People: Paul Ferguson
Paul Ferguson - Senior Associate - London
Phone: +44(0)2071831701
Fax: +44(0)2071831702
Paul is an experienced commercial and insolvency litigator who joined the firm in 2007 as an associate, having previously spent seven years at Charles Russell LLP. Paul undertakes a broad range of dispute resolution work, both nationally and internationally, across a number of commercial and business sectors (including, recently, banking and finance, hedge funds and insolvent schemes of arrangement).
Paul has particular experience in multi-jurisdictional and cross-border disputes, having pursued matters in several EC jurisdictions as well as those further afield in places such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, India and the USA.
As well as matters of litigation and ADR, Paul also has experience in the emerging legal subject of third party litigation funding.
Representative Experience
- Acting for a Cayman Islands-registered Russian hedge fund in relation to proceedings brought in the High Court
- Acting for the liquidator of a Cayman Islands bank in an audit negligence claim against Arthur Andersen LLP for sums in excess of US$800 million.
- Acting for a French company in successfully bringing an appeal in England against the Joint Administrators of a French company, Rover France SAS, where the Centre of Main Interest of the respondent company was held to be in England by virtue of the administration of its parent company, MG Rover Group Limited.
- Advising the officers of an English registered company in respect of parallel claims in England and Australia, where the parent company was registered in the Republic of Ireland and its subsidiary was registered in Australia.
Professional Background
Paul joined SC Andrew LLP in 2007, having qualified as a lawyer in 2002. Paul is a graduate of the University of Manchester and the College of Law.