Andrew Marshall
Counsel & Head of Global Banking Training
London

Andrew Marshall
Counsel & Head of Global Banking Training
London
Contact details
Andrew is a counsel at Allen & Overy who leads the firm’s global banking training programme.
He delivers and manages training on technical banking topics, core contract law principles and professional business skills to Allen & Overy’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 investment grade lending to leveraged finance);
- using different methods to finance specific assets (from real estate to ships and airplanes); and
- advising on distressed debt scenarios and cross-border restructuring & insolvency situations.
Qualifications
Professional
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
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Experience highlights
Advising the lenders on a private equity fund’s successful buyout of a global energy smart metering business.
Advising a telecoms company on the restructuring of US$1.2bn debt owed by its undersea cable joint venture.

Qualifications
Professional
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
Other noteworthy experience
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