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
Foreign-based expertise > Leading firms
(Leading partners)Guernsey > Dispute resolution
(Leading partners)Contentious trusts, insolvency proceedings and a broad spread of commercial disputes form the bedrock of Bedell Cristin‘s litigation practice, which also handles regulatory, asset recovery and enforcement matters. ‘Really excellent litigator’ Alasdair Davidson leads the group, acting for a range of financial service providers and fiduciaries in commercial and trust matters. Davidson also sits as a Lt Bailiff of the Royal Court. Jon Barclay specialises in financial services disputes, including matters that cover both civil and criminal issues. Emma Hill joined the firm from ONTIER LLP in December 2023, bringing expertise in disputes centred on digital assets.
Guernsey > Private client, trusts and tax
Bedell Cristin acts for trust companies, family offices and HNWIs in relation to the structuring of wealth across a range of jurisdictions, while utilising the firm’s litigation team to tackle contentious trust matters. The ‘exceptionally talented’ Elena Gogh leads the practice, making use of her experience working at family offices to advise clients on the bespoke structuring of such vehicles and also trusts and foundations. Alasdair Davidson, who heads the firm’s litigation practice, is the key contact for trust disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Guernsey > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Guernsey
- Private client, trusts and tax Guernsey