Corporate and commercial.

Andrew is very experienced in general transactional corporate work, including acquisitions, disposals, buyouts and equity investments, and commercial contracts of a wide variety. He also has significant experience advising on intellectual property matters, particularly in the context of deals or commercial contracts, and UK and EU competition law issues. Andrew has a specific interest in assisting high-growth business, often but not exclusively in the technology and food and drink sectors. He has been a key adviser for many years to a global leading provider of wrap platforms for financial and wealth management markets, supporting their national and global growth. Andrew is a Notary Public and Writer to the Signet

Trained Bird Semple Fyfe, Ireland; qualified 1994; stagiaire European Commission, Brussels 1994-95; associate lawyer Coudert Brother, Brussels 1995-96; assistant lawyer Dickson Minto W.S., Edinburgh 1996-97; assistant lawyer then associate HBJ Gateley 1997-2002, partner 2002 to date.

French.

Law Society of Scotland; Merchant Company of Edinburgh; board member Leith Chamber of Commerce.

George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; University of Aberdeen (LLB Hons with options in French); University of Edinburgh (DipLP); College of Europe, Bruges (Masters in European Legal Studies).