Kiernan Bell is a Partner in the Litigation and Insolvency Practice Group, local leader of the Fund Disputes Team and a member of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Team of Appleby in Bermuda. Ms Bell specialises in complex commercial disputes, and has practice experience in shareholder disputes, derivative actions, professional negligence, M&A, contentious insolvency, insurance and reinsurance disputes. She has experience working with multi-jurisdictional teams of lawyers on complex cases and deals and has prepared cases for hearing at every level, including before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Bermuda’s highest appellate court.

Ms Bell joined the group in 1994 and became a partner in 2002. She is currently President of the Bermuda Bar Council, which is the governing body of the Bermuda Bar Association. She has been an elected member of the Bermuda Bar Council since 2000. She is a former member of the Professional Conduct Committee, and is the former chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Bar. Ms Bell is a member of the International Bar Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.