Biography: Arbitration

Before transferring to the Bar and joining One Essex Court in June 2006, Andrew had been a partner at Lovells for 24 years, most recently as the head of the firm's international arbitration practice. He served as senior partner of the Hong Kong office from 1994 to 1998.

He is regularly appointed as an arbitrator in international arbitrations, including LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL arbitrations, as sole arbitrator, chairman and as a party appointee.

In 38 years of legal practice, he has dealt with a wide range of commercial disputes, including those arising from share acquisition agreements, joint ventures, the financial services and banking sector, construction contracts, sale of goods, the oil industry, defence contracts, insurance and technology disputes.

He has been a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration since 2006 and was a member of the drafting sub-committee of the ICC Task Force, which revised the ICC Rules of Arbitration.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the LCIA, on the panel of arbitrators of the ICDR, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Chinese International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission.

He is a member of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA and is the immediate past Chair of its Sub Committee on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards. He is also the editor of Dispute Resolution International, published by the IBA in 2007.

His experience and reputation in international arbitration have been recognised by a number of the legal directories, including Legal Experts, Legal 500, Chambers UK, Chambers Global and Global Arbitration Review.