Andrew is the co-head of the firm’s Financial Institutions Disputes Group. This international practice concentrates on large scale litigation (both in the UK and elsewhere) and regulatory disputes. It has consistently been ranked as a leading practice in the area.

Andrew has acted for a number of prominent investment banks and other financial institutions in a wide range of structured finance, derivatives and securities disputes. He has been heavily involved in many issues arising out of the credit crunch. He also regularly advises them on FSA investigations and has been involved in many of the reported decisions in the area covering issues such as market misconduct, mis-selling and breaches of firms’ systems and controls.

Andrew has also acted in a number of high profile general commercial litigation matters such as AMF v Hashim, Touche Ross v Caparo, Wallace Smith v RBS and Lehmans v Mid East Trading which have given rise to reported decisions. He is named as one of the leaders in litigation by Chambers in its guide to the legal profession and as an expert in large scale banking litigation in the Legal 500 guide. He regularly speaks in this area.

Contact details

andrew.hart@freshfields.com

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