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About
Provided by Alasdair Davidson
Practice Areas
Insolvency & Restructuring, International Private Client, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Regulatory & Compliance, Wills & Probate
Career
Alasdair is a partner and the head of the litigation team 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.
Professional Memberships
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
- STEP (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners) Member
- Chancery Bar Association (full member)
- INSOL International, Insolvency Lawyers Association
- Member of the Guernsey Bar Council
- Committee member - Legal and Regulatory Committee of ARIES (The Channel Islands' branch of INSOL International).
Publications
Alasdair has contributed to a number of publications and briefings including STEP Journal, INSOL World, TQLR, Arbitration Law Monthly and the International Bar Association’s Anti Money Laundering Forum guide on Guernsey.
He is the author of the Guernsey chapters of Greene on Shareholder Disputes and the Dispute Resolution Review.
Chambers Review
Global
Alasdair Davidson leads the firm's litigation team in Guernsey. He operates a well-regarded practice primarily concentrated on trust and insolvency disputes.
Alasdair Davidson of Bedell Cristin has an excellent reputation for his litigation expertise, including trust litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alasdair is a good and natural advocate who is unflustered under pressure."
"He's relentless practical and relentlessly focused on helping. Nothing is wasted with him."
"He's available, quick and knows how to deal with demanding clients."
"Alasdair is very clinical, knowledgeable, and to the point. He's very good to deal with."
"He's meticulous, responsive, has a broad knowledge base and is very strong on trust litigation."
"Alasdair is a very well-known litigator in the high net worth space."
"Alasdair is excellent. He is responsive and gives clear, straightforward advice."
"Alasdair is a very professional and business-minded lawyer with great client service."
"Alasdair is a good and natural advocate who is unflustered under pressure."
"He's relentless practical and relentlessly focused on helping. Nothing is wasted with him."
"He's available, quick and knows how to deal with demanding clients."
"Alasdair is very clinical, knowledgeable, and to the point. He's very good to deal with."
"He's meticulous, responsive, has a broad knowledge base and is very strong on trust litigation."
"Alasdair is a very well-known litigator in the high net worth space."
"Alasdair is excellent. He is responsive and gives clear, straightforward advice."
"Alasdair is a very professional and business-minded lawyer with great client service."
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