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Andrew Thompson KC
Position
Andrew is a sought-after, specialist commercial litigator, with particular expertise in: corporate litigation and arbitration (including shareholders’ disputes, joint venture disputes, claims against directors and constructive trust claims); LLP and partnership disputes; corporate insolvency; commercial litigation (including large-scale contractual disputes, fraud and breach of warranty claims); and professional negligence claims (including lawyers, accountants, valuers and management consultants). Andrew has been involved in a series of leading cases in these areas. He has specific expertise in litigation in the fund management industry. He has extensive trial experience in the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court and extensive experience in the Court of Appeal. Andrew also undertakes advisory work in the same fields. A list of reported and recent cases is available at www.erskinechambers.com.
Career
Called to Inner Temple 1991, Silk 2014.
Publications:
Contributor to FromCounsel.com corporate law service.
Author of chapter on “Disputes arising from the ownership of the private equity house” in Private Fund Dispute Resolution, PEI 2014.
Contributor to “Company Directors: Law and Liability” Ed Sinclair, Vogel and Snowden.
Memberships
Combar; Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Merchant Taylor’s School, Northwood; St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (1989 BA; 1990 LLM; 1992 MA).
Leisure
Family, cricket, gardening, hill-walking, birding and conservation.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Thompson KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Frankly masterful, Andrew has deep, deep knowledge of the law and issues surrounding shareholders’ and directors’ disputes, coupled with calm and persuasive advocacy.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Thompson KC –Erskine Chambers ‘Impresses with his detailed and current knowledge of the reflective loss principle, and his accessibility and engagement.
‘Unrivalled for technical ability‘, Erskine Chambers is ‘a go-to chambers for corporate matters‘. In a landmark Supreme Court ruling on directors’ duties to act in creditors’ interests, Andrew Thompson KC appeared for the appellant in BTI Industries v Sequana, a $80m claim regarding dividends that were allegedly paid in breach of fiduciary duty. Several members of the set are involved in the multi-faceted litigation surrounding the collapse of Carillion – James Potts KC is leading Andrew Blake in the representation of the company’s former finance director in ongoing directors’ disqualification proceedings.
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Erskine Chambers find their strength in contentious insolvency and corporate restructuring, with members of chambers advising on a number of substantial restructuring and insolvency procedures. The set is noteworthy in areas where insolvency meets banking and finance, including litigation arising from the insolvency of financial institutions, as well as matters crossing over with the set’s company law reputation. Peter Arden KC has been instructed in connection with major insolvencies and restructurings, including the case of Re LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Ltd which involved a dispute over the distribution of a surplus held by an element of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers, estimated between £800m and £1bn. Andrew Thompson KC is experienced in high-value litigation, while Ben Griffiths is noted for his cross-border practice, having acted for Signal Credit on its claim to challenge the $1bn restructuring of the Galapagos Group in Galapagos Bidco v Signal. Ben Shaw KC was appointed silk in March 2023.