Ms Khiyara Krige > 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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Ms Khiyara Krige
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Counsel
Career
Khiyara Krige is Counsel in the Appleby Bermuda Dispute Resolution Department where she regularly provides advice to both international and local clients on a wide variety of complex, high value, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes with a focus on insurance/reinsurance disputes and corporate/company law disputes, including shareholder fair value appraisal actions (company defence).
Khiyara has significant experience in insurance litigation, which includes advising on policyholder coverage disputes, advising insurers on contentious (re)insurance policy claims, reviewing and advising reinsurance treaty wording and providing advice on multi-jurisdictional life insurance issues. Prior to joining Appleby, Khiyara practiced law in South Africa, where she gained extensive experience advising aviation insurance underwriters in both the London, and South African, insurance market on disputes concerning coverage, subrogation and the handling of third-party liability claims.
Education
Khiyara has a Bachelor of Social Sciences and LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and a LLM degree from Cornell University. Khiyara is an admitted member of the High Court of South Africa and the New York State Bar Association.
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