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Alasdair Davidson

Alasdair is a partner and the head of the litigation team and the international private client practice in Guernsey. He has been in practice for over 25 years and, before qualifying in Guernsey, not only practised as a barrister in England but also spent several years working in the Caribbean. He is instructed by law firms and institutional clients based worldwide and has acted for most of Guernsey’s leading fiduciaries, fund providers and banks. Alasdair has a genuine depth of experience having handled a great variety of contentious and non-contentious matters covering most corporate, insolvency and fiduciary fields including appearing before a wide variety of courts and tribunals worldwide. He has particular expertise and established track record in conducting complex high value cross-border work both in Guernsey and the BVI. Alasdair is also a Guernsey Notary Public. · Bedell Cristin

GuernseyLitigation, Insolvency & RestructuringFrench
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About

Partner at Bedell Cristin in Guernsey with over 25 years' experience, who heads the firm's litigation team and international private client practice. He has practised as a barrister in England, worked in the Caribbean, is experienced in corporate, insolvency and fiduciary matters and handles complex cross-border work (notably Guernsey and the BVI); he is also a Guernsey Notary Public.

Practice areas

LitigationInsolvency & RestructuringPrivate ClientTrusts & EstatesRegulatory & ComplianceWills & ProbateCorporateFunds

Office

Guernsey

Bedell Cristin · Alasdair is a partner and the head of the litigation team and the international private client practice in Guernsey. He has been in practice for over 25 years and, before qualifying in Guernsey, not only practised as a barrister in England but also spent several years working in the Caribbean. He is instructed by law firms and institutional clients based worldwide and has acted for most of Guernsey’s leading fiduciaries, fund providers and banks. Alasdair has a genuine depth of experience having handled a great variety of contentious and non-contentious matters covering most corporate, insolvency and fiduciary fields including appearing before a wide variety of courts and tribunals worldwide. He has particular expertise and established track record in conducting complex high value cross-border work both in Guernsey and the BVI. Alasdair is also a Guernsey Notary Public.

Guernsey

Expertise

Cross-border Guernsey & BVI disputesInsolvency and restructuringFiduciary/trusts disputesCorporate litigationInternational private client mattersFunds and banking sector clients

Education

  • St Ambrose College, Cheshire (1981–88)
  • University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne — Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) (1988–1991)
  • Inns of Court School of Law — Bar Vocational Course (1991–92)
  • Université de Caen Basse Normandie — Certificat d’études juridiques françaises et normandes (2009)

Admissions

  • Advocate — Guernsey
  • Notary Public — Guernsey
  • Barrister — England & Wales
  • Barrister — British Virgin Islands
  • Attorney-at-law — Turks and Caicos Islands (non-practising)
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member, Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Member, Chancery Bar Association
  • Member, INSOL International (Insolvency Lawyers Association)

Languages

French