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Andrew Witts

Work Department
Fraud and international asset tracing.
Position
Partner
Career
Trained Walker Martineau 1988-1992; qualified 1992; assistant solicitor Alsop Wilkinson 1992-96; partner Alsop Wilkinson 1996-2000 (became DLA); partner Lawrence Graham LLP 2001 to date, senior partner 2011 to date; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014.
Memberships
ICC Fraudnet.
Education
Farnborough (1984 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering); London (1988 BA Law; 1990 Law Society Finals).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Catherine Naylor heads the practice in London at Gowling WLG. Naylor is adept at handling multi-jurisdictional cases. The practice draws on the expertise of the firm’s other private wealth practitioners in Singapore and Canada to handle an array of cases with a cross-border dimension. It focuses on all aspects of trust litigation and most of its clients are internationally based. James Sidwell has extensive experience in contentious trusts cases, and Andrew Witts is another key practitioner.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
With ‘experience in high-value international cases’, Gowling WLG‘s fraud and asset recovery team specialises in high-profile fraud claims, asset recovery, and anti-corruption work. Fraud and asset recovery team head Catherine Naylor is ‘an excellent leader for complex international cases’; Andrew Witts specialises in fraud and international asset tracing, and has notable expertise in multi-jurisdictional cases; and insolvency litigation expert Jason Freedman focuses on fraud and asset recovery investigations. The practice further includes experienced corporate and financial services litigator James Sidwell; Emily Till, ‘a star in the making’; and Joanna Rhodes, who acts in high-profile asset recovery matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fraud: civil London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Rail
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport