Bahamas

Firm overview

Graham Thompson is the pre-eminent full-service commercial law firm in The Bahamas. Over its more than 70-year history, the firm has catered to a diverse range of leading international financial institutions, as well as families of great wealth and consequence. The firm prides itself on its ability to provide wise counsel and technical expertise in meeting the legal needs of a client base that spans a wide spectrum of disciplines. Notably, Graham Thompson Partners are sought after experts and innovators in financial services in The Bahamas. The Firm represents numerous banks, trust companies and other fiduciary service providers; and is a leader in providing focused and tailored advice to high net worth families. The Firm also has considerable expertise in providing specialized legal services in the financial services-capital markets sector; and in the planning, structuring, and execution of diverse and complex corporate transactions for both privately and publicly held entities.

Graham Thompson’s areas of specialisation include:

Banking & Finance:

• Real Estate Financing
• Asset Leasing & Financing
• Corporate Finance
• Restructuring
• Financial Services Law & Regulation
• Loans, Debentures & Mortgages
• Receivership

Corporate, Commercial & Securities:

• Capital Markets
• Joint Ventures
• Restructuring, Liquidation & Insolvency
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Pension Schemes
• Private Equity funds
• Unit Trusts
• Investment Funds
• IPO’s

Employment & Labour:

• Disciplinary, Discharge & Redundancy
• Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance
• Redundancy & Dismissal
• Employment Contracts
• Workforce Restructuring
• Trade Unions

Immigration & Naturalization:

• Annual & Permanent Residency
• Executive & Domestic Work Permits
• Citizenship

Insurance:

• Captive Insurance
• Domestic & External Insurance
• Insurance Licensing
• Professional Liability
• Risk Management

Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution:

• Banking, Corporate & Commercial
• Construction & Real Estate
• Family, Divorce & Matrimonial
• Fraud & White-Collar Crime
• Insolvency & Liquidations
• Insurance
• Labour & Employment
• Personal Injury
• Probate & Estates
• Professional Liability
• Security Enforcement & Debt Recovery
• Trusts

Private Clients, Trusts & Estates:

• Estate and Trust Structuring
• Foundations
• Trust Company Licensing Private Trust Companies

Property & Development:

• Hotels, Resorts & Mixed Use Developments
• Condominiums & Time Shares
• Government Approvals & Exchange Control
• Private and Commercial Mortgages
• Real Property Taxes
• Subdivision Planning & Structuring
• Second Home Acquisitions and Sales
• Title Insurance & Opinions

Shipping, Admiralty & Aviation:

• Corporate Structuring for the Shipping Industry
• Leasing & Financing
• Sales & Registration
• Admiralty Litigation

Firm overview

Higgs & Johnson is one of the largest full-service corporate and commercial law firms in the Bahamas with an international reputation for sound legal advice that spans 75 years. The firm’s highly qualified attorneys are among the best in their respective fields as providers of superior, results-oriented legal advice and exceptional personalised service. Over the past seven plus decades, Higgs & Johnson has worked together with leading Bahamian and international businesses on their most important and complex legal matters providing a full suite of corporate/commercial, dispute resolution, real estate and development and private client and wealth management services.

Firm overview

Lennox Paton is a leading offshore, full-service commercial law firm providing services to clients in relation to Bahamian and British Virgin Islands law. Founded 1986, it is now one of the Bahamas’ largest law firms and covers a comprehensive range of practice areas.

Lennox Paton has the leading financial services practice in The Bahamas. The team advise on the establishment and licensing of banks, trust companies, investment advisors, broker-dealers and ongoing regulatory matters associated with these structures. They also regularly advises on cross-border offerings of securities by international financial institutions, in addition to all aspects of banking and financial transactions including note issuances, derivatives, securitisation including special purpose vehicles and structures. 

Additionally, the team is an industry-leading specialist in the corporate and commercial law of The Bahamas and British Virgin Islands. The team has extensive experience in advising on the establishment of special purpose vehicles in The Bahamas and the BVI, including holding companies, limited partnerships and trusts for the holding and management of real estate, investment portfolios, financial and other assets. The firm also regularly advises on international cross-border M&A work involving Bahamian and BVI vehicles.

Firm overview

McKINNEY, BANCROFT & HUGHES is one of the largest and oldest firms in The Bahamas and conducts an extensive international and domestic practice from its offices in the cities of Nassau and Freeport.
 
Established in 1945, McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes has grown into a full service and client centred premium law firm with one of the largest Litigation Departments in The Bahamas.
 
The firm delivers its legal services through twelve main Practice Areas including Trust & Private Client, Corporate & Commercial, Banking and Real Estate involving over thirty lawyers and is the exclusive Bahamian member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms in 100+ countries.
 
MB&H Corporate Services Ltd., an affiliate of the law firm, has established itself as a market leader in the provision of offshore services for wealth management. Licensed under the Financial and Corporate Services Providers Act, MB&H Corporate Services Ltd., through its team of professional and experienced staff, provides its local and global clientele with an extensive range of competitively priced corporate and financial services.