Andrea Tithecott

Andrea Tithecott is a Partner in the Regulatory practice at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Abu Dhabi, and is also a member of the Sports and Event Management, Projects and Rail groups. Her practice focuses on Administrative Law.

Andrea joined the firm in 2013 to establish the Regulatory Practice, which was quickly ranked by Chambers & Partners for significant expertise in regulatory and local compliance issues. Her practice area has focused upon regulatory compliance, investigations and disputes, risk management, crisis management, trade and customs, public policy and advocacy, corporate governance, due diligence, and licensing and permit issues. For governments, she has contributed to the development of new law and policy, and she has been instrumental in developing the firm's Healthcare Practice Group.

Alongside this, she focuses upon health and safety, environmental law, renewable energy, utilities, transport, consumer protection and product liability. Her regulatory work was shortlisted for the Corporate Counsel Middle East awards consecutively in 2014 and 2015, and awarded In-House Community Firm of the Year, 2016 for "Compliance and Regulatory UAE" by Asian Mena Counsel. When based in the UK, she was ranked in tier 1 by Legal 500 for her health and safety expertise.

Her recent experience includes drafting law for a government healthcare authority to deliver public hospital services and establish a university hospital, advising a government finance department on the establishment of a Mint facility, serving as retained advisor to a nuclear power plant on regulatory matters arising during construction, drafting power and water purchase agreements for a major IWPP project, and advising a sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a mobile satellite communications company.

Her legal drafting experience includes drafting law on the establishment of a water regulator in Ras Al Khaimah, drafting by-laws policy and a corporate governance framework for the federal pension fund, drafting a medical liability law for the State of Qatar, contributing to tele-health regulations for the Emirate of Dubai, working with the Gulf Standards Organisation on developing product safety standards, and advising the Government of Fujairah on a procurement decree.

She holds an LLB (Hons) in Law from the University of Wales and an LLM in The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice from University College of Wales, and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1992.