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Andrew Hughes

Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Andrew Hughes has over 15 years experience as a partner at Linklaters handling complex commercial dispute resolution, investigations and crisis management. He has extensive experience of High court and appellate litigation, regulatory and criminal investigations and select committee inquiries. Andrew is currently acting for a number of major banks and corporates on a range of matters spanning across all areas of his practice.
Career
Trainee solicitor Linklaters 1992, partner 2002 to date – worked in the London, New York and Hong Kong offices.
Memberships
Solicitor Advocate (Higher Courts Civil), solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Education
Brasenose College, Oxford (1991 MA Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
Working in tandem with the firm’s global team of litigators, Linklaters LLP represents an impressive clientele of major corporates, banks and government bodies in multijurisdictional disputes. Led by Alison Wilson, the ‘truly exceptional’ team boasts cross-practice capabilities, drawing on the expertise of the corporate and M&A, banking, TMT and energy groups. Tom Cassels has a ‘market-leading’ competition practice, and Ben Carroll brings particular expertise in the energy and mining sectors to the firm’s offering. Rory Conway focuses his practice on contentious insolvency matters, while Patrick Robinson handles disputes concerning derivatives, structured products, and private equity sector. ‘Outstanding partner’ Andrew Poulton, who was promoted to the partnership in May 2023, has an active cross-border litigation practice, representing international organisations in disputes with reputational or commercial risk. Harriet Ellis is active in group and class action litigation, and Chris Stevenson is an expert in restructuring and insolvency disputes. Andrew Hughes has experience in High Court and appellate litigation, and regulatory and criminal investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport