Andreas joined Quadrant in October 2026, following the successful completion of pupillage and is developing his practice across Chambers’ core areas.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Double First in Law and Management Studies, obtaining various college prizes. He also completed an LLM in International Commercial Law at University College London with distinction.
Andreas is a native speaker of German.
Before commencing pupillage, Andreas worked for over four years at the US law firm Cleary Gottlieb, where he specialised in financial services regulation, sanctions and ESG regulatory matters. He also completed a six-month secondment at Goldman Sachs, in the Digital Assets Legal team.
Andreas has been exposed to work across the breadth of Chambers’ practice areas, both during the assessed part of pupillage and thereafter. Illustrative examples are given below.
International Arbitration
- Advising on/drafting a response to a Commercial Court application concerning the enforcement of a purported arbitral peremptory order, involving issues under sections 41 and 42 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and the distinction between arbitral awards and procedural orders.
- Drafting submissions in LCIA proceedings concerning a challenge to the appointment of arbitrators, involving issues of apparent bias, arbitrator disclosure obligations and arbitral impartiality.
- Assisting in a Commercial Court challenge under s.67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 against a jurisdictional award, including applications relating to amendment, relief from sanctions, procedural compliance and witness evidence.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in a Commercial Court challenge under s. 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising from an arbitration award concerning a general average security deposit.
- Drafting submissions (as a pupil) opposing a challenge under s. 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising from an LMAA arbitration concerning property rights in bunkers under a chain of charterparties, involving issues of bailment, conversion, unjust enrichment and the supply of bunkers on retention-of-title terms.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in a SIAC arbitration arising out of the suspension and termination of a series of shipbuilding contracts following the imposition of sanctions against Russia, including issues of ostensible authority, agency, ratification, estoppel and contractual variation.
- Drafting submissions (as a pupil) in an LMAA arbitration concerning a challenge to an arbitral tribunal's substantive jurisdiction, involving issues of charterparty formation, contractual carriage, bills of lading, demise charters and the identification of parties to arbitration agreements.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in a long-running LMAA arbitration concerning claims exceeding USD 100 million arising from the failure to redeliver vessels under long-term bareboat charters, including issues regarding the tribunal’s jurisdiction to award interest.
- Advising (as a pupil) on post-award consequentials in a collision arbitration, including issues concerning indemnity costs, Part 61 offers, arbitral costs powers under the Arbitration Act 1996 and the assessment of costs in arbitration proceedings.
Commercial Dispute Resolution
- Assisting in substantial Commercial Court judgment-enforcement proceedings concerning CPR 71 examination orders, contempt jurisdiction and suspended committal orders.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in substantial High Court proceedings involving allegations of unlawful means conspiracy, including issues of disclosure, hearsay evidence, remote witness evidence, and preparation for a multi-week trial.
- Drafting a Defence (as a pupil) in High Court proceedings arising out of an energy procurement arrangement, involving allegations of misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and negligence against an energy broker.
- Advising (as a pupil) on the enforceability of guarantees in connection with four ship sale agreements, including issues of actual and ostensible authority, ratification, estoppel, agency and conflict of laws.
- Vale SA v Steinmetz [2022] EWHC 343 (Comm) - acting (as a solicitor) for the Claimant in a USD 2 billion civil-fraud case relating to a failed mining joint venture.
- Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Others [2026] EWHC 1753 (KB) – acting (as a solicitor) for some of the Defendants in the early stages of the Diesel Emissions Litigation.
Banking and Finance
- Assisting (as a pupil) in high-value Commercial Court proceedings arising out of a series of total return swaps documented under an ISDA Master Agreement and associated tax arrangements.
- Drafting pleadings (as a pupil) in High Court (Financial List) proceedings against a commercial bank arising out of alleged unauthorised payments exceeding £80 million, involving issues of breach of mandate, apparent authority and attribution.
Sanctions
- Advising on the application of EU sanctions to assets held in liquidation and receivership, including issues concerning the rebuttal of control presumptions, the meaning of control by a designated person and the interpretation of EU sanctions legislation.
