Andrew
is Chairman of our Africa Practice Group and is responsible for shaping the
firm’s Africa strategy. He works closely with our partners and acts as an
ambassador for the firm, promoting our practice throughout the continent.
Prior
to his retirement as a partner in 2011, Andrew was Head of our Financing
practice and a member of the Partnership Board. His practice, in over 30 years
with the firm, covered a wide range of corporate and financing work, including
UK privatisations, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Andrew
was a leading financing lawyer, notably representing the interests of borrowers
in the development of the Loan Market Association’s investment grade loan
documentation.

During
his legal career, Andrew worked on several transactions in Africa, including
acting for the arrangers of international private equity issues, acting for
borrowers and lenders on loan transactions and acting on the acquisition of a
major sugar refining business.
Since
retiring as a partner, Andrew has maintained an ongoing interest in Africa. He
has become a Trustee of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, which promotes human
rights in Libya, and has worked with a major international charity on, and has
visited, an innovative combined HIV and TB project in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South
Africa.
Andrew is Chairman of our Africa Practice
Group and is responsible for shaping the firm’s Africa strategy. He works
closely with our partners and acts as an ambassador for the firm, promoting our
practice throughout the continent.
Prior
to his retirement as a partner in 2011, Andrew was Head of our Financing
practice and a member of the Partnership Board. His practice, in over 30 years
with the firm, covered a wide range of corporate and financing work, including
UK privatisations, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Andrew
was a leading financing lawyer, notably representing the interests of borrowers
in the development of the Loan Market Association’s investment grade loan
documentation.
During
his legal career, Andrew worked on several transactions in Africa, including
acting for the arrangers of international private equity issues, acting for
borrowers and lenders on loan transactions and acting on the acquisition of a
major sugar refining business.
Since
retiring as a partner, Andrew has maintained an ongoing interest in Africa. He
has become a Trustee of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, which promotes human
rights in Libya, and has worked with a major international charity on, and has
visited, an innovative combined HIV and TB project in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South
Africa.