Andrew Johnston

Practice Areas

Andrew is the Head of Region in Addleshaw Goddard for the Middle East and Asia. He is also a corporate partner and leads our cross-office regional corporate team. Andrew's expertise is primarily on cross-border M&A in the MENA region, with a particular specialism in private equity transactions, with a focus in the retail and consumer, healthcare and financial services sectors. He also specialises in advising both regional and international clients on joint ventures, restructurings and shareholder arrangements.

Andrew has been based in Dubai since 2007 and in that time has advised many of the region's leading corporates, private equity houses, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and other financial sponsors in relation to some of the highest profile and most innovative M&A transactions in the Middle East.