Andrew Howell is at the helm at Taylor Wessing. Howell has a particular specialism in the financial and professional service sector, where he routinely advises on substantial negligence disputes and regulatory investigations. The team also includes Stuart Broom, who undertakes claims relating to the accountancy industry. Julian Randall defends financial clients in negligence claims, breach of mandate claims, injunctive relief and insolvency issues. James Bryden and Stephanie High are also key members of the team.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Andrew Howell leads the team and is highly experienced, calm under pressure and an excellent strategist.'
- ‘A very strong professional negligence practice, with particular expertise at bringing and defending claims against accountants - one of the best in the market for such cases.'
- ‘Andrew Howell and Julian Randall have been doing this for decades, and know more about accounting than most lawyers; and are skilled and experienced litigators.’
- ‘Andrew Howell and Julian Randall are two of the, if not the two, top partners in London in this area.
- ‘TW is consistently a leader in the area of professional services litigation and regulatory investigations / enforcement cases.'
- 'The team is highly professional, very easy to access and use, pleasant and fun to work with, intellectually as good as any big firm, pragmatic and with great ‘gut’ instincts about multiple scenarios one might encounter. True trusted advisors.’
Key clients
- Mr Zafar Khan (former CFO of Carillion plc)
- White Oak
- KPMG LLP
- RSM
- Celsius Network Limited
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Ernst & Young LLP
Work highlights
Acting for White Oak in High Court proceedings against Marsh Limited to recover $140 million from Marsh for breach of duty.
Acted for Mr Zafar Khan, the former CFO of Carillion, in directors' disqualification proceedings and in substantial proceedings brought by the FCA.
Advised Deloitte on the defence of the $5 billion audit negligence claim by Hewlett Packard arising from the $8.8 billion write-down on the value of Autonomy Corporation plc.
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Andrew Howell
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Stuart Broom
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James Bryden
Practice head
Andrew Howell
Other key lawyers
Stuart Broom; Julian Randall; James Bryden; Stephanie High