Andrew Donnelly Consultant

Durban





Qualifications

BA, LLB (UKZN), Notary Public


Specialisations and Interests

Andrew is an experienced lawyer having practiced for over 30 years.  He has been the Head of the Litigation Division at Shepstone and Wylie for the last 20 years.  He is principally a commercial dispute lawyer practising and appearing in arbitration and court forums.  He has specialised in construction and engineering disputes where he has represented mainly employers, being corporate and government bodies, dealing mainly with disputes under a variety of contracts such as GCC, JBCC or NEC contracts.  He also specialises in preparing and submitting documents and appearing in adjudications and/or mediation in the construction and building fields. Arising from this, Andrew has also dealt with a number of high-profile tender and judicial review cases, including in the High Court, such as King Shaka Airport, where he successfully represented ACSA in a judicial review of the appointment of the main contractor. Andrew has also practised in banking law, credit law, insolvency law, and business rescue, where he principally represents banks and creditors in their disputes and claims. He holds diplomas in insolvency law and in business rescue and has been involved in all of the recent high-profile business rescue matters in KZN.