Andrew Clarke
Personal Experience
Andrew has more than three decades of experience in law firm marketing and strategic management with top and mid-tier firms. His focus is on the clients of the firm and building long-term sustainable relationships via a combination of communications marketing a relationship building.
He has also been part of crisis management teams for clients of law firms, advising on reputational risk and media management.
He believes in the intersection of the personal brand and the firm brand and encourages lawyers to face the market in the manner in which they are comfortable – he encourages the Hunt & Hunt lawyers to be themselves, and be authentic.
He has been actively involved in activities with the Chinese & South-East Asian and the Indian & Sub-Continent communities in Australia and overseas.
As well as running businesses dealing with Chinese suppliers, he has been a regular visitor to China. He has represented Australia in trade mission sponsored by the Sichuan Government and has presented on the legal landscape in Australia to bar associations and large law firms in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan Province, Jiangsu Province, Guangdong Province and Shenzhen.
He also traveled with the Australian Furniture Association to assist bespoke Australian furniture manufacturers in exporting to China.
He has legal contacts in most cities in China.
Inside the Victorian Indian Diaspora, Andrew has been a regular participant in business and social circles. He has been recognised in the Indian Executive Club’s annual Who’s Who of the Melbourne Indian Community and regularly uses design and technical services out of India.
He was a foundation coach of the Pakistan Shaheens, which is Pakistan’s official team for the AFL International Cup, coaching both the men’s and women’s team.
He is a local school council president and has been on the Advisory Board of the Monash Children’s Hospital International and RedFlagsDV. He was a Board Member of The Shaun Miller Foundation and the Women in Sport Enterprise Foundation.
He joined Hunt & Hunt’s Melbourne office in 2023 and continues to work as a motorsport journalist, book author and podcaster. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, live music and the Hawks in the AFL… and trying to walk to the dogs.