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Mr Andrew Fenn KC
Position
Andrew Fenn KC specialises in all areas of Chambers’ work. He acts for contractors, private employers, professional advisors and insurers.
Andrew acts as counsel on large litigations, international and domestic arbitrations, and in the Court of Appeal. He also appears regularly in court and adjudication hearings, assisting with drafting and providing tactical advice at every stage, including: pre-action protocol, pleadings, disclosure, witness statements and expert reports, negotiations, applications and hearings including summary judgment, security for costs, CMCs and trial.
“He is tenacious and of enormous help on complicated fact-specific cases,” says one source, while others describe him as a “work-horse”. Instructing solicitors appreciate his keenness to work with them as part of a team, and clients value his “commercial awareness and well thought-out advice on complicated matters.”
Career
Called 2007, Gray’s Inn.
Silk 2025
Languages
Andrew has a good working knowledge of French.
Memberships
Andrew is a member of the SCL.
Education
Educated St. John’s College, Cambridge MA. Birkenhead Scholar of Gray’s Inn.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Fenn – Atkin Chambers ‘Andrew is extremely client friendly. First class written advocacy based on mastering of the factual and technical case. The first draft from Andrew rarely requires amendment. Assured and compelling oral advocacy that rivals barristers that are many years his senior.’
With ‘unrivalled experience in construction and engineering matters’, Atkin Chambers boasts ‘deep bench strength’, and continues to handle major international projects and domestic infrastructure and fire safety matters. In the international arena, Christopher Lewis KC and Manus McMullan KC continue to represent the Panama Canal Authority in disputes arising from the Third Set of Locks project. In addition to the set’s experience in international arbitration, Andrew Fenn is currently acting for the claimant in Carillion plc v KPMG LLP & Anor, a large audit negligence case concerning the collapse of the construction contractor. On the domestic side, Dominique Rawley KC, Simon Lofthouse KC, and Jennifer Jones KC are instructed on a high-value structural defects claim in the healthcare sector, while Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC is leading on Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust v Hadfield Healthcare Partnership Limited, a multimillion PFI dispute relating to fire safety in a hospital. Stephanie Barwise KC and Dalton Hale continued to represent a group of core participants in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Camille Slow KC took silk in March 2024.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Andrew Fenn –Atkin Chambers ‘Extremely client friendly. First class written advocacy based on mastering of the factual and technical case. The first draft from Andrew rarely requires amendment. Assured and compelling oral advocacy that rivals barristers that are many years his senior.’
Middle East: The English Bar > Construction
(Leading juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Fenn – Atkin Chambers ‘Very strong legal ability but allied to a firm grasp of commercial realities – the combination is impressive.’