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
EducationUniversity of Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (LLM)
OccupationLawyer
Years active1993–present
Known forCEO of Drew & Napier

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.[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] Bull was also appointed to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations.[13]

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

References
  1. "Drew & Napier's Directors: Cavinder Bull, SC". www.drewnapier.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. Cavinder Bull Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, www.drewandnapier.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  3. 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.
  4. Wong, Karen, "Young Seniors", The New Paper, 6 January 2008.
  5. Candidates Who Passed The July 1996 NYS Bar Exam Archived 24 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, www.nylawyer.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
  6. Chambers Commentary — Dispute Resolution Archived 9 June 2010 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 22 December 2007 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 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, www.wwlegal.com, 17 August 2006, accessed 7 January 2008.
  10. Quah, Michelle (5 September 2011). "Cavinder Bull named VP of Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group". The Business Times.
  11. Gabriel, Anita. "New members appointed to SGX's disciplinary and appeals committees". The Business Times. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  12. hermes (7 August 2017). "On The Move". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  13. "Members of the Joint Experts Team" (PDF).
  14. Wong, Karen (6 January 2008). "Young Seniors - S'pore gets 6 new senior counsel" (PDF). The New Paper.
  15. "Page 4 Advertisements Column 2". Singapore Monitor. 8 August 1984. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  16. "Teachers take a close look at army life". The Straits Times. 27 August 1987. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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