Andrew Foyle > Shoosmiths > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
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9 Haymarket Square
EDINBURGH
EH3 8RY
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Andrew Foyle
Work Department
Debt Recovery Commercial Litigation
Position
Andrew is a Partner and joint head of our dispute resolution and litigation team based in Edinburgh. His clients are primarily financial institutions for whom he acts in a range of litigation matters, including contractual disputes, general banking litigation, recoveries and the pursuit of professional negligence actions. Andrew also acts for a range of commercial clients and insolvency practitioners. Recent examples of his work include successfully defending a lender in a multi-million pound claim for damages raised against them by a former customer where it was claimed that they had acted negligently in their approach to realisation of securities, strategic advice to a lender in relation to a major remediation project, and a reported case which further clarified the law relating to pre-action requirements under the Home Owner & Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010.
Andrew is a solicitor advocate with rights of audience in the Supreme Courts in Scotland and is a ranked lawyer for Banking Litigation in the Chambers UK Guide, where he is described as being “steady, sensible and pragmatic” as well as having “a breadth of knowledge on litigious matters”. Commentators described him as “very approachable, dedicated to his client and provides very clear and concise legal advice”. Andrew is regularly called upon to speak at external events and conferences on his areas of expertise, and is a regular contributor to publications such as the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland on topics including insolvency and commercial litigation.
Career
Andrew joined Shoosmiths as a partner in 2013 following more than a decade at Edinburgh firm Anderson Strathern LLP where he trained and latterly managed their banking litigation team. Prior to that, Andrew was a researcher at the Scottish Law Commission where his projects included the Report on Poindings and Warrant Sales, and the Report on Diligence.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland.
Education
St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries (1988-94); University of Glasgow (1998 LLB Hons); University of Dublin (Trinity College) (1999 LLM); University of Edinburgh (2001 DipLP).
Leisure
Cycling, hill-walking, reading.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
(Leading individuals)Shoosmiths LLP leverages the firm’s UK-wide footprint to handle debt recovery work at a national level with mandates spanning all debt types including secured and unsecured lending, invoice finance work and asset finance matters. The practice focuses solely on litigation, enforcement and advisory work with expertise across the CCA-regulated lending, commercial lending, B2B recoveries and asset finance spaces. Andrew Foyle heads up the group and excels in regulated financial services sector litigation and commercial recoveries.
Scotland > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
Shoosmiths LLP goes ‘above and beyond’ for its clients, handling financial services litigation, property disputes and insolvency proceedings as well as professional negligence claims, recoveries litigation, and commercial contract and shareholder disputes. ‘Specialist in insolvency litigation’ Stuart Clubb jointly leads the team with Andrew Foyle, who focuses on all aspects of financial services litigation, including claims against lenders, and professional negligence. Principal associate Ben Zielinski, who handles contractual claims and IT-related disputes, is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Debt recovery Scotland > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals Scotland > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Commercial litigation Scotland > Dispute resolution
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Firm Rankings
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- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction