the Court of Appeal, and oral permission application to the Supreme Court, against an order preventing them taking their child for medical treatment overseas (with Richard Gordon QC)
• Gard v UK: instructed by the parents of Charlie Gard in an application to the European Court of Human Rights
• Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence [2017] EWHC 547 (QB): represented the Claimant in an application by the Government for a Closed Material Procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013 (with Maya Lester QC)
• Home Secretary v ZAT (Syria) [2016] EWCA Civ 810: appeared for the UNHCR as intervener in an appeal concerning the admission to the UK of unaccompanied child asylum-seekers (with Marie Demetriou QC)
• Acting for the UK Government in an application currently before the European Court of Human Rights raising issues under Articles 2 and 3 ECHR
• British Gas Trading v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority: appeal under the Electricity Act 1989 against electricity distribution price controls (acting for UK Power Networks)
• R (People & Business Development Ltd) v Skills for Care and Development: judicial review of apprenticeship framework policy in the early years education sector (with Paul Bowen QC)
• Z v Croatia: application to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of State’s failure to prosecute war crimes and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions (with Martin Chamberlain QC)
• R (Philip Morris) v Secretary of State for Health: claim for judicial review relating to Directive 2014/40/EU on tobacco products (with Marie Demetriou QC)

Andrew has also advised and assisted various public bodies, including the OFT, OFGEM, the FCA, the Ministry of Defence, the Northern Ireland Office and UK Trade & Investment.

At Yanagida and Partners, Andrew worked on several global antitrust cases, including major enforcement actions in the auto parts and garment industries. At Brick Court, his experience of EU and competition law includes:

• WR Grace v European Chemicals Agency: representing a US chemicals manufacturer in an appeal against a substance evaluation decision under the REACH Regulation
• GTS Gas Turbine Services v Rolls-Royce: acting in a damages claim under Article 102 TFEU for alleged abuse of dominant position in the gas turbine aftermarket
• Advising a pharmaceutical company on standing to challenge the grant of a Marketing Authorisation (with Fidelma Macken SC)
• Advising a multinational dairy producer on compliance with EU food regulations (with Fidelma Macken SC)
• R (Peel Investment (North) Ltd) v Health and Safety Executive: challenge under Directive 96/82/EC and the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations to the HSE’s alleged refusal to provide information (as a pupil, with Martin Chamberlain QC)

Career

2011-14  Associate Legal Officer/Greffier, UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Phnom Penh

2012-13  Pupil, Brick Court Chambers

2009-10  Foreign Law Advisor, Yanagida & Partners, Tokyo

2008-09  Human Rights Fellow, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg

Qualifications

2011 BPTC, The City Law School (Outstanding)

• Student of the Year, Lincoln’s Inn
• Lord Scarman Scholarship (best overall performance on the BPTC)
• OUP Prize for Advocacy and Procedure
• ICLR Busfield Prize for Opinion Writing

2008 LLM, Harvard Law School   

• Henigson Human Rights Fellowship
• Kennedy Scholarship

2007 BA (First Class Hons), University of Oxford

• Wronker Prize for Jurisprudence
• First Prize, The Times Law Awards
• Lord Mansfield Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
• Sweet & Maxwell Prize for Best Overall Performance in Oxford Law Moderations