"The Memery Crystal team has significant experience on complex transactions and a wide breadth of skills within multiple sectors."
Chambers & Partners, 2025Contact Andy Hughes
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Expertise
Andy is a Senior Associate in the Corporate team. He specialises in private company mergers and acquisitions and regularly advises across a range of corporate matters including private equity transactions, corporate re-organisations, joint ventures and other company law matters.
Outside of work, Andy enjoys travelling, cycling around Europe and following the England national football and cricket teams.
In detail
Recent experience
- Acting for the purchaser of a national inter-city coach service.
- Advising in respect of the acquisition and subsequent disposal of a League One football club.
- Acting for a national print management company on several trade acquisitions.
- Advised on the £200m sale of the Autorama vehicle leasing business to Auto Trader plc.
- Acted for a listed house builder on a joint operation agreement with a leading affordable housing provider.
- Advised RSK Group on a number of acquisitions since January 2022.
- Advised on the sale of the Championship football club and an investment in a Premier League club*.
- Acted for a UK restaurant group in connection with an investment from a Middle Eastern royal family*.
*Some of the above transactions were advised on prior to joining the firm.
Career history
2022 – Present: Senior Associate, Memery Crystal
2018 – 2022: Senior Associate, Teacher Stern LLP
2012 – 2018: Associate, Teacher Stern LLP
2010 – 2012: Trainee Solicitor, Teacher Stern LLP
2008 – 2009: Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School
2007 – 2008: Graduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School
2003 – 2006: BA Hons, Modern History and Politics, University of Oxford