Andrew Thornton KC

Andrew Thornton KC is a highly experienced legal professional specializing in company law, particularly in the realms of mergers and acquisitions. Since October 1995, Andrew has served as King's Counsel at Erskine Chambers. In addition to this role, Andrew has been the CEO of FromCounsel_, a prominent corporate law knowledge platform, since January 2014, and has also held the CEO position at Sparqa Legal since October 2018. Andrew was a seed investor and former non-executive director at SwiftKey, known for its award-winning keyboard app, which was acquired by Microsoft in February 2016. Previously, Andrew was the former director and majority shareholder of CPDcast.com Limited, a leading online provider of legal training via podcasts, from January 2007 to April 2010.