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Mr Andrew Preston
Position
Partner
Career
Over 25 years, Andrew has acted for a large number of corporates, oil majors, shipowners, insurers, charterers, operators, suppliers and cargo interests and their insurers both nationally and internationally.
He acts for a wide range of international banks, corporates and trade houses on all types of commercial litigation disputes. Andrew specialises in general commercial litigation, shipping and trading disputes. He has litigated in every level of Commercial Court up to the Supreme Court on two occasions.
Andrew is, in addition, recognised as one of the leading lawyers in the world regarding liabilities arising out of bunker/fuel supply disputes. He was involved, together with James Kennedy (also of Preston Turnbull LLP), in the drafting of the new Bimco bunker contracts and centrally involved in all of the major bunker events over the last years including the OW collapse, the collapse of Hanjin and the Houston problems of 2018.
Before founding Preston Turnbull, Andrew was Global Head of Shipping at Clyde & Co for over a decade as well as an Elected Member of the firm’s Global Board.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Transport > Shipping
(Leading individuals)Preston Turnbull has built a strong reputation in handling contentious shipping matters such as collisions, shipbuilding and charterparty disputes, and cargo damage claims. Representing clients in arbitrations as well as in the High Court and Supreme Court, the practice includes Andrew Preston, who is a go-to contact for bunker disputes. Matters with a cross-border dimension, particularly in regard to Latin America and Spain, are a particular area of expertise for Elizabeth Turnbull. Another key member of the practice with experience across a broad range of contentious work is Dolly Brown.