Shepherd and Wedderburn

Banking & Finance

Andrew is a partner and specialises in banking and securitisation. As well as acting for a wide range of corporate clients, Andrew has also acted for a significant number of UK and overseas banks and financial institutions. On the mainstream banking side, Andrew’s focus is on leveraged and property finance. He has also recently been involved in a number of high-profile workouts. Examples of recent work include acting on behalf of the borrower and borrower manager in connection with a £129m commercial mortgage-backed bond issue, the proceeds of which were used to fund the development of the BBC’s Scottish headquarters at Pacific Quay, Glasgow. Chambers comments: ‘Andrew has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law, he is extremely strong technically and his enthusiasm is quite infectious.’

Trained Wright Johnston & Mackenzie; qualified 1994; assistant Shepherd and Wedderburn 1994-97, associate 1997-2001; partner 2001 to date.

Conversational French.

Law Society of Scotland; Law Society of England and Wales.

Fettes College, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University (1991 LLB Hons first class).