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Watson Farley & Williams LLP Offices

Watson Farley & Williams LLP
15 APPOLD STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2HB
England
Visit website 020 7814 8000 020 7814 8141

Andrew Hutcheon

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020 7814 8000 ahutcheon@wfw.com

Work Department

PARTNER IN THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROUP

Position

Andrew has experience in a broad range of commercial and financial disputes including international arbitrations, bilateral investment treaty disputes and general litigation matters with a strong focus on the shipping, aviation, mining and commodities, oil & gas and other energy sectors.

His shipping expertise encompasses shipbuilding, ship repair, MoA, charterparty, cargo, enforcement and other dry shipping disputes including in specialised sectors such as LNG and cruise. In the aviation sector, he advises on repossessions, lease redelivery, airframe and engine damage, base maintenance and insurance disputes.

Andrew’s natural resources expertise extends to commodities trading, trade finance and mining investment disputes, while his experience in the offshore oil & gas and energy sectors covers construction, drilling and service agreement disputes, as well as wider industry disputes such as judicial reviews.

He is recommended by Legal 500 UK, who described him in 2021 as “being attentive to concerns and concerned with the clients’ objectives – he is pragmatic, very combative, persevering and successful”.

Career

Trained Sydney, New South Wales; Garland Seaborn & Abbott, Sydney 1985-89; qualified 1992; Watson, Farley & Williams 1990 to date.

Memberships

Law Society of New South Wales; Law Society of England and Wales.

Education

Sydney University (1984 LLB); Tulane University (1990 LLM Admiralty).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

With ‘excellent instincts when it comes to international disputes‘, Watson Farley & Williams LLP‘s practice stands out for its specialist sector expertise in energy, transport and infrastructure across the firm’s international network. Construction and energy disputes expert Rebecca Williams is ‘a fighter that clients want in their corner‘; Rob Fidoe acts in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under various rules; Mike Phillips is maritime disputes leader; Andrew Ward specialises in heavyweight international arbitration; and Andrew Hutcheon is ‘skilled at securing good outcomes‘. Mark McAllister-Jones is a recently-elevated counsel, while Archit Dhir, Alexander Creswick and Jack Moulder are experienced senior associates.

London > Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes

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Andrew Hutcheon –Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Watson Farley & Williams LLP frequently handles cross-border disputes in the commodities sector. Rob Fidoe regularly handles arbitration on behalf of multinationals in the energy, infrastructure and international trade sectors. Clients describe Fidoe as ‘calm and collected, a good strategist who is able to guide clients through difficult disputes‘. He acted for trading company JE Energy in a multimillion-dollar oil trading dispute with Vitol SA in a matter that has since gone to the Court of Appeal.  Key partner Andrew Hutcheon, who handles contentious matters in the commodities, mining, oil & gas, shipping and aviation sectors, ‘goes the extra mile to understand new business concepts and to give wise counsel‘. He was part of a team that acted for Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Fund in matters arising from the administration of Bulb Energy.

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