Lawyers in Bahamas
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Alexander Christie
Partner, Vice Chair of Firm's Corporate & Commercial and Real Estate Practice Groups.
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Alexandra Hall
Alexandra Hall is a Partner and Chair of the firm’s Government & Regulatory Affairs practice group and Deputy-chair of the firm’s Tax practice group. She is also a member in the firm’s Commercial Law and Private Client and Wealth Management practice groups. She has experience in local tax law, corporate and commercial law, legal issues relating to resort development and operations and gaming law and regulation. She has assisted in various aspects of commercial transactions including securing governmental and regulatory approvals for a variety of businesses. Alexandra regularly advises clients on day-to-day legal issues including licensing and compliance matters as well as other general corporate matters associated with the establishment and operation of a business in The Bahamas. In 2014 Alexandra presented to various stakeholder groups throughout The Bahamas on the introduction of Value Added Tax.
Higgs & Johnson
Alicia Gibson
Associate
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Andre Hill
Andre W. Hill is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Commercial Transactions Practice Group and Deputy Chair of the Government & Regulatory Affairs and Maritime & Aviation practice groups. His practice centers on Finance, Banking and Commercial Law.
Higgs & Johnson
Andrew Smith
Senior Associate
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
April Turner
Partner in the firm and Chair of the Financial Services & Regulation Practice Group, Chief Operations Officer of MB&H Corporate Services Ltd.
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Arthur Seligman
Arthur is the Head of the firm’s Trusts and Foundations Group and has vast experience of the Bahamian legal system and government departments having commenced his career as an Assistant Crown Counsel at the Office of the Attorney General doing both chambers and court work in relation to a wide range of corporate, property and commercial matters. Arthur advises on all aspects of Trusts, Foundations, Probate (both contentious and non-contentious) and Estate Planning and has an established local and international clientele consisting of both private individuals and financial and other institutions. He has written for various publications and regularly contributes articles to the International Law Office newsletter. Arthur has spoken at conferences both locally and abroad and is a member of the Bahamas Financial Service Board’s Trusts Working Group.
Lennox Paton
Ashley Sands
Partner
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Audley Hanna
Audley specialises in various areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, with a particular focus on employment law, admiralty law, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and personal injury litigation. Audley has significant experience as Counsel in The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Higgs & Johnson
Ava La-Roda
Associate
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Beatrice Miranda
Consultant and Co-Chair of the Firm's Trust & Private Client and Financial Services & Regulation Practice Groups
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Berchel Wilson
Senior Associate
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Brenford Christie
Consultant
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Brian Moree KT, KC
Consultant
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Brian Simms KC
Brian Simms KC is the Senior Partner of the firm and the head of its Litigation and Insolvency and Restructuring Groups. Brian is one of the Bahamas’ leading advocates and he has vast experience in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in addition to having appeared a number of times in the Privy Council. Brian was also appointed as one of the joint official liquidators for FTX Digitial Markets Ltd. He was made a Queen’s Counsel in 2009 and is instructed in the most substantial Bahamian and international offshore cases. The legal directories continually rank Brian as a tier one litigator and praise him for the quality of his work and expertise in commercial litigation, trust disputes, insolvency and fraud cases. Brian has been described by clients as “A top offshore Silk” and “The best litigation lawyer in the Bahamas”.
Lennox Paton
Campbell Cleare, III
Consultant
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes
Carlene Farquharson
Carlene D. Farquharson is a Partner in the Firm’s Property Development Practice Group. Carlene’s practice is focused on commercial law and transactional matters such as conveyancing, mortgages, probate, immigration and corporate administration. She is well-respected by clients and has a strong reputation for her practical and sound advice Carlene manages the firm’s Abaco office and was a resident attorney in Abaco for 10 years. She has been the lead attorney and structured the acquisition of several multi-million-dollar hotel, marina and resort facilities, and has also supervised and overseen the planning of several subdivisions. She has significant experience in family island transactions and the established business practices in that respect, including immigration applications such as permanent residency, annual residency and work permits. Her busy practice means that she frequently deals with regulatory bodies such as the Bahamas Investment Authority, Central Bank, Companies’ Registry, Town Planning and the Ministry of Works. She also has a successful network of local professionals including bankers, surveyors, architects, engineers, and building contractors who help support her clients’ needs. Carlene also has significant experience dealing with probate matters, particularly those with specialist cross-jurisdictional and high-value considerations. She is often praised by clients for her sensitivity and expertise in this area.
Alexiou Knowles & Co
Castino Sands
Castino assists with the leadership of the firm’s Banking and Finance, Corporate and Commercial, Investment Funds, Private Client Groups.
Lennox Paton
Chelon Carr-Newbold
Partner, Real Estate, Resort Development and Private Client Groups
Lennox Paton
Chizelle Cargill
Chizelle is a Partner in the Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on commercial and general litigation claims, including contracts, banking, insolvency, fraud, personal injury, professional negligence, employment and family law.
Lennox Paton
Christel Sands-Feaste
Experience in corporate and commercial law, asset financing, resort development and operations, gaming law and regulation and international trust and company administration. Acted in all aspects of commercial transactions including securing governmental and regulatory approvals, mergers and acquisitions, asset financing, private placements of offshore securities, investment fund structuring and creation and estate planning.
Higgs & Johnson
Christopher Jenkins KC
Christopher Jenkins KC is a Partner in Lennox Paton's Commcercial Litigation department. His work covers the full spectrum of commercial practice, with an emphasis on property litigation, mortgagee remedies, insolvency advice and representation, asset recovery and shareholder disputes. He regularly appears at Supreme Court and Court of Appeal level and is accustomed to working alongside UK and US-based legal, insolvency and accounting teams in cross-border matters.
Lennox Paton
Darzhon Rolle
Darzhon is an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. His practice primarily covers commercial and civil litigation, debt recovery, contractual disputes, and personal injury. He frequently appears as Junior Counsel within the Supreme Court of The Bahamas. Recent Matters include: Appeared as Junior Counsel in a Contentious Trust Dispute before both the Supreme Court and Court Appeal concerning the distribution of assets; Appeared as Junior Counsel on behalf of an External Asset Manager involved in a business email scam; Assisted Senior Counsel in the arrest and subsequent sale of two Cruise Vessels in Bahamian waters; and Successfully representing a leading international commercial bank in debt recovery proceedings. Darzhon obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus), Barbados in 2017. Thereafter, he completed his Bar Training at the Eugene Dupuch Law School, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas where he received his Legal Education Certificate in 2019. He was called to the Bar of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in October 2019.
Alexiou Knowles & Co
David Johnstone
David Johnstone heads the firm's Real Estate, Resort Development, and Private Client Groups. He is the clear industry leader in representing resort developers in all aspects of resort development, including acquisition, financing, regulatory approvals, development, master planning and sales programmes. He has extensive regulatory experience, including drafting applications to the Bahamas Investment Authority, drafting heads of agreement, and drafting and negotiating subdivision and utility agreements with Government. David has established himself as the go-to legal adviser in master-planning mixed-use resorts with varied residential and amenity components, including subdivisions, condominium, condohotel and timeshare components. He has structured complex condohotel programmes for homeowners’ associations, and advised on structuring golf club and marina club programmes for many of the county’s largest resorts. Additionally, David has established himself as an expert in representing high net worth private clients in real estate acquisitions and economic permanent residency matters. He has extensive experience in secured financing transactions, construction and mezzanine financing, securitisation and residential and commercial lease transactions.
Lennox Paton