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About
Provided by Andrew Denny
Practice Areas
Andrew is Head of UK Public Law. He specialises in commercial and financial litigation, public and administrative law and human rights issues.
He has particular expertise in cross-border disputes, including jurisdiction challenges, anti-suit injunctions and managing parallel claims in different jurisdictions.
Andrew advises corporate clients on human rights issues including defending claims in the UK courts in relation to alleged human rights impacts in other jurisdictions. He leads the editorial board of the group's publication The Business & Human Rights Review. Andrew chairs A&O Shearman's Human Rights Working Group, heading up the Executive Committee responsible for formulating policy and strategy to guide the firm's human rights work. He also acts for non-governmental organisations on a pro-bono basis in relation to human rights challenges against the UK government.
Chambers Review
UK
Andrew Denny is well regarded for the strength of his financial litigation practice, acting for banks in a wide range of disputes. He is particularly experienced in claims arising from interest rate swap mis-selling.
Andrew Dennyleads the UK Public Law team at A&O Shearman. He acts for claimants and defendants in judicial review proceedings, often involving major projects or human rights.
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Provided by Chambers
"Andrew provides deep legal analysis on complex issues. He keeps a cool head in complex scenarios and can lead us to a solution in high-stakes scenarios."
"Andrew is an expert litigator who is able to handle complex cases with cross-border elements. His commercial awareness is also superb."
"Andrew is a very clever lawyer who really gets into the detail of his cases and is charming to work with."
"Andrew is one of the most experienced banking litigators."
"Andrew is a tough and seasoned litigator with a no-nonsense attitude."
"Andrew provides deep legal analysis on complex issues. He keeps a cool head in complex scenarios and can lead us to a solution in high-stakes scenarios."
"Andrew is an expert litigator who is able to handle complex cases with cross-border elements. His commercial awareness is also superb."
"Andrew is a very clever lawyer who really gets into the detail of his cases and is charming to work with."
"Andrew is one of the most experienced banking litigators."
"Andrew is a tough and seasoned litigator with a no-nonsense attitude."