Lalita Vaswani > Appleby > Hamilton, Bermuda > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET
PO BOX HM 1179
HAMILTON HM EX
Bermuda
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Lalita Vaswani
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Counsel
Career
Lalita Vaswani is Counsel in Appleby’s Dispute Resolution department. She has a background in commercial and corporate litigation with a focus on restructuring and insolvency.
Prior to joining Appleby, Lalita worked in the Litigation and Restructuring Group of a top tier Caribbean law firm, where she played a pivotal role on legal advisory teams in high-profile cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency matters throughout the Caribbean. She regularly appeared before the Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Supreme Courts.
Education
Lalita read Law in England at the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics and Political Science. For her vocational education, she attended the College of Law in England where she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad where she obtained a Certificate of Legal Education.
She has been called to the Bars of England and Wales, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- The University of Warwick (England)
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (England)
- The College of Law (England)
- Hugh Wooding Law School, The University of the West Indies (Trinidad)
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Dispute resolution
Appleby‘s dispute practice team is highly regarded, described as ‘professional, diligent, and well-respected by the judges in Bermuda’. The group represents a diverse range of parties in high-value, multi-jurisdictional litigation and mediation, as well as regulatory and corporate governance matters, including policy wordings. Leading the team is John Wasty, who is noted as ‘rightly in very high demand’ and specialises in commercial litigation, restructurings, fund claims, insolvencies and regulatory affairs, both domestically and internationally. Hannah Tildesley is a specialist in international commercial litigation, with a focus on funds and contentious trust disputes. Counsel Lalita Vaswani, known for her ‘pragmatic and diligent approach‘, supports the team’s corporate litigation, particularly in restructuring and insolvency matters. Khiyara Krige specialises in (re)insurance disputes and corporate litigation, while Sam Riihiluoma‘s expertise lies in civil and commercial litigation, with a strong track record in regulatory affairs, contractual disputes, and professional liability claims.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance/reinsurance
- Regulatory and compliance
- Trusts/private client