Andrew is a senior associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice. Andrew qualified at an international firm headquartered in London in 2014 and, prior to joining the firm, practiced corporate law in Sydney for 18 months.

Andrew has particular experience in acting for buyers, sellers and managers on M&A transactions involving private equity houses, private equity portfolio companies and industry clients.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

ESG, Energy and Renewable Energy

  • Acting for the sellers in respect of the sale of Habitat Energy to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
  • Advising Lloyd’s Register on the sale of its global energy business to Inspirit Capital.
  • Acting for ERM on multiple transactions, including ERM's acquisitions of Engineering Safety Consultants; Sustainalize; First Option; E4tech; Element Energy; The Renewables Consulting Group; and OPEX Group.
  • Advising on the sale of a residential solar panel funding business.

Entertainment, Gaming and Leisure

  • Advising Vespa Capital on the realisation of its 45% shareholding in Catalis plc.
  • Advising management/the buyers on the US$25 million MBO of a social media company.
  • Advising the seller on the sale of a travel company to a trade buyer for approximately US$50 million.
  • Advising a NYSE-listed entertainment company on its acquisition of a promotions company.
  • Acting for a listed entertainment company on an investment into a music publishing business.

Other Sectors

  • Advising Waystone on its acquisition of T.Bailey Fund Services.
  • Acting for the sellers on the sale of an IT recruitment business to a private equity buyer.
  • Acting for the sellers of a convenience store chain.
  • Acting for management in respect of the creation of a healthcare investment vehicle (Riverdale Healthcare) with Apposite Capital.

Management Roles

  • Acting for management on the acquisition of a financial services business for approximately £650 million.
  • Acting for management on Partners Group's acquisition of atNorth.
  • Advising management on Pamplona Capital Management's acquisition of Pelsis Group.

Prior to Joining the Firm

  • Acting on the sale of a 51.5% stake in a solar farm project.
  • Acting for a listed oil and gas company on the sale of its subsidiary for approximately US$1 billion.
  • Advising a portfolio company of a pan-European investment group on the acquisition of a virtualised cloud computing and managed hosting services business.
  • Acting for a portfolio company of an Asia Pacific-based private equity firm on the acquisition of a petfood company.
  • Advising a buyer on the acquisition of a packaging company for approximately £10 million.
  • Advising the sole arranger and joint lead managers on an AU$1.45 billion flotation of a listed investment company on the ASX.
  • Advising the joint lead managers on an AU$466 million flotation of a listed investment company on the ASX.
  • Acting for the sole lead manager and initial subscriber on an ASX listed company’s issue of AU$50 million fixed rate unsecured notes.

Education

  • Kaplan Law School, London, L.P.C., 2011
  • University College, London, LL.M., 2010
  • University of Durham, LL.B., 2008

Admissions

  • England and Wales, 2014

Languages

  • English
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