03 Aug 2026
Clyde & Co adds Partner Andrew Pullinger to Australia disputes practice
"Clyde & Co appoints Andrew Pullinger as Partner in Perth to its disputes practice, focusing on commercial litigation and international arbitration across infrastructure, energy & resources and financial services."
Andrew is a commercial disputes lawyer with extensive experience in complex litigation, international arbitration and dispute resolution across the infrastructure, energy and resources, financial services and professional services sectors. Having built an international practice spanning Australia, London and the Cayman Islands over almost two decades of practice, he joins Clyde & Co with a track record of advising clients on significant, high‑value disputes.
His experience includes leading the successful defence of HSBC in decade‑long claims by a Madoff feeder fund seeking more than US$2 billion in damages; representing a sovereign state in an €800 million ICC arbitration concerning a major infrastructure project; acting in a private equity dispute exceeding US$150 million involving fraud and conspiracy allegations; and defending a global accounting firm in US$300 million professional negligence claims pursued through parallel arbitration and litigation.
Andrew’s practice spans trial and appellate litigation, international arbitration, shareholder and investor matters, fraud and asset recovery, and complex cross‑border disputes. He is admitted in Western Australia, England & Wales, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
He holds postgraduate qualifications in international arbitration and finance, is a former Chapter Chair and Branch Vice‑Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, has taught International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Western Australia, and has been recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for commercial litigation and international arbitration.
His appointment will form part of Clyde & Co’s integrated disputes practice across the firm’s sector strengths in natural resources, construction, energy, trade and insurance. He will join a team of nearly 50 disputes lawyers across Australia and the firm’s wider regional disputes practice comprising 35 partners and around 100 lawyers across Asia Pacific.