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Andrew Foyle

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Work Department

Debt Recovery Commercial Litigation

Position

Andrew is a Partner and joint head of our dispute resolution and litigation team based in Edinburgh. His clients are primarily financial institutions for whom he acts in a range of litigation matters, including contractual disputes, general banking litigation, recoveries and the pursuit of professional negligence actions. Andrew also acts for a range of commercial clients and insolvency practitioners. Recent examples of his work include successfully defending a lender in a multi-million pound claim for damages raised against them by a former customer where it was claimed that they had acted negligently in their approach to realisation of securities, strategic advice to a lender in relation to a major remediation project, and a reported case which further clarified the law relating to pre-action requirements under the Home Owner & Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010.
Andrew is a solicitor advocate with rights of audience in the Supreme Courts in Scotland and is a ranked lawyer for Banking Litigation in the Chambers UK Guide, where he is described as being “steady, sensible and pragmatic” as well as having “a breadth of knowledge on litigious matters”. Commentators described him as “very approachable, dedicated to his client and provides very clear and concise legal advice”. Andrew is regularly called upon to speak at external events and conferences on his areas of expertise, and is a regular contributor to publications such as the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland on topics including insolvency and commercial litigation.

Career

Andrew joined Shoosmiths as a partner in 2013 following more than a decade at Edinburgh firm Anderson Strathern LLP where he trained and latterly managed their banking litigation team. Prior to that, Andrew was a researcher at the Scottish Law Commission where his projects included the Report on Poindings and Warrant Sales, and the Report on Diligence.

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland.

Education

St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries (1988-94); University of Glasgow (1998 LLB Hons); University of Dublin (Trinity College) (1999 LLM); University of Edinburgh (2001 DipLP).

Leisure

Cycling, hill-walking, reading.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery

(Leading partners)

Andrew Foyle – Shoosmiths

The debt and asset recovery practice at Shoosmiths LLP regularly services banking and building society clients, energy sector companies, and construction industry providers on credit management matters, asset services and insolvency processes, with additional experience in litigation and enforcement cases. Praised as ‘excellent and knowledgeable’, Andrew Foyle spearheads the ‘astute, user-friendly and experienced’ team alongside Stuart Clubb, handling the full range of financial regulatory matters. Sophie McNally is another key contact in the team.

Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery

Shoosmiths LLP utilises ‘intellectual prowess’ to effectively navigate ‘complex legal challenges’, and act for trustees, administrators, corporates, and high-net-worth individuals on a variety of issues in the insolvency and restructurings space. The firm has seen a noticeable uptick in litigation instructions, and team lead Stuart Clubb, who is lauded by clients as ‘one of best insolvency lawyers working in Scotland today’ with a ‘brilliant technical mind’, has established himself as a key litigation lawyer for insolvency practitioners. Andrew Foyle, another esteemed litigator, is active on a broad range of mandates including conducting examinations, assessing the validity of administrator appointments, and initiating court action of the behalf of trustees and company directors.

Scotland > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation

The ‘highly knowledgeable’ group at Shoosmiths, under the joint leadership of Stuart Clubb and Andrew Foyle, is adept at handling a broad range of disputes, including commercial contract and shareholder disagreements. Clubb’s practice includes commercial, insolvency, real estate, and professional negligence litigation, while Foyle specialises in all aspects of banking and financial services litigation, with experience in commercial recoveries litigation.

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