Biography

Faisal is a member of the Litigation & Insolvency team in our BVI office. He is a seasoned litigator with considerable experience across many areas of commercial, company, insolvency, trusts, and international litigation, as well as commercial and investment arbitrations. His clients have included blue-chip companies, high-net-worth individuals, and politically exposed persons. His work spans a range of industries including finance, cryptocurrency, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, and commercial agents.

He has extensive experience working on document-heavy, long-running, and complex disputes and is often involved in cases from inception to trial. He has been involved in cases at International Courts and Tribunals, acted in arbitrations, and has undertaken multiple cases as sole counsel and with other barristers at the highest levels in the UK and Commonwealth, including at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court.

Faisal has been highly praised in judgments, including by Lord Justice Lloyd who said, "the appeal was argued admirably well for the appellant by Mr Faisal Saifee"; and paid "special tribute to Mr Saifee for the excellence of his clear and sustained oral submissions". Justice Davis has said he, "plainly has prepared his case with the greatest care and attention to detail and [has] advanced his argument with ability and tenacity".

Faisal is a member of COMBAR. He is fluent in English and German.