• Law Society of Ireland
  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • British Blockchain Association
  • Blockchain Association of Ireland
  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2018)
  • Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales (2009)
  • Legal Practice Course, University of Law, Surrey, UK (2006)

Andrew is a partner specialising in venture capital and corporate technology matters and he advises on both English and Irish law.

He is head of the firm’s blockchain and crypto-asset group and jointly heads up the Philip Lee London office which opened in 2018 (along with fellow corporate partner Bernard McEvoy).

Andrew advises a broad range of clients, from private equity and venture capital funds, to international focused corporations, SMEs and startups. Andrew primarily advises on corporate transactions, including investments, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring.

Many of the transactional matters Andrew works on are for clients that are involved in disruptive technologies and sectors, including blockchain, carbon, energy/renewable energy and gaming.

Andrew is recommended in the Legal 500 and Chambers Europe for his work in the corporate/ M&A sector and fintech. He joined Philip Lee from London media and technology firm, Sheridans.

Recent Work

  • Advising Nomu Pay on the acquisition of Total Processing Ltd.
  • Advising Finch Capital on the investment into eFlow Global.
  • Advised WALR Group on the acquisition of technology business QuenchTec.
  • Advised Veeqo on the sale of the group to Amazon Inc.
  • Advised JSM Group on the sale of the company to PE investor, Rutland Partners.
  • Advised retail tech start-up NearSt in raising seed funding from angel and institutional investors.
  • Advising Finboot on investment from global energy giant Repsol.
  • Acting for Veeqo in securing a series A investment from Octopus Ventures.