The Straits Times
SINGAPORE – When Senior Counsel Cavinder Bull was a year old, his father died.
His mother, a primary school teacher, had to raise three young children on her own.
Her doggedness in working hard to provide for the family, despite having to be very frugal, had a lasting impression on him.
On Nov 7, Mr Bull, the chief executive officer of Drew & Napier, and the firm’s director, Ms Blossom Hing, both Singaporeans, received accolades at the worldwide Lexology Index awards.
It was held at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London.
Once described by an international legal ranking guide as a litigator who was doggedly determined in fighting for his clients, Mr Bull believes he learnt that from his mother.
Mr Bull, 56, who won the global award for commercial litigation lawyer of the year, told The Straits Times: “You can’t succeed as a litigator without grit and determination. I think that’s where I got it from.”
