“Andrew Matheson is a clever and polished lawyer. He is unruffled by aggressive tactics and steers a steady course through heavy disputes.”
Legal 500 2026
About
Andrew is a partner in the Dispute Resolution team. He joined Burges Salmon in 2022 after spending 11 years with a global law firm in London.
He is an experienced commercial litigator, specialising in international, high-value, complex disputes, often involving issues of civil fraud. Andrew has worked on cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Competition Appeal Tribunal and Information Tribunal. He advises clients across a range of industries, is known to be “tremendously easy to work with”, and delivers clear and practical strategic advice in contentious contexts.
Andrew is also a key member of our Financial Crime team. He has extensive experience advising institutional clients on (and managing multi-jurisdictional investigations into) issues of corporate criminal liability including bribery and corruption, serious fraud and money laundering. Andrew has worked on investigations involving the Serious Fraud Office, the Metropolitan Police and the US Department of Justice.
Experience
- An international manufacturing company: advising a client on claims for breaches of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation following its GBP 40 million acquisition of another international group of companies.
- A major global bank: Defending claims by a group of hedge funds in the High Court which involved allegations of sophisticated share price manipulation and issues relating to the construction of complex derivatives worth in excess of USD 30 million.
- A US manufacturing company: Acted on claims for breach of contract and negligent misstatement, which proceeded to a 10 week trial in the High Court. The client obtained a judgment for EUR 11 million.
- A financial services firm: Defending claims for c. £4.2 million in the Commercial Court involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of the COBS Rules, breach of the General Prohibition, and unlawful means conspiracy and deceit.
- A FTSE 250 company: Acting for a manufacturing client in relation to a bribery investigation (involving suspected bribery of foreign public officials in Europe and the Americas) before the Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice.
- A telecoms provider: Advised a global telecommunications provider in connection with an injunction against an Italian services provider to restrain it from issuing a winding up petition against the background of an alleged VAT carousel fraud.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2012)
- Solicitor Advocate