Mr Andrew Lafferty > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Mr Andrew Lafferty
Work Department
Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud
Position
Partner
Career
Andrew is one of the leading litigators in the London market. He handled numerous high value disputes for one of the core Lehman group companies for several years following the global financial crisis. Andrew is currently acting for Igor Kolomoisky in a claim by PrivatBank valued (by the claimant) at $2.6 billion. He is also the Lead Partner on Tatneft v Kolomoisky, a case valued at just under $368 million.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
(Leading individuals)Fieldfisher has a ‘very knowledgeable and dedicated team‘ specialising in banking litigation, acting on complex insolvency and contentious regulatory issues. Structured finance transactions are a key strength of the team. Andrew Lafferty is the head of the team, notably acting in the high-profile PrivatBank case. Noted practitioners in the team include Duncan Black, Kit Jarvis, and the ‘knowledgeable but pragmatic‘ Donna Goldsworthy. Priyanka Kapoor – a dual qualified (England & Wales; India) commercial litigator who acts for a number of major banks – joined the team in July 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital