Andrew Pullinger

Overview

Andrew is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group, where he specialises in commercial litigation, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. He has a wealth of experience acting for clients in a variety of complex and high value disputes, typically with a cross-border element.

He is a highly experienced litigator before first instance and appellate courts, and has acted in a significant number of institutional and ad hoc arbitrations under all of the major arbitration rules. Andrew zealously pursues his client’s legal and strategic objectives.

Prior to joining Campbells in 2014, Andrew practised international dispute resolution (with a particular focus on international commercial arbitration) in London (2009 – 2014), and commercial litigation and arbitration in Australia (2006 – 2009).

Expertise

Andrew leads teams in a variety of complex and high value disputes.

He advises clients in respect of financial services and investment fund disputes, fraud and professional negligence claims (especially claims against directors, fund administrators, custodians and auditors), and a broad range of contractual and other commercial disputes. He also has experience in public law matters including judicial review.

His clients have included sovereign states, major banks and other financial institutions, leading professional services firms, insolvency practitioners, family offices, insurers, litigation funders and multinationals spanning a number of sectors.

Andrew has a particular interest in promoting the use of arbitration and mediation.

Work Highlights

Recent work highlights include:

Leading the successful defence of HSBC in claims by a Madoff feeder hedge fund seeking in excess of US$2 billion damages before the Cayman Grand Court and Court of Appeal (currently on appeal to the Privy Council).
Defending >US$100 million direct and derivative claims by limited partners alleging fraud, conspiracy, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt in private equity fund litigation before the Cayman Grand Court.
Obtaining an anti-suit injunction from the Cayman Grand Court to restrain the continuation of claims in excess of US$280 million in New York.
Defending a major accounting firm in US$150 million professional negligence claims in parallel Cayman arbitration and litigation proceedings.”

Qualifications and Admissions

Solicitor, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Virgin Islands), 2018 (non-practising)
Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2014
Graduate Diploma (International Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration major), Queen Mary, University of London, 2013
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2011
Practitioner of the High Court of Australia, 2008 (non-practising)
Graduate Diploma (Applied Finance and Investment), Financial Services Institute of Australasia, 2008
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 2007 (non-practising)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), University of Western Australia, 2005

Prior Career History

DLA Piper UK, London, 2009 – 2013
DLA Piper Australia, Perth, 2006 – 2009

Articles

Campbells authors 2022 Enforcement of Judgments Chambers Guide.
The Cayman Islands chapter discusses domestic judgments, foreign judgments and foreign arbitral awards.
Campbells authors GLI International Arbitration Cayman chapter.
This guide highlights key topics of arbitration agreements and procedures, enforcement of awards, investment of arbitration and decisions in the jurisdiction.
Chambers Enforcement of Judgments 2021.
Authored by Campbells' attorneys, these chapters discuss domestic judgments, foreign judgments, foreign arbitral awards, the 2019 Hague Convention on enforcing judgements as well as enforcement and digital assets.
Global Legal Insights - International Arbitration Guide 2021, Cayman Islands.
Andrew Pullinger and Shaun Tracey co-author the Global Legal Insights - International Arbitration Guide 2021, Cayman Islands chapter, which covers key topics including arbitration agreements and procedures, arbitrators, interim relief, arbitration awards, challenge and enforcement of awards, investment arbitration and decisions.

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Client Advisories

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal rules on limited partner derivative actions.
This advisory discusses the recent judgment of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in Kuwait Ports Authority & Ors v. Port Link GP Ltd & Ors, clarifying the test for limited partners in a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership to bring derivative claims for and on behalf of the ELP pursuant to section 33(3) of the Exempted Limited Partnership Act (2021 Revision).
Cayman Islands Courts roll out judicial mediation of disputes.
The Courts of the Cayman Islands have introduced new measures concerning the judicial mediation of disputes, which continues a trend towards the increasing use of alternative dispute resolution methods.
GOL! Privy Council upholds Cayman Court of Appeal decision to enforce foreign arbitral award in favour of Brazilian airline.
This judgment reaffirms as a matter of Cayman law the orthodox view that the enforcing court has only a limited function aimed at promoting the finality of arbitral awards, and that awards will readily be enforced in the Cayman Islands in almost all cases.
Cayman Grand Court authorises disclosure of confidential documents to a related party.
This advisory discusses the recent judgment of the Kuwait Ports Authority, where the Cayman Grand Court considered the scope of its jurisdiction under the Confidential Information Disclosure Act, 2016.