Fergus Doorly

Fergus’ restructuring and insolvency expertise is advising examiners, liquidators and receivers of companies, as well as creditors, directors and shareholders of companies that require restructuring or are insolvent.  He has experience in all aspects of commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, financial services and tax litigation.

Recent significant work includes advising:

• two landlords in a successful application to dismiss a petition for the appointment of an examiner to New Look Retailers (Ireland) Limited;
• Irish companies in the Skillsoft Group of companies on their restructuring through Chapter 11 in the US;
• Proventus Capital in relation to an approx. €80 million share charge enforcement in respect of the Montrose Aviation group;
• Michael McAteer as examiner of Weatherford International Public Limited Company in relation to its US $8.35 billion dollar restructuring on a cross-border basis in Ireland and the US;
• EY as the Joint Administrators of Nortel Networks (Ireland) Limited;
• Ken Fennell and James Anderson of Deloitte as Liquidators of Karen Millen Ireland Limited;
• Neil Hughes of Baker Tilly Hughes Blake as Examiner of Regan Development Limited;
• the directors of a company that operated a retail store in deferring disqualification / restriction proceedings;
• a number of retailers through successful examinership processes, including Mothercare Ireland Limited, Debenhams Retail (Ireland) Limited, and B&Q Ireland Limited;
• stakeholders in numerous retail insolvencies and restructurings, including Bradley Pharmacy Group (acting for the investor), Monsoon Accessorize Ireland Limited (actin for the examiner), and House of Fraser;
• the Respondents in a multi-million euro shareholder dispute heard by the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal where the Petitioner issued proceedings alleging minority oppression;
• ICDL GCC Foundation FZ-LLC in the Commercial Court and the Supreme Court in its successful claim against the European Computer Driving Licence Foundation Limited; and
• Nordic Aviation Capital in respect of its $6.8bn debt across various lender silos and in numerous jurisdictions.