Andrew is a senior Partner in the Employment group, based in London
Andrew has more than 20 years of experience advising employers in various business sectors on complex and important employment issues.
He is a solicitor advocate and has represented clients in contentious matters in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as well as in the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal and in overseas proceedings.
Andrew advises employers on industrial disputes and negotiations with trade unions and other employee representative bodies. He has extensive experience of corporate transactions, including those with an insolvency angle.
He is regularly involved in board-level reorganisations, corporate governance matters and internal investigations, in particular in the financial services sector.
Publications
Andrew has contributed to various publications and co-authored the UK section of the European employment law textbook "Arbeitsrecht in Europa" and the chapter on "Employees as Directors" in the ICSA Guide for Directors.
Accolades
Andrew is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers UK for Employment, and is ranked Hall of Fame in the Legal 500 UK for Employment.
"Andrew Taggart quickly understands the big picture and is able to provide strategic, tailored advice. He has fantastic experience and an enormous network, which really helps shape an assessment of case merit." Legal 500 UK 2026
"Andrew Taggart is very highly regarded in the industry and has a fantastic profile. He just gets it from a client side and understands what the best solution is." Chambers UK 2025
"Andrew Taggart is an highly incisive legal thinker with a keen eye on the big picture and practicalities, with outstanding emotional and intellectual intelligence." Legal 500 UK 2024
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- UBS on the internal investigation and regulatory enforcement action taken regarding trading losses of US$2.3bn caused by the activities of Kweku Adoboli
- Societe Generale in the leading decision on payment in lieu of notice provisions Societe Generale v Geys [2012] UKSC 63
- Ernst & Young as administrators of Nortel Europe, Middle East and Africa entities in relation to Nortel's global administration, including appearing in the High Court decision of Unite the Union v Nortel Networks (United Kingdom) Limited (in administration) [2010] EWHC 826 (Ch)
- EDF Energy on its £12.5bn takeover of British Energy and the disposal of its UK distributions and networks business
- a range of UK-listed companies, including Hammerson, Imagination Technologies, Moneysupermarket.com and The Weir Group, on corporate governance matters
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