Gareth Murphy is a counsel in the Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution Group. He has significant experience in commercial disputes, particularly high-value cross-border shareholder disputes and disputes arising from insolvency and restructuring.

He is qualified in three jurisdictions and has advised on matters before the Cayman Islands Grand Court's specialist Financial Services Division and the Commercial Court in the BVI. He has also advised on offshore aspects of arbitrations relating to procedural issues and interim measures to be taken in the Cayman Islands and in the BVI. Gareth has particular experience advising on shareholder remedies including unfair prejudice and derivative claims.

Gareth has acted extensively for banks and financial institutions in debt recovery and enforcement cases and has advised bank-appointed receivers in the defence of fraud and negligence claims. He has also advised on a range of interlocutory injunctive applications including springboard injunctions and freezing orders.

Gareth has considerable experience advising on corporate governance and contentious procedural matters relating to the requisition and convening of company meetings of privately owned and listed offshore companies with a particular focus on the appointment and removal of directors and officers.