Andrew Howell

Andrew is Head of our Disputes & Investigations team in the UK, and global Co-Head of our International Disputes group. He also leads our Professional Services group. He specialises in the financial and professional services sectors where he advises on general commercial and corporate litigation.

Andrew’s clients describe him as a stand-out litigator, a superb team leader, and completely unflappable. He specialises in claims and regulatory investigations in the accountancy profession and has advised on many large-scale professional negligence disputes. These include the defence of claims against Coopers & Lybrand arising out of the Barings collapse, the Cattles litigation for PwC, and the defence of claims brought by Manchester Building Society.

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Carrière

Since 2011	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2011	Partner, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
1999 - 2005	Associate, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert

1998 - 1999	Associate, Eversheds
1995 - 1998	Trainee/Associate, Frere Cholmeley Bischoff

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Formation

1997	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1994	LLB, University of Bristol, University of Rouen

Publications

"Very personable, clever and thoughtful." - Chambers."

"He's at the top of his game." - Chambers."

Langues étrangères

English

French

Expertise

Services et Groupes Résolution des litiges Contentieux des professionnels du conseil

Secteurs Services aux entreprises et services professionnels

Experience

Defence of a claim for GBP1.6 billion	PwC in defending a claim for GBP1.6 billion arising out of the collapse of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc and its trading subsidiary, Welcome Financial Services Ltd, following the discovery of a shortfall in its bad debt provision.
Cattles and Welcome Financial Services v PwC	Acting for PwC on claims and regulatory matters relating to the collapse of sub-prime lender, Cattles (Cattles and Welcome Financial Services v PwC).
AstraZeneca v Albemarle	Successful counter-claim, acting for Albemarle Corporation, relating to rights of first refusal on a pharmaceutical contract (AstraZeneca v Albemarle.

Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi v Baskan Gida and others	Successful defence of major trade credit fraud claim for the Ferrero Group in Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi v Baskan Gida and others.
Blue Monkey Gaming v Hudson and others	Successful defence of conversion claims against administrators (Blue Monkey Gaming v Hudson and others.
Altus v Baker Tilly	Successful defence of tax scheme claim for Baker Tilly (Altus v Baker Tilly).

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Prix et distinctions

Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Professional Discipline (Band 5): Andrew Howell regularly handles FRC investigations on behalf of major accountancy firms. Sources report: "He's terrific - he soaks up pressure like a sponge and gets things done on time like a well-oiled machine."
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Professional Negligence (Band 3): Andrew Howell is an expert at defending accountants from allegations of professional negligence. Market sources say: "He is very smooth, and soaks up pressure like a sponge. He's very efficient - you know everything will be done on time and done right."
Legal 500 UK 2020	Leading individual - Insurance: Professional negligence: Andrew Howell is the complete package for professional negligence defence litigation; he is super-bright yet has bags of common sense and is always in control.
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Professional Discipline (Band 5): Andrew Howell is an experienced practitioner who specialises in regulatory investigations involving the accountancy profession. Clients say: "He's very good on details, extremely pleasant and able to be very robust in negotiations. He's also very user-friendly."
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Professional Negligence: Financial (Band 4): Andrew Howell is well versed in claims relating to clients in the financial services industry. He represents household names including Big Four accounting firms.
Legal 500 UK 2019	Leading individual - Insurance: Professional negligence: Team head Andrew Howell and Julian Randall are ‘outstanding litigators’; Howell is ‘good with clients and managing large teams on the most complex cases’
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Professional Negligence: Financial (Band 4): Andrew Howell is respected for his "expertise, experience and knowledge as well as his standout skill in communicating with clients." He focuses on advising accountancy firms on professional negligence matters.
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Professional Discipline (Band 5): Andrew Howell is particularly adept at handling financial services disciplinary matters involving the FRC. Sources note: "He's incredibly sensible, very calm and hugely bright," adding that "he's a standout person in this area."
Legal 500 UK 2017	Leading individual - Insurance - Professional Negligence: Andrew Howell, who is ‘vastly experienced, a superb team leader and is completely unflappable’ leads the professional services group and has ‘vast experience’ in claims and regulatory investigations involving the accountancy profession.