2020 Legal 500 - Hall of Fame and Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - "Matters are given due attention by partners and other senior lawyers, and their advice is pragmatic and commercial."
2020 Legal 500 - Hall of Fame and Recommended Lawyer (Banking and Finance) - "Experienced team with good market knowledge and depth to cover multiple work streams."
2020 Chambers Europe - Eminent Practitioner - Managing partner Garry Ferguson heads the firm's Finance and Capital Markets team. He advises clients on auto-loan securitisations and CLO issuances.
2020 Chambers Global - Eminent Practitioner (Capital Markets: Debt)
2020 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer and Highly Regarded
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Banking and Finance)
2019 Legal 500 - Leading Individual (Capital Markets)
2019 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner (Capital Markets: Debt) - "One interviewee describes him as "commercially minded and very responsive," while another adds that Ferguson is "enthusiastic and really effective."
2019 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded: "Very personable and technically very good."
2018 Legal 500 - Leading Individual: "Really bright and clued up"
2018 Chambers Global & Europe Guide - (Capital Markets: Debt) A Notable Practitioner. "Very personable, has good client skills and is very knowledgeable in his area."
2018 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded
2017 Who's Who Legal - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
2017 Legal 500 - Leading Individual: "Practice head Garry Ferguson has ‘a very commercial outlook'."
2017 Chambers Global & Europe Guide - (Capital Markets: Debt) A Notable Practitioner. "Garry Ferguson advises issuers and trustees on collateralised loan obligations and mortgage-backed securities. Clients say that Ferguson 'meets targets and deadlines and offers a precise legal perspective'."
2017 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer
2016 Legal 500 - Leading Individual: "With a strong debt practice, Garry Ferguson is ‘very considered and responsive’."
2016 - Chambers Global - Garry Ferguson is head of the group and advises clients on all areas of capital markets transactions and products. Sources appreciate his "technical expertise, practicality and results-oriented approach."
Garry is recommended in Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Who's Who of Capital Markets and he has advised on and structured several award winning deals in his specialist areas.
He is also widely published in the areas of securitisation, structured products, capital markets and taxation and is frequently asked to contribute to articles in these areas.
Garry was for several years a lecturer and a tutor in the Law Society of Ireland on company law, financial services and on principles of securitisation.
