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Andrew Marshall

Counsel & Head of Global Loan Finance Training

Andrew 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 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 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.

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 US$1.2bn debt owed by its undersea cable joint venture.

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

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.