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Andrew Marshall

Counsel & Head of Global Loan Finance Training

Email

andrew.marshall@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4532

Offices

London

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Andrew advises on loans and leads the firm’s training about them.

He delivers and manages training about loans, contract law and business skills to A&O Shearman's clients and lawyers around the world. He is widely regarded by those who’ve attended his training as having a unique ability to make complex issues both practical and engaging in any culture or business environment.
 
Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience with a wide range of financial products. This includes loan financing across the credit spectrum – from corporate lending to leveraged finance – alongside other debt instruments such as bonds and swaps. He has worked on financing specific assets ranging from projects and infrastructure to ships and real estate – and regularly advises on restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy scenarios.

 

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • The lenders on a private equity fund’s successful buyout of a global energy smart metering business.
  • A telecoms company on the restructuring of USD1.2bn debt owed by its undersea cable joint venture.
  • The AUD575m development of one of the world’s largest gold mines. 
  • The acquisition of a AUD4bn power station: the largest in its region. 
  • Ship financings for one of the world’s leading marine engine suppliers.
  • Andrew has a particular interest in English contract law and how it differs from other laws around the world. He regularly teaches clients and colleagues about key business skills including:
    -writing and legal drafting
    -influencing and negotiating and 
    -delivering outstanding presentations. 

Published Work

  • “Is ‘due and payable’ a magic phrase?” (2007) 15(2) “Insolvency Law Journal”, Australia: Thomson Reuters
  • “Less is more: overcoming lawyers’ resistance to plain English” (2007) 81(4) “Law Institute Journal”, Melbourne: Law Institute of Victoria
  • “How can a lessor stop a lessee’s administrator running its property into the ground?” (2006) 14(2) “Insolvency Law Journal”, Australia: Thomson Reuters
  • “Do treasury companies in corporate groups need a financial services licence?” (2004) 3 “Financial Services Newsletter” (4) 56 & (5) 72, Australia: LexisNexis

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (Ireland), 2020

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2004

Admitted as a Solicitor (New Zealand), 2004

Admitted as a Solicitor (High Court of Australia), 2002

Admitted as a Solicitor (Melbourne, Australia), 2002

Academic

BCL, Law, University of Oxford, 2007

LLB, Law, University of Adelaide 2000

BA, History & Classical Studies, University of Adelaide 2000

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.