Career
Watson-Gandy was called to the Bar in 1990 at the Inner Temple and in 2013 to the Eastern Caribbean Bar (British Virgin Islands). He is a member of Three Stone chambers. A visiting professor of the University of Westminster since 1999, he has pioneered its Master of Laws degree in corporate finance law, and is a special lecturer at Cass Business School.
In 2000, Watson-Gandy was appointed by Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn as a Junior Counsel to the Crown serving until 2012. In 2010, he was counsel to the Conference of Bishops for the state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom. He then advised Gurkha veterans for the inquiry of the all-party parliamentary group on Gurkha welfare.
In 2013, Watson-Gandy represented Craig Whyte in litigation over the financing of his ill-fated acquisition of Rangers Football Club. He also served as counsel to the court-appointed trustee in litigation leading to the overturning of the UK bankruptcy of Tom McFeely. He was counsel for the court-appointed amicus curiae in litigation over the collapse of the Stanford International Bank in Antigua and of Fairfield Sentry in the British Virgin Islands. He later successfully represented the court-appointed administrators of Cambridge Analytica.
A member of the Home Office Science Advisory Council, beginning in 2019, Watson-Gandy serves as chairman of the Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group. He is also the former chairman of Mental Health First Aid England and the Pure Cremation Group.
In 2022, the Catholic Herald featured Watson-Gandy in its list of "Catholic Leaders of Today", the UK's 100 most influential lay Roman Catholics.
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