Bhavesh Patel

Bhavesh is an experienced litigator specialising in commercial litigation, shareholder and company disputes, cross-border insolvency, and contentious trusts and private client matters.

Following his degree at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, Bhavesh trained and qualified into the disputes department of Herbert Smith Freehills. During that time he was seconded to RBS and UBS where he worked on the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and LIBOR fixing claims. Since moving offshore, Bhavesh has been admitted to appear in both the Cayman Islands and the BVI.

Bhavesh has advised international clients on a variety of high profile matters, including the Abraaj Group’s liquidation, the restructuring of Luckin Coffee, and currently acts as Cayman counsel to Iriving Picard as Madoff Trustee.

Bhavesh is recognized and ranked in legal directories for commercial litigation and is listed in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite. He is an overseas member of the Chancery Bar Association and of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and serves on committees within INSOL and RISA Cayman.

Admitted:

• Cayman Islands
• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI)
• England and Wales 2011 (currently non-practising)

Education:

• MA Hons (Oxon)
• St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford

Languages:

• English, Gujarati – native
• Spanish, French, Hindi – fluent