Cavinder Bull

Cavinder Bull, SC, is a lawyer and the chief executive officer of Singaporean law firm Drew & Napier. He has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration.[1]

Career

Bull graduated with First Class Honours from Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales the next year.[2][3] He was ranked fourth in the Bar Examinations; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exams.[2] He served as a Justices' Law Clerk to former Chief Justice Yong Pung How before joining Drew & Napier in 1994,[4] and left for Harvard Law School in 1995 on a Lee Kuan Yew scholarship to pursue an L.L.M.[2][3] He then passed the New York Bar Exams and joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a litigation associate.[2][5]

Bull re-joined Drew & Napier 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.[2][6] In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel, the tenth lawyer to be made Senior Counsel before turning 40.[7] Bull is also occasionally involved in academic writings, having written on subjects such as civil procedure.[8] He has sat on various review committees, such as one chaired by the Attorney-General of Singapore in 2006 regarding the supply of foreign lawyers in Singapore.[9] In 2010, he was named deputy chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and in 2011, he was appointed vice-president of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group.[10]

Bull was named as the co-chairman of the Singapore Exchange disciplinary committee in April 2017,[11] as well as the chief executive officer of Drew & Napier in August 2017.[12]

Other Appointments

Directorships

Personal life

Bull and his two elder sisters were raised single-handedly by his mother after his father died when he was 15 months old.[13] He studied at Anglo-Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Drew & Napier's Directors: Cavinder Bull, SC". www.drewnapier.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cavinder Bull Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine., www.drewandnapier.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  3. 1 2 THE SPECIAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 1995 PRESENTATION CEREMONY Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine., www.moe.gov.sg, 12 August 1995, accessed 7 January 2008.
  4. ↑ Wong, Karen, "Young Seniors", The New Paper, 6 January 2008.
  5. ↑ Candidates Who Passed The July 1996 NYS Bar Exam, www.nylawyer.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  6. ↑ Chambers Commentary — Dispute Resolution, www.chambersandpartners.com.
  7. ↑ Loh, Dominique, "Six appointed Senior Counsel at opening of Legal Year 2008", www.channelnewsasia.com, 5 January 2008, accessed 7 January 2008.
  8. ↑ Civil Procedure Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine., www.singaporelaw.sg, accessed 7 January 2008.
  9. ↑ Government Accepts Key Recommendations of the Third Committee on the Supply of Lawyers Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine., www.wwlegal.com, 17 August 2006, accessed 7 January 2008.
  10. ↑ http://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/remweb/legal/ln2/rss/legalnews/73159.html?title=Cavinder%20Bull%20named%20VP%20of%20Asia%20Pacific%20Regional%20Arbitration%20Group&notShowClose=y
  11. ↑ Gabriel, Anita. "New members appointed to SGX's disciplinary and appeals committees". The Business Times. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  12. ↑ hermes (2017-08-07). "On The Move". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  13. ↑ Wong, Karen (6 January 2008). "Young Seniors - S'pore gets 6 new senior counsel" (PDF). The New Paper.
  14. ↑ "Page 4 Advertisements Column 2". Singapore Monitor. 8 August 1984. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  15. ↑ "Teachers take a close look at army life". The Straits Times. 27 August 1987. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
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