Alex Potts is an associate in the litigation & restructuring department in the Bermuda Office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Alex joined Conyers in 2007.

Alex has a wide-ranging commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with a particular focus on international and domestic disputes in the fields of insurance, reinsurance, professional negligence, banking, financial services, investment funds, conflicts of laws, commercial fraud, trusts, and contentious insolvency. He regularly appears in the Supreme Court of Bermuda and before other tribunals. Recent reported cases include Stewardship Credit Arbitrage Fund Limited and Phoenix Global et al v The Bank of Bermuda Limited et al.

Alex is regularly published and he is the author or co-author of Bermuda chapters in International Commercial Dispute Resolution (Tottel, 2009), Judicial Cooperation in Civil & Commercial Litigation in the British Offshore World (Wildy’s, 2009), Legal Aspects of the Financial Crisis (Globe Law & Business, 2009), and International Corporate Rescue (Chase Cambria, 2011).

Alex is also regularly invited to give presentations to audiences of lawyers and professional clients.

Professional Background

• Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman, 2007 - present
• Barrister, 4 Pump Court, London, 2000 - 2007
• Attorney, Campbells, Cayman Islands, 2005
• Pegasus Scholar, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne, 2004
• Pegasus Scholar, Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne, 2004
• Judicial Assistant, Court of Appeal of England & Wales, 2001

Education

• Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, 2000
• City University, CPE/PgDL (Commendation), 1999
• Oxford University, Exeter College, B.A. (Hons) English Language & Literature (First Class), 1998

Bar Admissions

• England and Wales, Barrister, Middle Temple, 2000
• Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-Law, 2005
• Bermuda, Barrister and Attorney, 2008

Industry Associations

• 4 Pump Court, Door Tenant
• Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
• Middle Temple
• COMBAR (Honorary Member)

Industry Accolades

• Recognised fund litigation expert, Chambers Global 2011: “a very clever and effective lawyer who has gained more exposure of late in prominent cases.”

Languages

• French (conversational)
• Modern Greek (conversational)

Articles

• International Insolvency Co-operation in Bermuda
• Exclusive Jurisdiction and Arbitration Agreements
• International Insolvency Co-operation in Bermuda: An Update
• E-Disclosure Offshore
• The Phoenix Judgment
• Kingate Global Fund Ltd v Knightsbridge (USD) Fund Limited
• The Hedge Fund Redemption
• Commercial and Trust Litigation and the Commercial Court in Bermuda

Press Releases

• Conyers hosts 10th Annual Offshore Law Forum in New York