Edward Drummond
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution
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About
Provided by Edward Drummond
Practice Areas
Employment Law, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Regulatory & Compliance
Career
Edward is an experienced commercial litigator and a qualified Jersey advocate. He is a partner in the Jersey litigation team and co-head of the firm's regulatory and compliance team.
Edward has extensive experience of commercial litigation, contentious insolvency and regulatory matters (including investigations), acting for financial institutions, trustees and beneficiaries, insolvency office-holders, hedge funds, insurance companies (and insureds), employers and employees, and other entities, both onshore and offshore.
Edward has appeared before the Courts of Jersey, England, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Having obtained an MA in Jurisprudence at Oxford University he began his career at Norton Rose in London in 1999, qualifying as a solicitor-advocate, before moving to the Cayman Islands office to Maples and Calder to practise Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. Edward moved to Jersey in 2008 and qualified as a Jersey advocate in 2011.
Professional Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA)
Executive committee of Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Experts (ARIES)
Publications
Editor of 'Jersey Insolvency and Asset Tracking' (5th Edition)
Editor of the IOD Guidelines for Jersey Directors (2018)
Co-author of the Jersey chapter of 'Enforcement of Foreign Judgments' (published by Kluwer Law International)
Chambers Review
Global
Edward Drummond is noted for his expertise in commercial litigation matters, where he offers particular strength with regard to trust disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Edward is super bright. He's got a great manner with the client and with the other side."
"Edward is an expert in the field of offshore law. I've been impressed by his dealings in court and his grasp of difficult details in our case."
"Edwards is a brilliant lawyer who offers top-notch legal advice and stays focused on the commercials. He happily rolls his sleeves up to work with the broader team."
"He's incredibly knowledgeable and is comfortable offering legal advice on a range of complex topics."
"Edward is super bright. He's got a great manner with the client and with the other side."
"Edward is an expert in the field of offshore law. I've been impressed by his dealings in court and his grasp of difficult details in our case."
"Edwards is a brilliant lawyer who offers top-notch legal advice and stays focused on the commercials. He happily rolls his sleeves up to work with the broader team."
"He's incredibly knowledgeable and is comfortable offering legal advice on a range of complex topics."