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Andrew Holden is a commercial chancery specialist. His highly-regarded practice encompasses traditional chancery work (trusts, probate, estates, and other specialist chancery work); commercial disputes (including business litigation, fraud, and asset tracing); and international arbitration.

In the United Kingdom, Andrew enjoys a busy and broad-based commercial chancery practice. He is well known for his traditional chancery work. Andrew is also a leading commercial disputes practitioner, with a particularly busy and successful practice in complex fraud, asset-tracing, and jurisdiction and enforcement litigation.

Andrew also has an extensive international practice. He has particular experience acting for the settlors, trustees, beneficiaries, and protectors of private trusts, as well as for the custodians, directors and professional advisers of companies, funds and other complex offshore structures.

Andrew also has a high-profile international commercial litigation and arbitration practice, including cross-border fraud and asset-tracing and connected matters engaging principles of international jurisdiction and enforcement.

Andrew is the author of Trust Protectors, the first specialist practitioners’ text on the subject of protectors, and writes and publishes regularly in his fields of expertise. He is an Academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL), a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and the draughtsman of several pieces of offshore legislation, including the Trustee Amendment Act 2014 and the Trusts (Special Provisions) Amendment Act 2020 of Bermuda.

Called 2007

Chancery Bar Association

Full Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law

BA (Hons.), Oxon., Philosophy and Theology – 1st Class (top of year)

M.St. (Research), Oxon.

CPE, City University – Commendation

BVC, Inns of Court School of Law – Outstanding

TEP, Qualified Practitioners' Route, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners