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, Banking, Trusts, Insurance and Re-Insurance, Construction, Administrative Law, Telecommunications and Energy.

Professional Background

• Barrister, Irish Bar
• Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers Hong Kong
• Counsel, Hong Kong Bar
• Member, Des Voeux Chambers

Education

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

Bar Admissions

• Ireland, 1978
• England & Wales, 1981
• Hong Kong, 1985
• New South Wales, 1986
• New York, 1987
• Bermuda, 1989
• United States Court of International Trade, 2001
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2001
• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, 2002

Industry Associations

• 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
• Founder and Branch Chairman Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Deputy President Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2011
• Former Tutor, International Commercial Arbitration Diploma Courses of Chartered Institute; Tutor, Fellowship Course of Chartered Institute; Course Director and Tutor, Members’ Courses of Chartered Institute
• Member, Des Voeux Chambers

Industry Accolades

• Recognised dispute resolution lawyer, Legal 500 2011: “able and responsive”
• Recognised leading dispute resolution lawyer, Chambers Global 2011: “vast local experience … a very tactically minded lawyer with a huge amount of common sense, and great fun to work with.”
• Endorsed dispute resolution lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer 2011
• Recommended arbitration, commercial litigation and construction lawyer, Who's Who Legal 2011
• Recognised as a leading dispute resolution lawyer, Chambers Global 2010: “very well regarded for his prolific work on trusts cases and the strong telecoms expertise that supports his broad commercial litigation practice”.

Languages

• Conversational French

Articles

• The Arbitration Review of the Americas 2010

Press Releases

• Conyers named Bermuda Law Firm of the Year for sixth year
• Conyers Director elected President of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Conyers Announces Partner Promotions