JUNIOR PROFILE

Andrew McLeod

UK Bar 2026

One Essex Court

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

4 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

3 years ranked

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Andrew is a leading commercial junior with a broad practice spanning commercial and commercial chancery litigation, arbitration and advisory work. He has extensive experience of high-value and complex business disputes, with an emphasis on banking/financial services work, heavy contractual claims, civil fraud and company/insolvency matters. He has appeared at all levels in the English courts (including the Privy Council and the Court of Appeal) as well as in overseas courts (including the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal) and a variety of arbitral tribunals. He has particular expertise in interim injunctions (having appeared in the Privy Council for the successful respondent in Convoy Collateral v Broad Idea [2023] AC 389) as well as Norwich Pharmacal orders and other interim relief. Alongside his general commercial practice, Andrew maintains specialist interests in trusts and art law.

Career

Called 2017 (Lincoln’s Inn); formerly law lecturer and research fellow at Oxford University and associate (judicial assistant) to the Chief Justice of Australia

Professional Memberships

COMBAR; ChBA; ConTrA; Institute of Art and Law

Personal

University of Sydney (BSc (Adv) (Hons) LLB (Hons)); Exeter College, Oxford (BCL)

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Andrew McLeod has a strong civil fraud practice, including experience acting in cases before the Privy Council. He is instructed both as a led junior and as sole counsel in a range of cases for both claimants and defendants, and has played his part in complex international cases.

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Strengths

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Andrew is excellent. He is first class and very on the detail about things. He's very unflappable, calm on his feet and very strategic.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Andrew is very astute, moves very quickly with things and digests complex info quickly. He is wonderful and brilliant on his feet. He's an exceptional advocate and great with clients.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Andrew McLeod is absolutely brilliant. I would recommend him in a heartbeat. He provides very clear and authoritative advice, and is very user-friendly and responsive.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Andrew McLeod's legal skills are first rate. His written arguments are very well written and very persuasive.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Andrew writes beautifully and is very clever. He is notable for the breadth of his knowledge and learning, and for his ferocious hard work.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Andrew McLeod is my top choice of junior for complex commercial cases. He is a very gifted advocate who is user-friendly, incredibly responsive and a great draftsman.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar