Andrew Henderson
Clifford Chance LLP

Andrew Henderson is a senior associate and the head of the financial services regulation group in the Dubai office of Clifford Chance LLP. He advises on United Arab Emirates, Dubai International Financial Centre, Qatar Financial Centre and United Kingdom financial services and markets law and regulation and aspects of Saudi financial services and markets regulation as well as local and international law aspects of derivatives and other financial products. His clients include international and regional commercial and investment banks, asset and private wealth managers and broker-dealers.

He has also advised local regulators and exchanges in the UAE, DIFC and QFC and is currently advising a local securities regulator on the adoption of a new regulatory regime including the regulation of exchange traded and OTC derivatives. Before joining Clifford Chance, Andrew worked as a regulatory and corporate lawyer in a leading international law firm in London. He has been seconded twice to the UK Financial Services Authority, to the General Counsel's Division and Enforcement Division, respectively, and to the compliance department of a leading international investment bank. Andrew is a member of the Securities and Investment Institute and the ISDA Central Eastern and European Committee. He holds a PhD in public law from the University of Cambridge where he taught (part-time) from 2002 to 2005.