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Cavinder Bull

Cavinder Bull

Singaporean lawyer

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] He has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration[2] and is considered one of the top 15 litigators in South-East Asia.[3]

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Career

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.[4][5] He was ranked fourth in the Bar Exams; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exam.[4] He served as a Justices' Law Clerk to former Chief Justice Yong Pung How before joining Drew & Napier in 1994,[6] and left for Harvard Law School in 1995 on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws.[4][5] He then passed the New York Bar Exams and joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a litigation associate.[4][7]

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.[4][8] In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel, an accolade rarely accorded to those under 40 years of age.[9] Bull is also occasionally involved in academic writings, having written on subjects such as civil procedure.[10] 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.[11]

Bull sits on numerous professional bodies, including as Co-Chairman of the Singapore Exchange Disciplinary Committee, 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.[12] Bull was also appointed to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations[13] and also a member of the NUS Law Advisory Council.[14]

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.[15] He studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.[16][17]

References

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    hermes (7 August 2017). "On The Move". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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    "Drew & Napier's Directors: Cavinder Bull, SC". www.drewnapier.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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    "Drew & Napier LLC: Newsroom". www.drewnapier.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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    Cavinder Bull Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, www.drewandnapier.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
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    THE SPECIAL ACADEMIC AWARDS 1995 PRESENTATION CEREMONY Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, www.moe.gov.sg, 12 August 1995, accessed 7 January 2008.
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    Wong, Karen, "Young Seniors", The New Paper, 6 January 2008.
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    Candidates Who Passed The July 1996 NYS Bar Exam Archived 24 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, www.nylawyer.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
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    Chambers Commentary — Dispute Resolution Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, www.chambersandpartners.com.
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    Loh, Dominique, "Six appointed Senior Counsel at opening of Legal Year 2008", www.channelnewsasia.com, 5 January 2008, accessed 7 January 2008.
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    Civil Procedure Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, www.singaporelaw.sg, accessed 7 January 2008.
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    Government Accepts Key Recommendations of the Third Committee on the Supply of Lawyers Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, www.wwlegal.com, 17 August 2006, accessed 7 January 2008.
  12. [12]
    "Cavinder Bull SIAC Profile" (PDF). Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
  13. [13]
    "Members of the Joint Experts Team" (PDF).
  14. [14]
    "NUS Law Advisory Council". law.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  15. [15]
    Wong, Karen (6 January 2008). "Young Seniors - S'pore gets 6 new senior counsel" (PDF). The New Paper.
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    "Page 4 Advertisements Column 2". Singapore Monitor. 8 August 1984. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  17. [17]
    "Teachers take a close look at army life". The Straits Times. 27 August 1987. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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