Overview
Edward Perkins focuses his practice on disputes arising from cross-border investments and financial transactions. Edward has worked with investors and property developers, venture capital funds, private equity funds and other financial institutions on a range of complex contentious mandates.
Results
- Acted for a group of Saudi investors and property developers in an AED 1.3 billion (GBP 279 million) claim in the DIFC Courts against the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority*
- Advised a multinational chemical company in a USD 155 million London-seated ICC arbitration against an EPC contractor in relation to engineering defects in an ammonium nitrate production facility in Western Australia*
- Represented a venture capital fund and startup accelerator in a London-based DIFC-LCIA arbitration relating to a USD 5 million claim and USD 30 million counterclaim for fraud and breach of contract*
- Acted for a supra-national development bank in a Riyadh-seated arbitration against an IT contractor in the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA). The value of the claim was approximately SAR 3.5 million (GBP 757,000)*
- Acted for a San Francisco-based private equity fund in the enforcement of a USD 15 million Singapore Court judgment, including in the DIFC Courts*
- Acted for Motorola Credit Corporation and successfully obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction against members of the Uzan family in support of an earlier USD 4.26 billion judgment of the New York Federal Court*
- Represented a Saudi-based high net worth individual in a EUR 65 million London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) action relating to the sale and purchase of a luxury yacht*
- Acted for the Libyan national shipping company in a London-seated ad hoc arbitration in a USD 7 million claim against a shipbuilder in relation to bribes paid to the family of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi*
- Advised Bank and Clients PLC on a successful GBP 3.5 million guarantee and fraud action in the Commercial Court against the directors of a former tech “unicorn”, VE Interactive*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 UK, Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation: Mid-Market, 2022 – 2023
Credentials
Education
University of Law, London Moorgate, LLM, Legal Practice with commendation, 2015
University of Law, London Moorgate, GDL with commendation, 2014
University of British Columbia, Honours BA, International Relations, 2012
Admissions
England & Wales
Languages
English
French
