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Andrew Wainwright

Head of the Criminal Department

Andrew is the joint founding Partner of the Firm which began in August 1985.

Andrew was admitted as a solicitor in March 1981 and read law at Newcastle and London, from 1975 to 1979. He chose to specialise in Criminal Law since qualification.

Andrew is a supervisor on the serious fraud panel, he is also a supervisor on the VHCC panel. Over the last 3 years Andrew has supervised and been engaged in the following cases:

Many murders and manslaughter matters, police investigations into Solicitor's mis-conduct, reverse transaction fraud. Andrew has also worked on a multi-million pound vehicle fraud case, High Cost cases involving importation of drugs or contraband, DTI insolvency proceedings, Corporate false accounting, extradition proceedings, DWP proceedings involving false declarations by employers, numerous money laundering cases/proceeds of crime cases. Andrew also deals with Copyright and Pirating criminal fraud.

Andrew also brings to his cases 25 years involvement in running a business and has particular empathy for clients who encounter business problems.

Andrew is the Conciliation Officer for the firm and a training principal. He also acts as a mentor for the College of Law, London and is also former president and secretary of the West London Law Society.

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