JUNIOR PROFILE
Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

UK Bar 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Andrew Brown specialises in commercial chancery work with a focus on insolvency and commercial disputes. He has a wealth of experience in asset recovery in complex insolvency claims involving reviewable transactions, corporate director misfeasance and fiduciary duty claims, Quincecare duty matters, energy company insolvencies, commercial disputes with a particular emphasis on fraud work, and all manner of procedural insolvency matters.

Andrew has appeared in such high profile matters as the Grenfell Tower litigation, the Cineworld restructuring, Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club administration, NMC Health Care PLC, and the Contract Natural Gas liquidation.

Recent decisions include: Armstrong & Anor v Harrow [2025] EWHC 1790 (Ch); Re CL Realisations 2020 Ltd [2025] EWHC 796 (Ch); Contract Natural Gas Ltd (in liq) v ZOG Energy Ltd (in liq) [2025] EWHC 86 (Ch); Lonham Group Limited v Scotbeef Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 203; Fletcher v Razeem [2024] EWHC 2638 (Ch)

Career

Called 2014

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association;

COMBAR;

R3;

IWIRC.

Publications

Andrew is a prolific author of secondary literature related to insolvency law, and regularly appears as an author in Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (CRI) and Recovery on topics related to restructuring. In addition he has published a number of books and chapters in specialist texts, such as: A Practical Guide to Void Dispositions and Validation Orders, (2025); Butterworth's Civil Court Precedents; Tolley's Insolvency Service; Gore-Browne On Companies; A Practical Guide to Insolvency Litigation (3rd Ed)

Personal

Andrew earned a doctorate and masters in Ancient History from Oxford where he previously lectured in ancient coinage and monetary systems.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Andrew Brown focuses his practice on both insolvency and commercial law. He has a strong expertise in appeals cases and regularly appears before the Court of Appeal and in complex, high-profile litigation.

Strengths

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  • He displays brilliant advocacy.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
  • He remains objective in his view.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
  • Andrew is so easy to get on with and he is very pragmatic and gets to the point quickly. He is somebody you can absolutely rely on.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
  • He is very user-friendly, accessible and feels like you have another member of the team.

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  • Andrew is a consistent, capable advocate and a considered safe pair of hands. He demonstrates commercial awareness and is able to apply appropriate risk management to his client's corporate reality.

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London (Bar)

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