Scott Pearman > Conyers > Hamilton, Bermuda > Lawyer Profile

Conyers
PO BOX HM666
CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET
HAMILTON HM CX
Bermuda

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Director

Career

Scott Pearman is a Director in the Litigation department in the Bermuda office of Conyers Dill & Pearman.

Scott joined Conyers in 2012 from Ely Place Chambers in London, where he was a barrister for 13 years specialising in commercial litigation.

Scott provides advocacy and advice on all aspects of civil and commercial law, with a focus on dispute resolution relating to business and commerce, employment and discrimination, chancery and trust, insurance and reinsurance, arbitration, and the law relating to media and information.

Scott was regularly instructed in the UK in financial mis-selling and professional negligence cases relating to investments, financial advisors and financial institutions. He has considerable experience in applications for interlocutory and injunctive relief including worldwide freezing orders, search and seizure orders, breach of confidence, breach of restrictive covenants and “springboard” relief arising from business theft and unlawful competition.

Languages

English & French

Memberships

  • CEDR Accredited Mediator
  • Member, Employment Law Bar Association, London
  • Director BAS Group, Bermuda

Education

  • Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, 1998
  • University of Oxford (Merton College), MA (Hons) Jurisprudence, 1997
  • Georgetown University, BA Government & English, 1994

Lawyer Rankings

Bermuda > Trusts/private client

Conyers‘ private client and trust team has extensive experience in advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals, including local and multinational clients and is praised by clients as ‘the best team in Bermuda‘. It’s expertise spans matters involving private trust companies, including trust establishments, trust restructurings and the strategic use of trusts in commercial applications. Co-leading the team, Craig MacIntyre specialises in non-contentious matters, while Helen Cooper is an expert in trust company structures, and Ben Adamson is a key name for litigation. Karen Corless is recognised as ‘knowledgeable, dedicated, and hardworking’  with a focus on international and local estate planning arrangements. Directors Scott Pearman and Anna Bruce-Smith are both key contacts alongside senior associate Davina Hargun; between them, they cover the full spectrum of private client and trust issues concerning legal and administrative trust matters.