Andrew is the head of Addleshaw Goddard's Private Equity practice, based in the London office. He has acted on a wide range of international and domestic private equity led transactions, follow on investments and acquisitions as well as successful exits of private equity investments through IPOs and refinancings including securitisation. Andrew is ranked as a private equity specialist in both the UK and international editions of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.
Recent transactions include representing Lord Foster and the other founder shareholders on the investment in Foster + Partners by 3i; acting for the board of Sesame Group Limited on its takeover by Friends Provident; Dunedin Capital Partners on the buyout of Gissings Advisory Services Limited and on the disposal of Fernau Avionics Limited; Pinnacle Founders Holdings SARL on its disposal of interests in Pinnacle Partners SARL to Merrill Lynch; and Employment Services Holdings of Australia on its acquisition of Pertempts People Development Group Limited.
Year qualified: 1991
Specialist Experience:
- MBO of Gissings Advisory Services Limited backed by Dunedin Capital Partners
- Disposal of Fernau Avionics Limited by Dunedin Capital Partners
- Acquisition of Pertempts People Development Group Limited by Employment Services Holdings Pty
- MBO of Kelvin Hughes Limited backed by ECI
- MBO of West Cornwall Pasty Company Limited backed by Gresham Private Equity
- MBO of Camden Fleet Services Limited backed by BPE
- Merger of Kreab and Gavin Anderson to form Kreab Gavin Anderson
- Acquisition of Silver Spring Soft Drinks Limited by Privet Capital
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