Andrew Shaw

Called to the Bar 2013

Andrew’s main areas of practice are insolvency/restructuring, commercial litigation and civil fraud.

Andrew has wide experience of all aspects of insolvency and restructuring work and is ranked by the Legal 500 as a leading junior in Insolvency and by Chambers & Partners for Restructuring/Insolvency and Civil Fraud.

Andrew has been involved in many of the retail restructurings that have occurred in recent years including Toys R Us, House of Fraser, the Arcadia Group, Mamas & Papas, L K Bennett and Debenhams. Andrew has often been instructed to advise on the validity of office-holders’ appointments and has particular expertise in applications to remove or replace insolvency office-holders. A significant proportion of Andrew’s insolvency work relates to entities regulated by the FCA.

Much of Andrew’s work has an international component and he has been instructed in a number of complicated commercial disputes that have occurred within the context of a cross-border insolvency. He has significant experience in relation to the recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings in England and Wales, both under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 and at common law.

Andrew is often instructed in cases concerning the identification and recovery of concealed assets and he has been involved in a number of heavy fraud cases.

Andrew has also been instructed by football regulatory bodies in England and Europe in relation to disciplinary proceedings against clubs that have breached financial fair play regulations.

Andrew is an experienced advocate and regularly appears as sole counsel.

Andrew is a co-author of Corporate Administrations and Rescue Procedures.

Before qualifying as a barrister, Andrew served as a Royal Marines officer for ten years, leaving as a major.

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