Curriculum Vitae
Andrew Manning Cox
Notary Public, Solicitor, Arbitrator, and Mediator
Gowling WLG (UK) LLP (formerly Wragge & Co); retired 2018
Two Snowhill
Birmingham B4 6WR United Kingdom
and
4 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AU
Appointments also in all parts of the Midlands.
Tel: +44(0)7770 658462
Email: Andrew@manningcox.co.uk
SUMMARY
Andrew is a Notary Public, Solicitor Advocate with full Higher Court Rights, Chartered Arbitrator, and accredited Mediator.
Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1980, becoming a Partner at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP (formerly Wragge & Co) in 1985. He retired in 2018. During his career he headed both the Employment Group and the Construction and Engineering Law Group. At the time of his retirement in 2018 he was Senior Commercial Litigation Partner. These roles brought active involvement in all forms of commercial dispute resolution and arbitration, domestic and international.
He is now in practice as a Notary Public, Arbitrator, and Mediator.
As Arbitrator, Andrew acts for parties in international arbitrations under the auspices of all the principal arbitral institutions including the ICC, LCIA, AAA, CIETAC CEDR and the Stockholm Chamber.
He is regularly appointed by parties and arbitral institutions to sit as an Arbitrator in commercial disputes.
He has a first class degree in law from Cambridge University, is a Scholar of the University, and holds an MA from the same University.
PRACTICE
• Arbitration, domestic and international
• Commercial litigation
• Aviation
• Aerospace and defence
• Employment law
• Sport: acting for clubs, players, sponsors and organisers
• Professional negligence
• Product liability
• Environmental
• Warranty claims arising from the sale/purchase of companies
• Fraud
• Joint ventures
• Shareholders disputes
• Commercial agency agreements litigation
• Partnerships litigation
• Risk management in all types of commercial contracts
CAREER
Partner at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP (formerly Wragge & Co)
Notary Public
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Solicitor Advocate with full Higher Rights of Audience
FCIArb
Chartered Arbitrator
EDUCATION
First Class Degree in Law, University of Cambridge, MA (Cantab), Scholar of the University of Cambridge
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Andrew is fluent in French.
He holds non-executive directorships on the boards of a number of organisations. These roles give him specific experience of issues facing such organisations on a day to day basis, enabling him to bring to bear his professional and business experience to assist strategic deliberations and decision-making at board level.
He is also a highly experienced commercial mediator and sat on the CEDR Commission for Settlements in International Arbitration under the chairmanship of Lord Woolf.
He is a past non-executive director of CEDR having served on the Board for 10 years.
DISTINCTIONS
Andrew features both in the Chambers Directory and the Legal 500.
He is described as an:
“An outstanding individual.” Band 1
“Extremely professional litigator and a strong performer.”
“Leading litigator” who brings 'an impressive amount of dispute resolution experience to the table."
He has been voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom in each of the years 2012 to 2024.
In 2011 he was voted Partner of the Year by Birmingham Law Society.
“Andrew is a great lawyer. He gets to the heart of issues and delivers direct robust advice in a way our business really values. He is the kind of person who would have survived in Perfect Storm. Unflappable and direct, Andrew is completely focused on getting the right result for his client.” – E.ON UK plc
"Andrew is a tremendously impressive litigator. He is on our wave length, grasps the commercial objectives quickly and goes through brick walls to achieve them - a highly trusted adviser and an extension of our team." – British Airways Plc
"From my perspective, the acid-test for a top lawyer is whether I can confidently put him in front of our main board directors to explain and debate complex legal issues in a broader commercial context. Andrew passes this test with flying colours; he has gained the full confidence of our most senior management and they trust his judgment. Andrew’s assured handling of complex cases makes him an easy person to recommend to one’s business. He is always calm and on top of his brief, and can be relied on to gain and retain the trust of the most demanding clients. I would be happy to put him in front of anyone in my business, right to the very top”. – Heineken UK Limited