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Biography

Peter Ferrer
Peter Ferrer Harneys front portrait image

Peter has been ranked for his BVI Dispute Resolution expertise. Commentators describe him as "capable and commercially minded".

Chambers and Partners, 2021

Peter Ferrer

Partner | Dispute Resolution | British Virgin Islands
+1 284 852 4378 peter.ferrer@harneys.com
Biography

Peter Ferrer is a partner in the Litigation & Insolvency and Restructuring team based in our British Virgin Islands office. Peter acts on behalf of institutions, companies, corporate entities and high net worth individuals. His experience includes shareholder actions, fraud claims, hedge fund disputes, insolvency and restructuring matters. He has extensive experience in enforcement proceedings including tracing actions in multiple jurisdictions. He is an experienced trial advocate who regularly appears in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court Division, the ECSC Court of Appeal and in international arbitration. Prior to joining Har ...

Peter Ferrer is a partner in the Litigation & Insolvency and Restructuring team based in our British Virgin Islands office. Peter acts on behalf of institutions, companies, corporate entities and high net worth individuals. His experience includes shareholder actions, fraud claims, hedge fund disputes, insolvency and restructuring matters. He has extensive experience in enforcement proceedings including tracing actions in multiple jurisdictions. He is an experienced trial advocate who regularly appears in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court Division, the ECSC Court of Appeal and in international arbitration.

Prior to joining Harneys, he practised as a barrister at Quadrant Chambers. At the English bar, he appeared at every court level including Court of Appeal and the United Kingdom Supreme Court.

He is consistently recommended in the Legal Directories. He sits on the BVI Commercial Court Users committee, the BVI Civil Procedure Rules Steering Committee and acts as the CIArb BVI Chapter Vice Chair.

Peter is a regular contributor to the Offshore Litigation Blog and the Take 10 podcast.

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Recommendations

Peter is ranked for his BVI Dispute Resolution expertise. Peter is “very able and has great judgement." (2023 guide) "Peter is very good at client management and very sensitive to the nuances of a matter." (2022 guide)

Peter is ranked for his BVI Dispute Resolution expertise.

  • Peter is “very able and has great judgement." (2023 guide)
  • "Peter is very good at client management and very sensitive to the nuances of a matter." (2022 guide)

Peter is recognised as a leading individual for his British Virgin Islands Dispute Resolution expertise.

Recent testimonials include:

  • Peter “is an elegant and cerebral adviser, with real international arbitration experience.” (2024 guide)
  • Peter "is an elegant, cerebral partner with exceptional management client skills." (2023 guide)
  • Peter "is an excellent lawyer and strategist." (2025 guide)

Peter is recommended in the Commercial Litigation index.

Peter is recommended for his British Virgin Islands expertise in the following categories:

  • Thought Leader – GIR – Asset Recovery (2022)
  • Thought Leader – Litigation (2021)
  • Asset Recovery (2020 – 2023)
  • Commercial Litigation (2019 – 2024)
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J Trust Asia Pte v Mitsui Konoshita & ors – acting for the Claimant in the recovery of a US$200 million fraudulent misrepresentation claim concerning proceedings in BVI, Singapore, Thailand, Luxembourg and Cambodia.

Green Elite ( in liquidation) v Fang Ankong & ors - Acting for KPMG in relation to a liquidators claim against former directors for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and unlawful means conspiracy.

UVW x XYV – the leading case on Norwich Pharmacal relief

Acting on a US$2.9 billion shareholder dispute concerning the installation and development of mobile telephones and wireless communications servicing of the entire of Iraq, including one of the first under-sea cable lines to link Iraq to the rest of the world.

Advising FTI as liquidator of a number of Pacific Andes entities connected with the high-profile US$1.6 billion insolvency matter involving multiple proceedings in the US, Hong Kong and Cayman. The case is one of the largest ever insolvency matters to be heard by the BVI court.

British Virgin Islands
2016

England and Wales
1998

King's College London (LLM)
2008

City University (Dip Law)
1997

Cardiff University (BA)
1995

Peter has been ranked for his BVI Dispute Resolution expertise. Commentators describe him as "capable and commercially minded".
Chambers and Partners, 2021

