Andrew White QC Call Date: 1980, Silk: 1997 // awhite@atkinchambers.com RECOMMENDATIONS 2017 2018 "An incredible strategist who is very good in terms of the long game and thinking how the strategy has to be deployed." "He loves getting into the detail and understanding the guts of the case. A very impressive performer." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2019 "He is an exceptionally able advocate on his feet, who can turn potentially poor points into winning arguments." "He's very clear about what he wants to present and has very good judgement." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2019 "His experience and expertise are quickly apparent to lay clients." "He has a very calm manner which really helps." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2019 "Incredible strategist." "He has a first-class reputation." International Arbitration, Chambers UK Bar 2019 He's impressive and adds gravitas." Construction, Energy, Legal 500 2019 An excellent construction silk. International Arbitration, Legal 500 2019 He has superb client skills and is a thorough and persuasive advocate. Professional Negligence, Legal 500 2019 2017 2018 He's impressive and adds gravitas." "Extremely experienced and wise." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2018 "He doesn't mind rolling up his sleeves and getting stuck in, and from a tactical point of view, he really manages to hit the right note. He completely lives up to expectations and is a real pleasure to work with." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2018 "Very sharp, perceptive and very user-friendly. Clients like him. He comes up with strong intellectual points and is a lawyer's lawyer." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2018 He is frequently identified as a "first port of call" by instructing solicitors, and he is characterised by peers as an "absolutely top-notch silk with very sound judgement" who consistently "thinks outside the box to come up with winning arguments." International Arbitration, Chambers Global 2018 Andrew White QC 1
"He's impressive and adds gravitas." "Extremely experienced and wise." Construction, Chambers Global 2018 "He doesn't mind rolling up his sleeves and getting stuck in, and from a tactical point of view, he really manages to hit the right note. He completely lives up to expectations and is a real pleasure to work with." Energy, Chambers Global 2018 He is frequently identified as a "first port of call" by instructing solicitors, and he is characterised by peers as an "absolutely top-notch silk with very sound judgement" who consistently "thinks outside the box to come up with winning arguments." International Arbitration, Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 He is highly intelligent, knows the industry and can understand volumes of information in short periods of time. Construction, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 He pays great attention to detail, and is great at handling difficult audiences. Construction, Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2018 He is meticulous and has an excellent reading of the tribunal. Construction, Legal 500 2017 Attentive to detail, sharp and great with clients. Energy, Legal 500 2017 An outstanding arbitration barrister and fantastic thinker and strategist. International Arbitration, Legal 500 2017 Very thorough Professional Negligence, Legal 500 2017 He is highly intelligent, knows the industry and can understand volumes of information in short periods of time. Construction, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 2016 2017 "The God of construction law." "He has a very commercial, pragmatic approach and gets to the heart of issues very quickly." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2017 "He is a very calm advocate. If you were running a big case you would want him." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2017 "He makes himself available at short notice, thinks quickly and is really good at developing strategies." International Arbitration, Chambers UK Bar 2017 "His advice is very straightforward and delivered in a manner that is easy to understand and follow." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2017 "He's brilliant. A top advocate who always offers very high-quality advice." Construction, Chambers Global 2017 "He has a very good strategic sense of how a case should be run." Andrew White QC 2
Energy, Chambers Global 2017 The current doyen of construction silks. Construction, Legal 500 2016 Extremely sharp and ferociously hardworking. Energy, Legal 500 2016 Definitely top tier ferociously hardworking with good attention to detail. International Arbitration, Legal 500 2016 First class. Professional Negligence, Legal 500 2016 An outstanding advocate extremely quick on the details and very focused in his attack. Construction, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2016 2015 2016 Awarded International Arbitration Silk of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2015 He hunts for the core issues and fights the case on those." "You would use him on matters where you thought there was a real need for significant experience and heavyweight silk input." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2016 "He is a devastating cross-examiner and advocate, who's superb with clients." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2016 "Andrew White QC is excellent. He has a first-class mind, he's hard-working, and he's very user-friendly." "He is extremely good and he is able to take on board a huge amount of information and synthesise it into clever arguments." International Arbitration, Chambers UK Bar 2016 "A heavyweight silk with significant experience. He is meticulously prepared and delivers in a reflective and forceful way." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2016 "Huge breadth of experience." "He was very strong on his feet and I was amazed at the amount of information he had digested and the things he spotted that the experts had missed." Arbitration (International), Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016 One of the best Construction (international arbitration), Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 The leading construction silk in the market. Construction, Legal 500 2015 A great team player and a first-class advocate Energy, Legal 500 2015 Excellent and good to work with International Arbitration, Legal 500 2015 Very experienced and effective Andrew White QC 3
Professional Negligence, Legal 500 2015 One of the most learned and skilled counsel at the construction bar Construction, Who s Who Legal 2016 2014 2015 "His performance was superb." "He is very professional, he has an impressive grasp of the law and can master an enormous amount of technical detail." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2015 "Great in terms of the detail, he really rolls his sleeves up and he's excellent at getting on as part of the team." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2015 "He has an uncanny ability to get into the detail and come up with the perfect strategy." "One of the best advocates I've worked with. He's experienced, he gets to the issues quickly, and he's a powerful advocate." International Arbitration: Commercial, Chambers UK Bar 2015 "He is a go-to person for high-value, complex, business-critical disputes, in particular those with an international flavour to them." International Arbitration: Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2015 "His advocacy is excellent, he is very well prepared and he has an understated but assured manner. He also has seniority that clients appreciate." "He's part of the team, he understands the sensitivities and the issues, and he communicates very well." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2015 Exemplary Construction, Legal 500 2014 An exceptionally incisive advocate Energy, Legal 500 2014 He has a very measured approach to advocacy and anticipates all the counter arguments from the other side Professional Negligence, Legal 500 2014 2013 2014 "Very user-friendly, and very authoritative." "He thinks through the issues and the solutions from a commercial and relationship point of view." Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2014 "He's hugely experienced and hugely commercial." Energy, Chambers UK Bar 2014 "He has a good understanding of how to deliver results based on the arbitrators we are facing. He anticipates where the opposition is going to go before they go there and shuts down any problems before they arise." Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2014 Andrew White QC 4
2012 2013 Andrew White QC who is admired by commentators for being indisputably top-end. He did everything swiftly and comprehensively, and was absolutely spot-on, one source found. Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2013 Andrew White QC is a lawyer with a first-class brain, he is also a polite and fair opponent. Energy and Natural Resources, Chambers UK Bar 2013 Andrew White QC, attracts high-value and high-profile work. He is an expert at litigation and arbitration on both a domestic and international scale. Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2013 2011 2012 He is incredibly calm and collected and able to marshal facts like no other... parachuting him in, adds immediate gravitas... clear commercial advice and authoritative guidance Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2012 Bright and experienced counsel who works hard, prepares well and is an excellent cross-examiner. Energy and Natural Resources, Chambers UK Bar 2012 Very good tactical mind and employs and effective yet relaxed style of advocacy. Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2012 Andrew White QC 5