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Andrew Lothian was educated in Perthshire, Scotland. He attended Edinburgh University, graduating LL.B in 1988 and Dip LP (Diploma in Legal Practice) in 1989.
In 1990 Andrew was enrolled as a Solicitor in Scotland.
For the first nine years of his practice as a Solicitor, Andrew specialised in litigation and dispute resolution. During this period he handled Scotland's first domain name dispute under the Scottish Commercial Court Rules. The case gave rise to an interim Interdict which resulted in a suspension of delegation of a .UK domain name.
This early involvement in a domain name dispute gave Andrew a long-term interest in the Domain Name System and ultimately led to his founding Demys Limited.
While still in full time legal practice Andrew developed an e-law unit which was one of the earliest of its kind in Scotland. During this period he worked with IBM and the Lotus User Group on a series of international briefings, addressing technology users around the world on the benefits and the legal issues of conducting business electronically.
In 1999 Andrew founded Electronic Brand Strategists Demys Limited. The company provides expert professional advice on domain names and Internet policy and governance issues from a technical and legal perspective. Andrew is Demys' Chief Executive.
Through Demys Andrew advises on high-level domain name issues including specific advice on international domain name strategies both pre and post-brand launch, technical problem-solving, and mediation of, or unilateral advice on, domain name disputes. Clients of the company include a UK-based international airline, a leisure industry conglomerate and a major financial institution.
During Demys' first year of trading Andrew conducted the world's then sixth largest domain name acquisition of a two character dot-com name in a transatlantic deal. Andrew has also been appointed as independent adviser in a range of domain disputes of both national and international interest including the yourmove.com Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy case before the World Intellectual Property Organisation:- (http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000?1515.html).
In addition to his work with Demys, Andrew maintains an ongoing role as an Executive Consultant specialising in intellectual property and information technology law with top ten Scottish law firm Henderson Boyd Jackson WS (http://www.hbj.co.uk).
When he is not being a domain name adviser or a lawyer Andrew enjoys working with music technology in his home-based recording studio and giving occasional technical assistance to an Edinburgh radio station.
