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Paul Freeman

Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Paul is a consultant within our top tier Litigation team. With over 30 years’ of practice, Paul is an experienced disputes lawyer, has worked in multiple jurisdictions including Asia, Australia, UK and Europe, and is admitted in Australia, England and Wales, and Hong Kong.
Paul has a wealth of international litigation and regulatory experience and was most recently Head of Enforcement and Senior Legal Counsel with the IOM Financial Services Authority, leading on several significant local and cross border regulatory investigations.
He was previously a partner with global law firm Clyde & Co in Singapore with a speciality in the aviation and insurance sectors. A graduate of Cambridge University, Paul has been involved numerous senior leadership positions managing high profile cases which touched on criminal and regulatory prosecutions. Paul was one of the lead lawyers acting for Malaysia Airlines in relation to the shooting down of MH17 and the loss of MH370 and regularly dealt with insurers, global regulators and governments, at the highest levels.
Lawyer Rankings
Isle of Man > Shipping and aviation
Cains is a go-to name within the island’s maritime and aviation space, and asset financings, leasings, restructurings, insolvencies, chartering issues and litigation are all routine features of the team’s workload. Steven Quayle has over 20 years of experience in financings involving aircraft, commercial ships and super yachts, while Mike Edwards‘ client roster includes major financiers and ship operators which are often based in Asia. Jess Whitley‘s banking experience is utilised on a range of domestic and cross-border asset financing matters involving commercial ships and aircraft. In September 2023, Paul Freeman joined the group from the IOM Financial Services Authority.
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