Andrew has practised corporate law for over 30 years, advising on a wide variety of transactions, including management buy-outs and buy-ins, corporate acquisitions and disposals and listed company takeovers. He has advised billionaires, entrepreneurs, finance houses, PLCs and multi-national corporations as well as owners of family businesses and individuals.

He has considerable recent experience in advising on buying and selling dental practices, pharmacies and care homes.

He believes that well-executed deals require careful planning, meticulous organisation and skilful negotiation to get the deal done quickly and with a minimum of fuss.  He likes to get to know his clients and their businesses and believes that understanding their objectives is vital to the success of a venture.  He aims to ensure that those he advises remain clients for a long time.

He was educated at Doncaster Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford and holds an M.A. and a B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. He was granted a number of awards at school and a Boulter Exhibition in law while at Christ Church.  He was listed as a leading individual in the North East in corporate finance by Chambers & Partners law directory which described him as “very quick to spot the real issue”.  He was also shortlisted as “Partner of the Year” by a national legal awards organisation.

Andrew trained at Payne Hicks Beech in London, before working in the buy-out group at Clifford Chance.  He then joined Irwin Mitchell, where he became a partner and head of its largest corporate department.  In 2000 he became a partner at Wragge & Co, where he became leader of one of its major corporate teams. In 2009, Andrew left Wragge & Co to found Tallar, of which he is the owner.

He currently serves as a non-executive director of Victoria PLC, the AIM listed carpet manufacturer and Islandbridge Capital Limited, an FCA and SEC regulated asset manager.  He is a former  non-executive director of Sureserve Group plc (when it was called Lakehouse plc), the AIM-listed asset and energy support company, of Chorus Law Group Limited, the leading probate services provider and of A.E. Spink Limited, a builders merchant, of which he was chairman.

His sporting activities include weight training, skiing, running and tennis.  He enjoys film and good food, which interests are balanced out by his sporting activities.

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