Work Department

Criminal

Position

Andrew is a specialist defence criminal advocate. He is instructed by leading law firms and is keen to provide advice from the earliest stage of cases.

Recognised as a leading white-collar defence junior outside London – Chambers UK 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Cases:

2016 – Operation Lunar – representing former HMRC officer alleged to be involved in tax evasion schemes for high net-worth individuals causing a loss to HMRC of approximately £150m 2015/2016 - R v C – representing Defendant accused of £2m money laundering 2015/2016 – R v C and others – representing businessman alleged to be involved in £180m banking fraud, being prosecuted by Serious Fraud Office 2015/2016 – Operation Affleck – representing Defendant in £3.5m Land Banking fraud 2015/2016 – Operation Alveras – representing Defendant in £11m money laundering scheme 2013/2014 – Operation Cactus Hent – represented main Defendant in multi-million pound alleged pension fraud – all defendants acquitted at the close of the Crown’s case – ruling upheld after unsuccessful appeal by the Prosecution – R v Quillan [2015] EWCA Crim 538 2012/2013 – Operation Valgus – represented Defendant in £30m mortgage fraud 2012/2013 – Operation Kalo – represented Defendant in nail-bombing conspiracy 2012 – Operation Dumpcart – represented Defendant in £3m VAT repayment fraud 2011/2012 – Operation Nacho – represented Defendant in multi-million pound ‘crash for cash’ insurance fraud 2011/2012 – Operation Chaplin – represented lead Defendant in large-scale international conspiracy to import up to 40 tonnes of cocaine from South America 2011 – Operation Quicksand – represented acquitted Defendant accused of multi-million pound procurement corruption involving Network Rail 2009/2010 – Operation Tankard – prosecuted multi-million pound Financial Advisor fraud. Thought to be the first ever prosecution for the practices of churning and bond-stripping. 2010/2012 – Operation Raiment – represented Defendant in multi-million pound payroll fraud 2009/2010 – R v Goodison – represented acquitted Defendant accused of participation in €90 million fraud on HSBC 2009 – Operation Seahog – represented Defendant in large-scale Security Industry fraud 2008 – R v Brumskill – represented acquitted main Defendant accused of multi-million pound ILA fraud R v Ornstein – represented acquitted Defendant accused of attempting to defraud Irish banks of $35m as part of a Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud

Education

Exeter University (1989) LLB Hons

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Crime (general and fraud)

LEADING JUNIORS1

Andrew Jebb – Exchange Chambers ‘Andrew is very calm and controlled at all times, which keeps the client focused on the points in issue at all times, and his calm manner of presentation before the jury provides to them a confidence the case he is presenting to them is the account they should accept as a factual one.'