Andrew George KC

Acted for the Claimant in his successful Commercial Court claim against an electronic payment facilitation company involving contractual and restitution disputes. 

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Acts for the Claimants in this £250m fraud case involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of competition law arising from a substantial acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, Andrew acted in a successful three-day cross application for summary judgment for commercial court in November 2018.

Acts for the First Defendant Finance Director in this substantial Commercial Court action raising significant issues concerning section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (re misleading statements in listing particulars) in the context of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Acted for the recipient of a Letter of Request in the context of multi-million dollar proceedings in the USA between substantial international mining companies in its successful application to discharge various disclosure obligations on public policy and commercial confidentiality grounds. 

Acts for the Claimant in this US$1 billion Chancery Division claim by a sovereign wealth fund arising out of actions by Goldman Sachs in Gadaffi-era Libya which are alleged to have constituted undue influence and an unconscionable bargain.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Acts for the Claimant in this long-running dispute between two Russian businesspeople concerning the operation of a €100m property investment in Morocco. Amongst other things, Andrew acted in the Claimant’s successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the Defendant’s application to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds. 

Acted as sole advocate for the Defendant in this 8-day Commercial Court trial concerning the exportation of the popular soft drink “Vimto” to Pakistan. 

Acts for a former director of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel chains facing claims for breach of fiduciary duty arising out of alleged wrongful dividend distributions and non-disclosures of allegedly conflicting interests. The 6-week Chancery Division trial involves claims in excess of £20m.

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Acted in this substantial regulatory enforcement action arising out of systemic and substantial mis-selling of mobile phone insurance.

Acted for the Claimant in his successful Commercial Court claim against an electronic payment facilitation company involving contractual and restitution disputes. 

Acted in this major regulatory battle over breaches of money laundering regulations and international sanctions by Standard Chartered Bank leading to global regulatory fines in excess of £1bn.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Acts for a former director of Carillion in relation to multiple regulatory investigations following that firm’s widely-publicised collapse.

Represents the Dubai financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing. The case, which has been heard in both London and Dubai, involves allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Andrew acted against the Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board in relation to proceedings brought against a Mr James Corr, the former Finance Director of the sub-prime lender Cattles plc. The case raised, amongst other things, important issues concerning the inter-relationship between connected AADB and Financial Services Authority/ Financial Conduct Authority proceedings.

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Andrew successfully acted for a bank trader facing disciplinary proceedings brought by the FCA in connection with the widely-publicised LIBOR rigging allegations.  The FCA had been seeking one of the highest financial penalties it has imposed on an individual.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acted for a wealth manager accused of market abuse by the FCA in connection with allegedly manipulative transactions placed by a Mr Goenka in the London Stock Exchange’s Closing Auction. The FCA’s allegations that Mr Carrimjee’s conduct was dishonest and/or lacked integrity were dismissd by the Upper Tribunal. 

Acted for a major provider of financial trading services in a claim for judicial review against the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to FOS’s jurisdiction to consider complaints concerning Spot Foreign Exchange contracts and the circumstances in which foreign exchange transactions could correctly be classified as spread bets.

Acts for a number of individual bankers accused of having acted inappropriately in relation to the manipulation of LIBOR rates and facing criminal and regulatory investigation. 

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.

Acted for Ian Hannam, the former Chairman of Capital Markets at JP Morgan Cazenove who was penalised by the FSA for the disclosure of inside information contrary to section 118 (3) of FSMA. The disclosure was made in the course of negotiating a corporate transaction for the purpose of encouraging an offer in the interest of the client who had given implicit authority for the disclosure. The FSA decided that the information was not disclosed in the proper course and constituted inside information, taking a wide view of the effect of section 118C. 

Acted for Peter Cummings, a senior manager at HBOS, in relation to FSA disciplinary proceedings concerning allegations arising out of the difficulties suffered by the bank during the financial crisis of 2008. 

Acted for the FSA in a 2-week Upper Tribunal hearing concerning alleged misconduct in the context of a sub-prime mortgage broker.

Acts for the Claimants in this £250m fraud case involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of competition law arising from a substantial acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry. In particular, Andrew acted in a successful three-day cross application for summary judgment for commercial court in November 2018.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acts for the Claimant in this US$1 billion Chancery Division claim by a sovereign wealth fund arising out of actions by Goldman Sachs in Gadaffi-era Libya which are alleged to have constituted undue influence and an unconscionable bargain.

Acted for the Claimant in this US$2 billion Commercial Court claim by a sovereign wealth fund involving allegations of bribery by a large French bank in Gadaffi-era Libya.