Authored by Peter

Offshore Litigation Blog
At a crossroads: governing law in BVI arbitration agreements
Offshore Litigation Blog
No time to spy: Shehabi v Bahrain [2024] EWCA Civ 1158
Offshore Litigation Blog
Comity has its limits
Offshore Litigation Blog
Financial services: "Quincecare Duty" when customer agents act fraudulently
Offshore Litigation Blog
AirDrop it like it’s hot – BVI Commercial Court innovates to assist victim of “address poisoning” scam
Offshore Litigation Blog
Restructuring Review 2024 – British Virgin Islands
Offshore Litigation Blog
One man’s loss is another man’s gain: Hotel Portfolio II UK v Ruhan [2023] EWCA Civ 1120
Offshore Litigation Blog
ESG in Restructuring
Offshore Litigation Blog
Chambers Global - BVI International Fraud & Asset Tracing (2023)
Offshore Litigation Blog
Court of Appeal refuses to lift freezing injunction
Article
The thorny issue of illegality, mistake and the unruly horse of public policy
Offshore Litigation Blog
EC CoA clarifies the Duomatic principle for shareholder assents
Offshore Litigation Blog
Restructuring Review 2023 – British Virgin Islands
Article
Discussing the benefits of using BVI courts for cross-border restructuring but also potential obstacles
Article
Access to funds: BVI court provides clarity to information sharing with litigation funders
Offshore Litigation Blog
Conventional wisdom – the appropriate test and factors to consider for alternative service under the Hague Service Convention
Article
British Virgin Islands: They think it's all over. No, it's not…
Offshore Litigation Blog
Fund and seek: EC CoA confirms that sharing information with a funder is within the permitted use of disclosed documents
Offshore Litigation Blog
To arbitrate or not - that is the question
Offshore Litigation Blog
Exact change only – Discharging freezing and receivership orders on the grounds of a material change in circumstances
Article
Chambers Global - BVI International Fraud & Asset Tracing (2022)
Offshore Litigation Blog
Schemes of arrangement - a real (estate) restructuring tool for financially distressed BVI companies
Offshore Litigation Blog
It’s a done deed: directors, dishonesty and deeds
Offshore Litigation Blog
English High Court follows BVI case, Lau v Chu, to confirm the test for just and equitable winding up
Offshore Litigation Blog
Take 10 podcast: Les Ambassadeurs Club freezing injunction
News and Deals
Harneys highly recommended as “go-to law firm” in Chambers Global 2022 guide
Offshore Litigation Blog
Missed understanding: BVI Court holds directors in breach of their duty to act for a proper purpose
Article
Declaratory relief determined outside of scope of the doctrine of merger
Article
Restructuring Review 2022 – British Virgin Islands
Article
Offshore courts' approach to liquidation in the face of arbitration agreements
Offshore Litigation Blog
EC Court of Appeal resurrects company
Offshore Litigation Blog
Declaratory relief escapes the doctrine of merger
Offshore Litigation Blog
Take 10 podcast: A lesson in case management
Offshore Litigation Blog
Take 10 podcast: Arbitration in the offshore world
Article
The BVI year
Article
The balance between open justice and confidentiality in offshore trust proceedings
Article
Everything old is new again
Offshore Litigation Blog
Heads I win, tails you lose: traps for the unwary under the BVI Arbitration Act 2013
Offshore Litigation Blog
Walking the tightrope - Illegally obtained evidence, privilege and the iniquity exception
Offshore Litigation Blog
Position Paper on Parallel Schemes of Arrangement: the Harneys “Schemario Rules”
Offshore Litigation Blog
The Wrecking Ball vs the Crystal Ball – planning a parallel scheme of arrangement
Offshore Litigation Blog
Stop right now - English Court sets aside order granting leave to enforce arbitration award under section 66 Arbitration Act 1996
Offshore Litigation Blog
Brace for impact: Commercial Court gives judgment on Norwegian helicopter crash
Offshore Litigation Blog
Mutual Recognition and Assistance related to Insolvency Proceedings between the Courts of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong SAR
Article
British Virgin Islands: International arbitration Q&A
Offshore Litigation Blog
Take 10 podcast: The Pursuit of Passion
Offshore Litigation Blog
Cape Town Convention matters not a Blot for MAB Leasing Limited
Offshore Litigation Blog
A retreat by the BVI Commercial Court in the battle between liquidation and arbitration
News and Deals
Harneys Counsel Andrew Chin appointed to the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre panel of arbitrators
Offshore Litigation Blog
Differences in rights do not necessarily fracture a class
Offshore Litigation Blog
Black Swan resurrected
Article
Litigation Webinar: Cross-Border Restructuring | The Offshore Advantage
Offshore Litigation Blog
Banks, Ponzi schemes and the Quincecare duty- the way the cookie crumbles
Offshore Litigation Blog
Protection from predatory creditor actions in the BVI: the imposition of a “moratorium” in all but name
Offshore Litigation Blog
“Light touch” provisional liquidators appointed across three jurisdictions in the restructuring of the Century Sunshine Group: the JIN guidelines in practice?
Offshore Litigation Blog
Falling ceilings, lucky cards and the tricky issue of remoteness again
Offshore Litigation Blog
Norwich Pharmacal Relief - A Good Arguable Case v Reasonable Suspicion of Wrongdoing
Offshore Litigation Blog
The High Court of Justice of England and Wales considers the impact of business interruption on a proposed transfer of insurance business
Article
British Virgin Islands a liquidator’s year
Offshore Litigation Blog
Ocean Sino Ltd – BVI Court of Appeal pulls up the handbrake on just & equitable petitions
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI confirms jurisdiction for the Pooling of Liquidation Assets matching that of the Cayman Islands
Offshore Litigation Blog
Real world implications for cross-border insolvency
Offshore Litigation Blog
Cayman Islands Court of Appeal recasts the law regarding validation orders in a winding up proceeding
News and Deals
Harneys recognised for “best-in-class legal advice” – Chambers Global 2020
Offshore Litigation Blog
Koshigi Limited and Svoboda Corporation v. Donna Union Foundation (BVIHCMAPP2018/0043 and 0050 of 17 January 2019)
News and Deals
“Top of the BVI legal market” – Harneys BVI retains its tier 1 ranking from Legal 500
Article
Chambers Global - BVI International Arbitration
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Court re-charged to enforce
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Freezing Injunction; what is ‘good arguable case’?
Offshore Litigation Blog
Shareholder Activism Offshore: Q4 2017 activity leading to active 2018