Barristers

Andrew Blake

Andrew Blake

Position

Andrew specialises in company law, commercial litigation, restructuring and corporate insolvency. His time is divided between litigation and advisory work. Much of his work involves large and contentious corporate transactions, both domestically and overseas. Andrew is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. He has been instructed in significant corporate and insolvency matters in most offshore financial centres.

Recent and current instructions include: Re Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd (acting with  Jonathan Crow KC and Martin Moore KC in merger appraisal proceedings);  1Globe Capital LLC v Sinovac Biotech Ltd (Privy Council appeal with James Potts KC for the Chinese biopharmaceutical company in proceedings concerning an alleged AGM ambush and adoption of a ‘poison pill’ rights plan); SOSBEIS v Adam and others (acting on behalf of the successful NEDs with Andrew Thompson KC in the largest and most complex disqualification proceedings ever brought, arising from the collapse of Carillion).

Career

Called 2012; Lincoln’s Inn.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.

Education

2007 – 2010: BA Law, Worcester College, Oxford (First Class; ranked 1st of 223 in Law Moderations) 2010 – 2011: Bachelor of Civil Law, Worcester College, Oxford (Distinction) 2011 – 2012: BPTC, BPP Holborn (Very Competent)

Andrew was a lecturer in contract law at the University of Oxford (Worcester College and University College) between 2012 and 2013.

Prizes and Scholarships: The Sweet and Maxwell Prize (best performance in Oxford University in Law Moderations) The Andrew Dixon Scholarship (best performance in Worcester College in Law Moderations) The Ogilvie Thompson Scholarship (all round contribution to Worcester College) Arts and Humanities Research Council full grant for the Bachelor of Civil Law The Bruce Reynolds Prize (best Bachelor of Civil Law performance in Worcester College) Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn Award) Hardwicke Entrance Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn Award)

Mentions

The English Bar Offshore

Commercial disputes

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Andrew Blake – Erskine Chambers ‘Andrew is brilliant and insightful, offering excellent strategic input and advice on all aspects of the matter. He has a great mind.'
London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Andrew Blake – Erskine Chambers ‘Andrew is brilliant - he is considered, extremely user-friendly, pragmatic and an excellent strategist. His written advocacy is robust and compelling and consistently to a very high standard.'
London Bar

Company

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Andrew Blake – Erskine Chambers ‘Andrew’s depth of legal knowledge is fantastic.'
London Bar

Insolvency

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Andrew Blake – Erskine Chambers 'He is a very impressive junior.'