Cavinder Bull

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

Cavinder Bull

SC
Born
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
EducationLLM
LLB
Alma materHarvard University
Oxford University
Anglo Chinese School
Occupationlawyer
Years active1993-present
Known forbeing the CEO of Drew & Napier

Career

Bull graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (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 Exams; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exam.[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 a Master of Laws.[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 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]

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 (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.[14][15]

References
  1. "Drew & Napier's Directors: Cavinder Bull, SC". www.drewnapier.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. Cavinder Bull Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, www.drewandnapier.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  3. 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 Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, www.nylawyer.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  6. Chambers Commentary — Dispute Resolution Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, 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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