Shipping
- Drafting closing submissions in an LMAA arbitration arising from the failure of a vessel's cargo holds to pass pre-loading inspection, involving issues of cargo-worthiness, expert evidence on corrosion and hold condition, disclosure, adverse inferences and causation.
- Drafting pleadings and advising on a cargo contamination claim arising from the carriage of bulk cargo, involving issues of cargo worthiness, mitigation, waiver and the application of the Hague-Visby Rules.
- Drafting pleadings and advising on claims for deadfreight and demurrage arising under a voyage charterparty, including issues concerning the commencement of laytime, the construction of laytime agreements, and the quantification of demurrage.
- Drafting pleadings in an LMAA arbitration arising from alleged hull fouling and deliberate slow steaming, involving issues of vessel performance, charterparty construction, expert evidence and the quantification of speed and consumption claims.
- Advising on the implications of an alleged scrubber failure under a time charterparty, including issues of charterparty construction, off-hire, bunkering responsibilities, vessel performance and the interpretation of scrubber downtime provisions.
- Drafting pleadings in an LMAA arbitration arising from substantial stevedore damage caused during cargo discharge, involving issues of charterparty construction, redelivery obligations, mitigation, repair costs and loss-of-use claims.
- Advising on whether a binding charterparty had been concluded following the lifting of subjects, including issues of contract formation, offers and counter-offers, charterparty negotiations and the legal effect of comments on a draft charterparty.
- Drafting submissions (as a pupil) in an LMAA arbitration concerning allegations of unseaworthiness and misdescription arising from crane breakdowns during loading operations, together with related claims for wrongful termination, wrongful arrest and consequential losses exceeding USD 1 million.
- Drafting submissions (as a pupil) in an LMAA arbitration arising out of an alleged insect infestation in a grain cargo, involving expert evidence on causation and vessel condition, and issues of charterparty construction relating to readiness to discharge, demurrage, force majeure and liability for re-fumigation costs.
- Advising (as a pupil) on a charterparty performance dispute concerning the construction of a speed and consumption warranty in a long-term time charter, including issues of contractual interpretation, underperformance and damages.
- Advising (as a pupil) on claims arising from the termination of four ship sale agreements following the buyers' failure to pay contractual deposits, including issues concerning contractual cancellation, repudiatory breach and the recovery of deposits as debt.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in an LMAA arbitration arising out of alleged vessel underperformance and off-hire deductions, involving issues of charterparty construction, performance warranties, adverse currents, expert evidence and the proper methodology for assessing speed and consumption claims.
- Drafting submissions (as a pupil) in an LMAA arbitration arising out of the collapse of a deck cargo stow during a heavy-lift voyage, involving issues of seaworthiness, negligent navigation, off-hire, charterparty indemnities and apportionment under the Inter-Club Agreement.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in a charterparty dispute involving alleged cargo damage and the arrest of a vessel, including preparing an anti-suit injunction application and advising on the incorporation of arbitration and Inter-Club Agreement clauses.
- Assisting (as a pupil) in Admiralty Court proceedings involving a challenge to a shipowner’s right to limit liability following a collision between two vessels, involving issues under Article 4 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, attribution, pleading and disclosure.
Commodities & International Trade
- Advising (as a pupil) on the merits of bringing arbitration proceedings arising from the termination of a long-term international supply agreement, including issues of termination, repudiatory breach, exclusivity obligations and damages.
- Drafting pleadings (as a pupil) in an LCIA arbitration arising out of the non-payment of approximately US$19 million under a back-to-back propane trading arrangement, involving issues of contractual construction, assignments of receivables, escrow arrangements and payment obligations in a chain of sales.
Aviation & Travel
- Successfully represented defendant balloon operator at a County Court hearing concerning an application to reinstate a negligence claim.
- Peregrine Aviation Bravo v Laudamotion GmbH [2023] EWHC 48 (Comm) - acting (as a solicitor) for the successful Defendants in a USD 40 million aircraft-lease dispute.
Insurance
- Drafting pleadings in court proceedings, involving claims arising from alleged marine insurance arrangements following yacht transport damage.
- Advising on insurance and reinsurance coverage arising from a maritime personal injury claim, including issues concerning policy construction, indemnity limits, additional insured provisions and the interaction between primary insurance and facultative reinsurance.