Alasdair Davidson > Bedell Cristin > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
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Alasdair Davidson
Work Department
- Insolvency & Restructuring
- International Private Client
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Wills & Probate
Position
Alasdair is a partner and the head of the litigation team and the international private client practice 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.
Career
Called 1992; chambers in Birmingham; Turks and Caicos Islands firm 1996; associate partner Cobbetts LLP (then Lee Crowder) 1999; returned to Caribbean 2002; associate partner Howes Percival LLP 2005; moved to Guernsey 2007, qualified as an advocate of the Royal Court 2010; joined Bedell Cristin as partner in the Guernsey office 2010.
Languages
French.
Memberships
- Advocate – Guernsey
- Notary Public – Guernsey
- Barrister – England & Wales
- Barrister – British Virgin Islands
- Attorney-at-law – Turks and Caicos Islands (non-practising)
- 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
Education
St Ambrose College, Cheshire (1981-88); University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1988-1991 Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons)); Inns of Court School of Law (1991-92 Bar Vocational Course); Université de Caen Basse Normandie (2009 Certificat d’études juridiques françaises et normandes).
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Bedell Cristin‘s dispute resolution team runs the gamut of cases, including those relating to contentious trusts; commercial and insolvency matters; and regulatory and fraud proceedings. Practice head Alasdair Davidson is admitted in the BVI in addition to Guernsey, and handles corporate, fiduciary and insolvency matters. Jon Barclay focuses on financial services disputes, including civil fraud claims and regulatory enforcements. Associate Abigail Houghton joined the firm in May 2022 from Slater and Gordon, and handles both trust and commercial disputes. Cassie Wade acts on trust matters and is a key liaison for the team’s work in London.