Acts for the Claimant in this long-running dispute between two Russian businesspeople concerning the operation of a €100m property investment in Morocco. Amongst other things, Andrew acted in the Claimant’s successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the Defendant’s application to stay the proceedings on jurisdictional grounds. 

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Represents the Dubai financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing. The case, which has been heard in both London and Dubai, involves allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Acts for the First Defendant Finance Director in this substantial Commercial Court action raising significant issues concerning section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (re misleading statements in listing particulars) in the context of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Acts for a former director of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotel chains facing claims for breach of fiduciary duty arising out of alleged wrongful dividend distributions and non-disclosures of allegedly conflicting interests. The 6-week Chancery Division trial involves claims in excess of £20m.

Successfully acted for a former partner of Collyer-Bristow in claims for alleged negligence and dishonest assistance arising out of technology investment schemes designed to be tax efficient.  Andrew was sole Counsel for his client during the 53-day Commercial Court trial, identified by The Lawyer as one of the Top 20 cases of 2011.

Andrew successfully acting for the Defendant in this $200m claim alleging negligent promotion by financial services professionals in connection with the IPO of an American real estate development.

Successfully acted as Leading Counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial relating to Loan Market Association (LMA) trading in a Ukrainian steel manufacturer.

Instructed in Court of Appeal proceedings raising significant issues of public importance concerning the FCA Principles and the scope of the duties of personal pension trustees involving interventions by the FCA and the personal pension industry trade body.

Represents the Dubai financial services regulator in its first substantive Tribunal hearing. The case, which has been heard in both London and Dubai, involves allegations concerning banking compliance in the "off-shore" Dubai International Financial Centre.

Acted for a wealth manager accused of market abuse by the FCA in connection with allegedly manipulative transactions placed by a Mr Goenka in the London Stock Exchange’s Closing Auction. The FCA’s allegations that Mr Carrimjee’s conduct was dishonest and/or lacked integrity were dismissd by the Upper Tribunal. 

Acted in this major regulatory battle over breaches of money laundering regulations and international sanctions by Standard Chartered Bank leading to global regulatory fines in excess of £1bn.

Andrew successfully acted for a bank trader facing disciplinary proceedings brought by the FCA in connection with the widely-publicised LIBOR rigging allegations.  The FCA had been seeking one of the highest financial penalties it has imposed on an individual.

Andrew acts for the FCA in Tribunal proceedings relating to alleged misconduct by the former senior managers of Keydata Investment Services Limited, a financial services company whose collapse left consumers facing £450m worth of losses. The FCA is seeking to impose the largest financial penalty in its history on the former CEO of Keydata, Stewart Ford. The 6-week contested hearing in the Upper Tribunal (ongoing as at the end of October 2017) is scheduled to be the longest ever financial services disciplinary hearing.

Acted for a major provider of financial trading services in a claim for judicial review against the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to FOS’s jurisdiction to consider complaints concerning Spot Foreign Exchange contracts and the circumstances in which foreign exchange transactions could correctly be classified as spread bets.

Acts for a former director of Carillion in relation to multiple regulatory investigations following that firm’s widely-publicised collapse.

Acts for a number of individual bankers accused of having acted inappropriately in relation to the manipulation of LIBOR rates and facing criminal and regulatory investigation. 

Acted for Ian Hannam, the former Chairman of Capital Markets at JP Morgan Cazenove who was penalised by the FSA for the disclosure of inside information contrary to section 118 (3) of FSMA. The disclosure was made in the course of negotiating a corporate transaction for the purpose of encouraging an offer in the interest of the client who had given implicit authority for the disclosure. The FSA decided that the information was not disclosed in the proper course and constituted inside information, taking a wide view of the effect of section 118C. 

Acted in this substantial regulatory enforcement action arising out of systemic and substantial mis-selling of mobile phone insurance.

Acted for Peter Cummings, a senior manager at HBOS, in relation to FSA disciplinary proceedings concerning allegations arising out of the difficulties suffered by the bank during the financial crisis of 2008. 

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.

Acted for the FSA in a 2-week Upper Tribunal hearing concerning alleged misconduct in the context of a sub-prime mortgage broker.

Andrew acted against the Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board in relation to proceedings brought against a Mr James Corr, the former Finance Director of the sub-prime lender Cattles plc. The case raised, amongst other things, important issues concerning the inter-relationship between connected AADB and Financial Services Authority/ Financial Conduct Authority proceedings.

Acted for Prudential plc and Prudential Assurance Company Limited in their defence of regulatory charges brought by the FSA concerning Prudential’s possible acquisition of AIA, an Asian subsidiary of the American insurer AIG, in early 2010.