Andrew Lawes

Andrew Lawes is an Audit and Business Advisory Partner based at both the firm’s Milton Keynes and St Albans offices. He specialises in working with owner-managed businesses, helping and advising on all aspects of growing the business and planning for exit and succession.

Over the years, Andrew has worked with clients in a wide variety of industries and sectors including: automotive, manufacturing, distribution, property development and investment, telecommunications, recruitment, and facilities management.

Andrew is responsible for co-ordinating all services provided to his clients. He acts as primary contact for his clients and, through year-round contact, ensures the provision of proactive advice.

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Andrew served with the British government, attended military college, and worked for British Aerospace prior to becoming an accountant. He then spent 25 years with Ernst & Young and Baker Tilly, where he led services to owner-managed businesses. Andrew joined Mercer & Hole as a Partner in 2013.

Andrew is married with two sons. He and his wife live on a smallholding in Bedfordshire where they raise cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. He also likes to keep fit and can be seen in the gym most mornings before office hours.