Cavinder Bull | |
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Born | |
Education |
University of Oxford (
BA) Harvard University ( LLM) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Known for | CEO of Drew & Napier |
Cavinder Bull SC is a Singaporean lawyer and the chief executive officer of the law firm Drew & Napier. He has served in this position since August 2017, [1] upon the departure of Davinder Singh to start his own practice. [2] He has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration [3] and is considered one of the top 15 litigators in South-East Asia. [4]
Bull graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) in Jurisprudence from Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales the next year. [5] [6] He was ranked fourth in the Bar Exams; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exam. [5] He served as a Justices' Law Clerk to former Chief Justice Yong Pung How before joining Drew & Napier in 1994, [7] and left for Harvard Law School in 1995 on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws. [5] [6] He then passed the New York Bar Exams and joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a litigation associate. [5] [8]
Bull re-joined Drew & Napier in late 1997 and was made a partner in 1998. He is involved in commercial litigation and is cited by Chambers Global and Asia Pacific Legal 500 as one of Singapore's top lawyers. [5] [9] In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel at the age of 39, an accolade rarely accorded to those under 40 years of age. [10] Bull is also occasionally involved in academic writings, having written on subjects such as civil procedure. [11] He has sat on various review committees, such as one chaired by the Attorney-General in 2006 regarding the supply of foreign lawyers in Singapore, [12] and was reported to be looking into developing a mechanism "to handle disputes amongst businesses" in Singapore and China. [13]
Bull sits on numerous professional bodies, including Vice-President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group. [14] Bull was also appointed to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations [15] and also a member of the NUS Law Advisory Council. [16] He was previously also the Co-Chairman of the Singapore Exchange Disciplinary Committee. [17]
Bull has been involved in numerous high profile and high value matters in the course of his career including a US$1.27 billion case involving Georgia's former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, [18] a civil case against Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin [19] and a case of fraud by thumb drive inventor Henn Tan. [20] Bull was also on the Disciplinary Tribunal which fined Eugene Thuraisingam for a poem that was in contempt of court in 2018. [21]
Bull and his two elder sisters were raised single-handedly by his mother after his father died when he was 15 months old. [22] He studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. [23] [24]
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Cavinder Bull | |
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Born | |
Education |
University of Oxford (
BA) Harvard University ( LLM) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Known for | CEO of Drew & Napier |
Cavinder Bull SC is a Singaporean lawyer and the chief executive officer of the law firm Drew & Napier. He has served in this position since August 2017, [1] upon the departure of Davinder Singh to start his own practice. [2] He has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration [3] and is considered one of the top 15 litigators in South-East Asia. [4]
Bull graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) in Jurisprudence from Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales the next year. [5] [6] He was ranked fourth in the Bar Exams; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exam. [5] He served as a Justices' Law Clerk to former Chief Justice Yong Pung How before joining Drew & Napier in 1994, [7] and left for Harvard Law School in 1995 on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws. [5] [6] He then passed the New York Bar Exams and joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a litigation associate. [5] [8]
Bull re-joined Drew & Napier in late 1997 and was made a partner in 1998. He is involved in commercial litigation and is cited by Chambers Global and Asia Pacific Legal 500 as one of Singapore's top lawyers. [5] [9] In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel at the age of 39, an accolade rarely accorded to those under 40 years of age. [10] Bull is also occasionally involved in academic writings, having written on subjects such as civil procedure. [11] He has sat on various review committees, such as one chaired by the Attorney-General in 2006 regarding the supply of foreign lawyers in Singapore, [12] and was reported to be looking into developing a mechanism "to handle disputes amongst businesses" in Singapore and China. [13]
Bull sits on numerous professional bodies, including Vice-President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group. [14] Bull was also appointed to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations [15] and also a member of the NUS Law Advisory Council. [16] He was previously also the Co-Chairman of the Singapore Exchange Disciplinary Committee. [17]
Bull has been involved in numerous high profile and high value matters in the course of his career including a US$1.27 billion case involving Georgia's former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, [18] a civil case against Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin [19] and a case of fraud by thumb drive inventor Henn Tan. [20] Bull was also on the Disciplinary Tribunal which fined Eugene Thuraisingam for a poem that was in contempt of court in 2018. [21]
Bull and his two elder sisters were raised single-handedly by his mother after his father died when he was 15 months old. [22] He studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. [23] [24]
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