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Andrew J Hunter

Andrew J Hunter

UK 2026

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Andrew is the lead partner of the Licensing team and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Liquor Licensing Law. He is the principal contact for the firm's liquor licensing clients, which include Belhaven Brewery Company Limited, Lidl UK GmbH and BP Oil UK Limited. His role involves providing legal advice to clients on liquor licensing, betting and gaming licensing, and civic government licensing matters. He attends the licensing boards on behalf of clients throughout Scotland.

Andrew is also a Partner in the Insolvency team, who previously won the prestigious “Insolvency Team of the Year” award at the Law Awards of Scotland and “Regional Insolvency Team of Year” at the Insolvency and Rescue Awards. His role involves providing advice to clients on debt recovery and insolvency matters, both at personal and corporate level. This includes initial insolvency work such as sequestration petitions, petitions for liquidation and appointment of administrators as well as acting for trustees, liquidators and administrators in post insolvency recovery work.

Andrew has been a part time tutor in Civil Procedure at the University of Glasgow Diploma in Legal Practice since 2010. He is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Licensing Law Sub-Committee.

Professional Memberships

Andrew is a member of the Law Society of Scotland's Licensing Law Sub-Committee.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Licensing - Scotland

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Band 1

Individual Editorial

Andrew Hunter is known for his experience in the field of licensing. He regularly assists clients with their operations in the supermarket, hotel and petrol station sectors with licensing applications and reviews.

Strengths

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  • Andrew Hunter is a very experienced person for any case in his field.

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  • Andrew is exceptionally helpful and professional, very knowledgeable and perfect for everything we need to know. He answers back straight away and we are always happy to work with him.

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  • It is an absolute pleasure to work with Andrew on licensing issues.

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  • Andrew is so helpful. He is really good at giving us advice and steers us in the right direction when we need it. He explains things clearly, knows our business very well and does really good work.

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  • I find Andrew to be helpful and efficient.

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