Mark Watson-Gandy OBE (born 8 November 1967), is a British lawyer and educationalist, specialising in UK insolvency law.

[3] Born in 1967 to Alastair Watson-Gandy and Barbara née Mądry, scion of the Watson-Gandy-Brandreth gentry family,[4] he was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School before going up to the University of Essex, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB).

[8] A Visiting Professor of the University of Westminster since 1999, he has pioneered its LLM degree in Corporate Finance Law,[9] and is a Special Lecturer at Cass Business School.

[14] He also served as counsel to the court-appointed trustee in litigation leading to the overturning of the UK bankruptcy of Tom McFeely, a property developer and former IRA hunger striker.

[15] 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 (Bernie Madoff's investment fund) in the British Virgin Islands.