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Andrew Hunter KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law (including insurance/reinsurance; financial services; civil fraud; arbitration and entertainment/sports); public law. Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.
Career
Qualified 1993, Middle Temple; QC 2012.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Andrew Hunter KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Andrew is one of the most outstanding KCs for civil fraud. He is an eloquent and convincing advocate whom judges trust implicitly. He is wonderful with clients and instantly inspires confidence.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Andrew Hunter KC –Blackstone Chambers ‘A thoughtful, quiet but deadly cross-examiner. Very clever, and hardworking.’
London Bar > Financial services and fintech regulation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1As a ‘very strong set with breadth for civil fraud’, Blackstone Chambers is particularly well-equipped to handle fraud matters in the financial services sector, including cases touching on asset recovery, bribery, breach of fiduciary duty, as well as anti-counterfeiting. Robert Howe KC is instructed for five of the fifteen defendants in Crane Bank v DFCU Bank and others, a $250 million claim concerning the collapse and sale of one of Uganda’s largest banks, allegedly the result of a corrupt scheme and unlawful means conspiracy. In the BVI, Andrew Hunter KC and Tom Mountford acted for the successful respondents on appeal in XYZ, Chia Hsing Wang v Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I, Floreat Real Estate, a case involving allegations of non-disclosure and misrepresentation. Tom Weisselberg KC continues to act for the first defendant in Public Institution for Social Security Fund v Al Rajaan, a $850m claim brought by the Kuwaiti public pension fund, which alleges corruption on the part of its former director-general.