Profile

Arty is an Associate in our Bermuda office specialising in commercial disputes.

He has litigation experience across multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions and has appeared before various courts and tribunals. 

His practice covers insolvency, insurance, regulatory investigations, complex multi-party proceedings, appeals, and arbitrations. He has also advised on non-contentious commercial and property matters.
 
Before relocating to Bermuda, he practised law in New Zealand and Australia.

Arty is fluent in English, French, and Russian.

Qualifications and admissions

  • Qualified in New Zealand (LLB)(Otago)
  • Admitted in New Zealand
  • Admitted in Australia
  • Admitted in Bermuda

Work highlights

  • Appearing as junior counsel in proceedings before the Supreme Court of Bermuda favourably finding express and implied terms about the repayment of money in an unwritten contract.  
  • Acting for the liquidators of a Bermuda company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • Acting for Bermuda excess insurers in English seated arbitrations against a US entertainment company arising from the settlement of a shareholder class action in the US.
  • Acting for a Bermuda reinsurer in a Bermuda seated arbitration against a Cayman captive insurer arising from the settlement of hundreds of medical injury claims in the US.
  • Advising an EU shipping company on recovering charterparty fees from the Bermuda subsidiary of a group in administration.  
  • Advising Bermuda liquidators on recovering assets in the liquidation of an international commercial bank.
  • Advising a US technology company on introducing a medical technology to Bermuda.

Presentations and publications