‘Widely recognised as a leading set for civil fraud work’, Twenty Essex has ‘a deep bench of highly skilled advocates with extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional disputes’. Among the senior end of chambers, Blair Leahy KC is ‘a strong choice for multi-jurisdictional disputes’, and Philip Edey KC has ‘extensive experience of fraud cases’. Luke Pearce KC stands out as ‘an ideal choice for tricky fraud cases where mastery of the detail is imperative’. Paul Lowenstein KC‘s ’commercial awareness and calm authority make him a trusted advisor in high-stakes fraud litigation‘; he is leading Andrew Feld and Edward Gilmore on behalf of the claimants in Chen and others v Ma and others, a BVI claim alleging unlawful means conspiracy connected to the movement of secured assets out of the corporate holding structure of the A7 skyscraper construction project in Taiwan.
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Profile
Work Department
Banking and finance; Commercial law; Civil fraud; Shipping; Arbitration and mediation; EU and competition law; Insolvency and company law; Private international law
Position
Andrew has an eclectic practice encompassing the full spectrum of commercial litigation, with particular specialisms in private international law, civil fraud, and shipping international trade. His recent caseload covers an unusually broad range of practice areas – from marine insurance to privacy injunctions – including energy and natural resources, banking and finance, tech and IP, and insolvency and restructuring.
Andrew has appeared recently in the large-scale litigation in Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings and Sabbagh v Khoury. He also has extensive experience of cases involving jurisdictional and conflicts of laws issues, including anti-suit injunctions, cross-border insolvency cases, and disputes involving the interaction between courts and arbitral tribunals.
Before coming to the Bar, Andrew worked for several years as a competition and regulatory economist. He enjoys bringing his fluency with numerical data and analysis to his commercial cases.
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