Paul Andrews

Senior Legal Counsel, M&A, Etisalat

Paul is Senior Counsel, M&A at Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat).  Prior to joining Etisalat, Paul worked at Clifford Chance for over 5 years, before spending 9 years at Vodafone as Senior Legal Counsel for Corporate and M&A, including a secondment as Vodafone UK’s Head of Legal for Consumer and Wholesale.  He specializes in the full range of public and private M&A and joint ventures, in both developed and emerging markets, as well as having extensive experience of private equity, corporate and restructuring work.  Paul has worked on some of the most high-profile and industry-shaping transactions in the telecommunications and ICT sector during the last decade.  As an aside, Paul has also worked extensively on charity law projects, setting up registered charities and charitable partnerships for Vodafone in several countries and working closely with leading supranational agencies on ground-breaking projects, focusing often on the use of technology and expertise in global disaster response and recovery.