Practice area

Corporate

Experience

Andrew is a partner in our London corporate group and leads one of our four corporate teams. Andrew has a wide range of transaction experience and specialises in public and private M&A, group reorganisations and shareholder arrangements.

His experience includes advising on:

  • public takeovers, including CSG Systems on its recommended acquisition of Intec Telecom Systems, Ferrovial on its recommended cash offer for Amey and Lord Kirkham on the £500m take private of DFS Furniture;
  • contested bids, including the London Stock Exchange in relation to successfully defended bids from Macquarie and Nasdaq, Brascan on its £1.7bn cash and shares consortium offer for Canary Wharf and Ferrovial on its successful £10bn cash and stub equity bid for BAA;
  • private M&A, including the London Stock Exchange on its acquisitions of Millennium IT and Turquoise, Lord Kirkham on the disposal of DFS Furniture to Advent, Ford on its £3bn acquisition of Land Rover from BMW and Total on its auction disposal of its paints business, SigmaKalon, to Bain Capital;
  • restructurings including advising Woolworths on the lead-up to its administration, Heineken on the reorganisation of its UK pub management interests and East London Bus Group on the sale of its business to Stagecoach; and
  • shareholder arrangements, including advising an international energy company on its joint venture arrangements for nuclear new build in the UK and on its arrangements for the development and operation of a large UK offshore wind farm.

Languages

French

Contact details

andrew.hutchings
@freshfields.com

  • London office
  • 65 Fleet Street
    London EC4Y 1HS
    United Kingdom
  • Telephone
  • +44 20 7832 7363
  • Fax
  • +44 20 7108 7363