Barristers

David Chivers KC

David Chivers KC

Position

David is a highly experienced, sought-after silk specialising in company law, corporate litigation and corporate restructuring/insolvency - onshore, offshore and internationally. He is known for the quality of both his advocacy and advisory skills. David has acted on many key corporate transactions and appeared in leading cases at all levels up to the Supreme Court and Privy Council. David sat as an additional judge of the British Virgin Islands commercial court and is regularly appointed as an arbitrator due to his expertise in complex cross border and corporate disputes. 

Career

Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee. Admitted to the Bars of the following jurisdictions: BVI, and ad hoc to Bermuda and Cayman. Acting Judge of the BVI Commercial Court January to March 2018.

PUBLICATIONS: Contributor to Co-operatives that Work (Spokesman 1988); Practice and Procedure in the Companies Court (Lloyds of London Press 1997); The Law of Majority Shareholders Power, Use and Abuse (OUP 2017).

Memberships

ChBA, ILA, III, RISA (Cayman).

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