Litigation

Director

Jeffrey Elkinson is a Director in the Litigation & Insolvency department in the Bermuda office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Jeffrey joined Conyers in 1988.

Jeffrey’s practice includes Commercial Litigation and Arbitration in the area of contentious trusts, insurance and re-insurance, and construction with particular specialization in administrative law and telecommunications and energy.

He is an active arbitrator, mediator and counsel in domestic and international disputes with appointments from ICC, LCIA and CIArb and, in respect of domain names, HKIAC/ADNDRC. With true international experience, Jeffrey has audience rights in numerous jurisdictions and is also active on a pro-bono basis as course director and tutor for the CIArb.

Jeffrey is the chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee and the Police Complaints Authority for Bermuda and is a door tenant of Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong. He acts as an Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda. He is a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Jeffrey is a regular speaker at global industry events and is a contributor and co-author of the Bermuda chapter of the ICAA Handbook, World Arbitration Reporter, Spitz’ Tax Havens of the World, Butterworths Offshore Cases and Materials and Offshore Commercial Law in Bermuda.

Jeffrey is recognized as a leading dispute resolution lawyer by Chambers Global. Legal 500, Legal Week’s The Private Client Global Elite and Who’s Who Legal.

English, French

Justice of the Peace Chairman, Professional Conduct Committee of the Bermuda Bar Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator Active Arbitrator and Counsel, Domestic and International Disputes with appointments from ICC, LCIA and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators President, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2012 Founder and Branch Chairman Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Course Director and Tutor, Fellowship Course of Chartered Institute; Course Director and Tutor, Members’ Courses of Chartered Institute Member of IBA, ABA and ICCA Trust and Estates Practitioner (STEP)

Trinity College, Dublin, B.A.(mod), LLB, M.A. (1978) Kings’ Inns, Dublin BL (1978)