Hannah Tildesley
Partner
Bermuda
Hannah specialises in international commercial litigation, contentious trusts and insolvency.
Her practice has a particular focus on:
- Banking and funds litigation
- Appraisal actions
- Director and shareholder disputes
- Contentious trust disputes, including trust restructuring and blessing applications
Many of the matters in which she is instructed are multi-jurisdictional and frequently involve complex cross-border issues and conflict of laws. Hannah often works alongside leading onshore law firms and barristers. She also advises on the litigation aspects of corporate deals including governance issues and director duty matters, particularly where there are insolvency or regulatory concerns.
Hannah is an experienced advocate. She has appeared in numerous applications and trials before the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Bermuda Court of Appeal as well as in arbitrations and tribunals.
Hannah has been ranked in Legal 500 since 2018 and is currently recognised as a Next Generation Partner. In 2023 she was ranked Tier 3 for Dispute Resolution by Chambers and Partners having been ranked since 2020. The 2024 Private Client Global Elite Directory recognised Hannah in the Elite Excellence category.
“She is absolutely a class act. She deals with difficult, high-stakes litigation and is always across the detail, and a dream to deal with. Her manner is pitch-perfect.”
Experience and recent work
Prior to moving to Walkers Hannah was a partner in the dispute resolution department of another global offshore law firm.
Hannah practiced as a commercial and regulatory barrister in England and Wales before moving to Bermuda.
Hannah practiced as a commercial and regulatory barrister in England and Wales before moving to Bermuda.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Bermuda
- England and Wales (non-practicing)
Education:
- City University, London, Bar Professional Training Course
- City University, London, Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of Cambridge, BA Hons (History)
Combar, the Commercial Bar Association
Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners, Associate Member
Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners, Associate Member
2024 Private Client Global Elite Directory - Private Client Global Elite Excellence
2024 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution
2024 Chambers and Partners Global - Band 3 - Dispute Resolution - "Hannah provides excellent, pragmatic and commercially minded counsel."; “Hannah is a very good advocate. I have seen her cross examine people and she does an excellent job.”; “She is absolutely a class act. She deals with difficult, high-stakes litigation and is always across the detail, and a dream to deal with. Her manner is pitch-perfect.”
2023 Private Client Global Elite Directory – Rising Leader
2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution - “a stand-out performer. Always across the detail, full of ideas and one step ahead of the opposition.”; “brilliant and incisive; the intellectual powerhouse behind the litigation team.”
2023 Chambers and Partners Global - Band 4 - Dispute Resolution - "She is a powerhouse in terms of litigation."; "Her ability to translate knowledge into advice, and in dealing with evidence, is really first-rate."
2022 Who's Who Legal - Commercial Litigation - Future Leader
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner – Dispute Resolution
2022 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming – Dispute Resolution - “She has a formidable command of the facts, the relevant law and the procedural dimensions of the case, and her ability to drive and coordinate the team to produce first-rate work on a complex case is impressive.”
2021 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming – Dispute Resolution
2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star – Dispute Resolution - “Extremely impressive and well-versed in
Bermudian law”
2021 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer – Trusts/Private Client
2020 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming - Dispute Resolution
2019 Legal 500 - Rising Star – Dispute Resolution
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
Hannah was an exam prize recipient at Newnham College, Cambridge and is a Queen Mother's Scholar and Blackstone Exhibition recipient of the Middle Temple.
2024 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution
2024 Chambers and Partners Global - Band 3 - Dispute Resolution - "Hannah provides excellent, pragmatic and commercially minded counsel."; “Hannah is a very good advocate. I have seen her cross examine people and she does an excellent job.”; “She is absolutely a class act. She deals with difficult, high-stakes litigation and is always across the detail, and a dream to deal with. Her manner is pitch-perfect.”
2023 Private Client Global Elite Directory – Rising Leader
2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution - “a stand-out performer. Always across the detail, full of ideas and one step ahead of the opposition.”; “brilliant and incisive; the intellectual powerhouse behind the litigation team.”
2023 Chambers and Partners Global - Band 4 - Dispute Resolution - "She is a powerhouse in terms of litigation."; "Her ability to translate knowledge into advice, and in dealing with evidence, is really first-rate."
2022 Who's Who Legal - Commercial Litigation - Future Leader
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner – Dispute Resolution
2022 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming – Dispute Resolution - “She has a formidable command of the facts, the relevant law and the procedural dimensions of the case, and her ability to drive and coordinate the team to produce first-rate work on a complex case is impressive.”
2021 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming – Dispute Resolution
2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star – Dispute Resolution - “Extremely impressive and well-versed in
Bermudian law”
2021 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer – Trusts/Private Client
2020 Chambers and Partners Global - Up and Coming - Dispute Resolution
2019 Legal 500 - Rising Star – Dispute Resolution
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
Hannah was an exam prize recipient at Newnham College, Cambridge and is a Queen Mother's Scholar and Blackstone Exhibition recipient of the Middle Temple.
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