Alasdair Davidson

Alasdair is a partner and the head of the Bedell Cristin Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey.

He has been in practice for over 30 years and practised as a Barrister in England and as a lawyer in the Caribbean before moving to Guernsey.

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, and is recognised by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

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 a Notary Public, and since 2023 has been sitting part-time as a Lt Bailiff of the Royal Court of Guernsey.

He is a member of STEP, the Chancery Bar Association, INSOL and the Guernsey Bar Council amongst other industry groups.

Professional

• 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

Industry Focus

• A regular speaker at conferences worldwide.
• Alasdair has also contributed to a number of publications and briefings including STEP Journal, INSOL World, TQLR, Arbitration Law Monthly and the International Bar Association’s Anti Money Laundering Forum guide on Guernsey.
• He is the author of the Guernsey chapters of Greene on Shareholder Disputes and the Dispute Resolution Review.
• Alasdair sits on the Legal and Regulatory Committee of ARIES (The Channel Islands' branch of INSOL International).
• Alasdair is a member of the Royal Court Civil Procedures Review Committee and the Royal Court "Smart Court" review team.

Credentials

• Private Client Global Elite List
• 'Leading Individual' - Legal 500 
• Band 2 'Leader in their field' - Chambers UK, Europe and Global 
• Band 3 - Chambers HNW 
• Private Client Expert - Who's Who Legal 
• Asset recovery Expert - Who's Who Legal
• Named in Citywealth’s Top 100 Trust Litigators List 
• 'Leading Lawyers' category -  Citywealth Leaders List
• 'Honours List' in the 'Leading Lawyers' category - Citywealth Leaders List