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Andrew McLeod J.D.

An-Drew Mick-Cloudhe/himAssociate
London
About

Andrew McLeod is an international disputes lawyer with experience in complex commercial disputes across various sectors, including energy and natural resources, banking and financial services, construction, and insolvency.

Andrew is committed to achieving efficient and commercial outcomes for clients. Andrew's experience includes acting for clients involved in proceedings in first instance and appellate courts, arbitrations, mediations, and other dispute resolution procedures.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsEnergy and Natural ResourcesFinanceRestructuring
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of Western AustraliaSolicitor of the High Court of Australia

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for ASX100 energy company in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in relation to AUD86.5m indemnity claim made by a British multinational oil and gas company under a sale and purchase agreement, in connection with a government-imposed offshore petroleum decommissioning and rehabilitation levy.
  • Advising ASX100 energy company regarding the risk of climate litigation associated with the proposed acquisition of certain mature assets and a related organisational restructure.
  • Acting for a Switzerland-based manufacturer and distributor of aluminium composite panels in a class action commenced in the Federal Court of Australia.
  • Acting for privately-owned energy company in relation to force majeure claims made pursuant to an offtake agreement (coal) in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
  • Acting for financiers in relation to the enforcement of their security over a significant property development and an associated AUD600m damages claim against the financiers in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, and on appeal in the Court of Appeal of Western Australia.
  • Advising the administrators of a major Australian engineering and construction company in relation to the trade-on and sale of certain corporate entities to an Italian industrial group (the final acquisition perimeter comprising more than AUD6bn of projects in backlog), including in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia successfully obtaining novel limitation of liability orders for the administrators during the trade-on period.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Western Australia, Juris Doctor, 2017 - 2019
  • University of Western Australia, Batchelor of Arts (Political Science and International Relations), 2013 - 2015

Prior Experience

  • 2021 to 2024, solicitor at Australian-based international law firm
  • 2019 to 2021, Associate to the Honourable Justice Le Miere at the Supreme Court of Western Australia

Additional qualifications

  • University of Technology Sydney, ARITA Advanced Certification in Advanced Insolvency, 2023

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of the Law Society of Western Australia

Connect

Phone

+44 20 7153 7407
(Work, London)
+44 7552 540437
(Mobile)
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