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Gia Sands

Partner · McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes

BahamasReal Estate, Foreign & Local InvestmentEnglish

About

Partner at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes in the Bahamas, admitted to the Bar of England and Wales and to the Bahamas Bar in 2011. She advises on real estate, foreign and local investment, corporate and commercial transactions, immigration, admiralty, shipping & aviation and labour & employment, with particular experience in tourism and hospitality matters and obtaining approvals from the Bahamas Investment Authority.

Practice areas

Real EstateForeign & Local InvestmentImmigrationCorporate / CommercialAdmiraltyShipping & AviationLabour & Employment

Office

Expertise

Tourism & Leisure sectorHospitality / Hotel transactionsBahamas Investment Authority approvalsConveyancingImmigration for non-Bahamians

Education

  • University College London — LLM (2011)
  • BPP Law School — BVC (2011)
  • University of London (SOAS) — LLB (2009)
  • University of Toronto — BA (2006)

Admissions

  • Bahamas Bar (2011)
  • Bar of England and Wales (2011)
  • Member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn

Languages

English