Cavinder Bull is a Singaporean lawyer and the chief executive officer of the law firm Drew & Napier. He has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration.

Career

Legal career

Bull graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) in Jurisprudence from Trinity College, Oxford, Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the English Bar, Bar of England and Wales the next year.Cavinder Bull
, www.drewandnapier.com, accessed 7 January 2008.
, www.moe.gov.sg, 12 August 1995, accessed 7 January 2008. He was ranked fourth in the Bar Exams; when he returned to Singapore, he topped the local Bar Exam. He served as a law clerk, Justices' Law Clerk to former Chief Justice of Singapore, Chief Justice Yong Pung How before joining Drew & Napier in 1994, and left for Harvard Law School in 1995 on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to pursue a Master of Laws. He then passed the New York State Bar Association, New York Bar Exams and joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a litigation associate. Bull re-joined Drew & Napier and was made a partner in 1998. He is involved in commercial litigation and is cited by ''Chambers Global'' and ''Asia Pacific Legal 500'' as one of Singapore's top lawyers. In 2008, he was appointed Senior Counsel, the tenth lawyer to be made Senior Counsel before turning 40. Bull is also occasionally involved in academic writings, having written on subjects such as civil procedure. He has sat on various review committees, such as one chaired by the Attorney-General of Singapore, Attorney-General in 2006 regarding the supply of foreign lawyers in Singapore. In 2010, he was named Deputy Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and in 2011, he was appointed Vice President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group. Bull was named as the Co-Chairman of the Singapore Exchange disciplinary committee in April 2017, as well as the chief executive officer of Drew & Napier in August 2017. Bull was also appointed to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Other Appointments

Directorships

* ST Engineering#ST Electronics, Singapore Technologies Electronics (2009-2012) * National Healthcare Group (2009-2012) * Singapore University of Technology and Design (2009 - 2015) * Ascendas Property Fund Trustee (2010-2013) * Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (2004-2010)

Personal life

Bull and his two elder sisters were raised single-handedly by his mother after his father died when he was 15 months old. He studied at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.

References

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