Slaughter and May

Capital MarketsCorporateCorporate and M&AConsumer and RetailFinancial Institutions GroupGlobal InvestigationsPrivate EquityPublic Takeovers and MergersIndustrial Products and ServicesPrivate Acquisitions and Disposals

Partner; Andy was Head of our Corporate and M&A Practice from 2014 to 2022 and continues to head one of the three corporate groups. He is active in all fields of corporate law, with a particular emphasis on acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers and mergers, stock exchange matters and equity capital markets transactions. Andy was named Client Partner of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2015, was one of five lawyers shortlisted by Financial News for its Partner of the Year Award 2016 and was named as one of the Twenty Most Influential in Legal Services in Europe by Financial News in 2021.

His clients include:

• FTSE 100 companies such as DS Smith and RSA
• other listed companies such as Direct Line, Domino’s Pizza, Ibstock, Intermediate Capital Group, International Personal Finance, IWG (formerly Regus), Marlowe, Marshalls, Non-Standard Finance, Reach and Vitec
• multinationals such as GE, Moody's, Schneider Electric and Texas Instruments

Joined firm 1987. Partner since 1996.