Andrew Howell – Partner
5 New Street Square
London EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom
DX 41 London
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7300 7134
Fax. +44 (0) 20 7300 7100
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Andrew is a partner in the Commercial Disputes group. He advises on general commercial and corporate disputes, in particular in the financial services sector.
His recent cases include:
- successful proceedings (at first instance and appeal) relating to option rights over the Eggborough coal-fired power station;
- Charter v City Index and Others, contribution claim against directors and auditors arising from an employee fraud;
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi v Baskan Gida and Others, the successful defence of a major letter of credit fraud claim for the Ferrero Group relating to a Turkish hazelnut supplier.
He has recently been acting for Albemarle Corporation in proceedings relating to the terms of a pharmaceutical supply contract (AstraZeneca v Albemarle International Corporation).
Andrew also specialises in claims and regulatory investigations involving the accountancy profession. His experience includes advising on several large-scale professional negligence disputes, including the defence of claims against Coopers & Lybrand arising out of the Barings collapse, and the Mayflower AADB investigation. He is currently acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers on matters relating to the sub-prime lender, Cattles.
Andrew is recommended in both the Legal 500 and Chambers Global with Chambers 2012 describing him as "dynamic" and being "on top of the law and a real pleasure to work with."
