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Andrew Rosling

Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Andrew is a corporate partner, specialising in UK and international mergers and acquisitions and is also Head of our firm wide Retail & Consumer Sector Group.
He has been named in the Lawyer’s prestigious ‘Hot 100’ 2016 list for his work in advising retail and consumer clients on their strategic objectives in Europe and also for developing an Africa iPad app, which provides legal guidance on investing in Africa
His clients include Britvic, Diageo, Harper Collins, IAG/British Airways, McBride, Royal Mail Group, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Schwan Food Company, Tate & Lyle, Valmont and William Hill.
Recent transactions include advising:
- Associated British Ports on the sale of its interest in Southampton Container Terminal to DP World
- BA on various matters including its disposal of the BA Connect business to Flybe and the restructuring of the NATS shareholding arrangements
- Britvic on its acquisition of Brazillian company Empresa Brasilerira de Bebidas e Alimentos (Ebba)
- Diageo on transactions in various jurisdictions including the sale of Gleneagles, the formation and break up of various interlinked joint ventures with Heineken and Namibia Breweries in Southern Africa, the acquisition of Serengeti Breweries in Tanzania and the acquisition of Meta Abo Brewery in Ethiopia
- Royal Mail Group on its online store launch on Alibaba’s emarketplace and acquisition of the e-courier business
- Sainsbury’s Supermarkets on its Netto JV with Dansk Supermarket and the Mobile by Sainsbury’s JV with Vodafone (and various other matters)
- Schwan’s Group on the divestment of its European business (including the Chicago Town pizza brand) to Dr. Oetker
- Tate & Lyle on the break up of its pan-European bulk ingredients joint venture with ADM
- Various listed companies on governance and other projects in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria
He has also recently run in-market training programmes for in-house lawyers across Africa one of which won The Lawyer’s ‘Best Service Quality Innovation’ award 2016 and the other being recognised by the FT Innovation Awards as a key innovation and risk management tool for a major client.
Career
Trained Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard); qualified 1995; partner 2002.
Education
Magdalen College School and The Skinners’ School; University of York (1990 English 2(1)); The College of Law (1993 CPE and LSF).
Leisure
Cricket, golf, cinema.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Industry focus > Retail and consumer
(Leading partners)The sizeable, multidisciplinary team at Addleshaw Goddard works with an impressive slew of longstanding clients, including some of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, on a series of high-value mandates, including major acquisitions.The group is headed up by Andrew Rosling who is noted for his M&A acumen, particularly with respect to joint ventures. Practice co-chair Rona-Bar Isaac is recognised for her expertise concerning competition and disputes issues. Notable partner hires include Ross Nicol from Dentons, who bolsters the group’s IP-focused offering. Daniel Sweeney and Georgina Powling , based in Manchester and Leeds respectively, are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Retail and consumer London > Industry focus
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)