Andrew is a partner and head of our employment department in England. He is a specialist employment lawyer, with a particular focus on contentious work such as reorganisations, redundancies, employment aspects of insolvency, executive severance, employment relations issues and employment tribunal litigation.
Andrew has over 15 years' experience of acting for a range of organisations from owner managed businesses to major international companies.
His particular strength is his understanding of complex areas of employment law coupled with his ability to assess risk and offer commercially sensible advice in plain English.
Andrew is also very experienced in employment tribunal litigation where he has undertaken his own advocacy at all of the major Tribunal centres throughout England and Wales, often for household name clients in high value cases.
He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and an affiliate of the Institute of Risk Management.
Andrew is trusted advisor to many large national and international businesses on the full spectrum of employment and HR issues.
Andrew supports Nottingham Forest FC and enjoys films, music and spending time with his family.
“Leading individual”
Chambers UK 2011
“Great to work with: he acts just like a member of our team”
Chambers UK 2010
Leading Individual
“Clients are impressed by the 'speed of response and thoroughly commercial/practical approach' and enjoy working with the 'approachable' Andrew Macmillan”
Legal 500 2010
“He has a detailed understanding of complex areas of the law and offers commercially sensible advice”
Chambers UK 2009