Andrew Mitchell KC

Practice Areas

Expertise in banking; civil fraud; commercial contract; (re)insurance and professional negligence, in an international and domestic context. Andrew frequently appears in the Commercial Court, as well as appearing as lead advocate before various arbitral institutions in international arbitration and foreign jurisdictions including: the BVI, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Channel Islands and Singapore.

Recent high-profile cases include acting for Aon, the reinsurance broker, in defence of claims arising from the Chapecoense football team air disaster and other aviation and sports disputes; the Yukos litigation in London concerning allegedly fraudulent Russian Government auctions; the Robert Tchenguiz litigation (in which he represented the Icelandic bank); the Marrache fraud litigation in Gibraltar (including representing NatWest in the Privy Council); and the interest rate swaps and LIBOR litigation, in which Andrew represents a number of banks appearing in four leading cases: Green & Rowley v RBS; Crestsign v RBS; Thornbridge v Barclays; and one of the largest claims so far, Stuart Wall v RBS.

He also acted for Depfa in the Court of Appeal in the long running UBS v KWL litigation involving CDOs, and for the banks in the leading Court of Appeal case on duty of care in regulatory contexts (CGL v NatWest).

He recently acted in Nigeria’s fraud challenge to a $1bn arbitration award (P&ID); and he represents Bank of Scotland in the Targetfollow LIBOR fraud litigation due to be heard in 2024.

Career

Called 1992, Middle Temple. Silk 2011. Deputy High Court Judge (KB Division). Vice-Chair of the Bar Standards Board.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR.

Publications

Contributing Editor to ‘Commercial Court Procedure’ (Sweet & Maxwell).

Personal

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1990 MA 1st Class; George Long Prize for Jurisprudence); University College, Oxford (1991 BCL 1st Class; Dicey & Morris Prize for Private International Law); Council of Legal Education Studentship; Middle Temple Harmsworth Scholar.