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About
Provided by Andrew McLeod
Practice Areas
Andrew is a leading commercial junior with a broad practice spanning commercial and commercial chancery litigation, arbitration and advisory work. He has extensive experience of high-value and complex business disputes, with an emphasis on banking/financial services work, heavy contractual claims, civil fraud and company/insolvency matters. He has appeared at all levels in the English courts (including the Privy Council and the Court of Appeal) as well as in overseas courts (including the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal) and a variety of arbitral tribunals. He has particular expertise in interim injunctions (having appeared in the Privy Council for the successful respondent in Convoy Collateral v Broad Idea [2023] AC 389) as well as Norwich Pharmacal orders and other interim relief. Alongside his general commercial practice, Andrew maintains specialist interests in trusts and art law.
Career
Called 2017 (Lincoln’s Inn); formerly law lecturer and research fellow at Oxford University and associate (judicial assistant) to the Chief Justice of Australia
Professional Memberships
COMBAR; ChBA; ConTrA; Institute of Art and Law
Personal
University of Sydney (BSc (Adv) (Hons) LLB (Hons)); Exeter College, Oxford (BCL)
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Andrew McLeod has a strong civil fraud practice, including experience acting in cases before the Privy Council. He is instructed both as a led junior and as sole counsel in a range of cases for both claimants and defendants, and has played his part in complex international cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew has a very intuitive way of looking at complex cases and he is very comfortable in offshore jurisdictions."
"Andrew knows the building blocks of the law and can construct arguments from its moving parts."
"Very smart, he gets to the key points very quickly and sets things out in a clear way. He comes up with insightful analysis that you hadn't considered before."
"Andrew is exceptional."
"Andrew is a brilliant, highly persuasive lawyer, who is commercial and client-friendly."
"Andrew is a very bright guy who has an intuitive way of looking at complex cases. He is extremely thoughtful, easy to work with and very comfortable in offshore jurisdictions."
"A highly personable and persuasive advocate, Andrew can be relied upon to provide sound commercial advice in highly pressured situations and complex disputes."
"Andrew leverages his experience to provide insightful solutions to difficult issues. He has an effective advocacy style marrying his easy composure with obvious intellectual curiosity."
"Andrew has a very intuitive way of looking at complex cases and he is very comfortable in offshore jurisdictions."
"Andrew knows the building blocks of the law and can construct arguments from its moving parts."
"Very smart, he gets to the key points very quickly and sets things out in a clear way. He comes up with insightful analysis that you hadn't considered before."
"Andrew is exceptional."
"Andrew is a brilliant, highly persuasive lawyer, who is commercial and client-friendly."
"Andrew is a very bright guy who has an intuitive way of looking at complex cases. He is extremely thoughtful, easy to work with and very comfortable in offshore jurisdictions."
"A highly personable and persuasive advocate, Andrew can be relied upon to provide sound commercial advice in highly pressured situations and complex disputes."
"Andrew leverages his experience to provide insightful solutions to difficult issues. He has an effective advocacy style marrying his easy composure with obvious intellectual curiosity."
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