
Mergers and Acquisitions
We are noted for our ability to provide overall project management and result-oriented representation in large scale mergers and acquisitions. Our expertise in these matters, at the highest level, ensures that all aspects are considered and aligned. We take the matter from conception through memorandum of understanding, due diligence, agreement, regulatory compliance, negotiation and post-acquisition
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Conveyancing and Property Development
Our Conveyancing team handles the full gamut of legal issues related to land including: Acting on behalf of Vendors and Purchasers in a wide range of residential or commercial purchases and sales. Mortgage financing including residential mortgage financing through building societies and commercial banks. Acting on behalf of large and small housing developments from the
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General Business and Contract
We assist clients with the full spectrum of business arrangements and commercial agreements covering the acquisition of assets or entering into legal relationships, including franchise agreements, consultancy agreements, joint ventures, and more.
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We successfully guided the acquirer of a local bank in securing a rare banking licence and overall compliance with the Bank of Jamaica and ancillary ongoing regulatory requirements and business activities.
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Insurance
We acted in the merger of the islands two largest health insurance companies, the merger/acquisition of Jamaica’s largest general insurance company, the formation and rare licensing of the nation’s largest insurance provider to credit unions with coverage to over 900,000 credit union membership accounts in Jamaica. Our ongoing representation in the industry has secured our
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Private Client Trust & Estate Planning
The firm has a significant practice in the area of trust and estate planning for high net worth individuals and families. The practice draws on the experience and expertise of the founding partners being among very few Jamaican attorneys in active practice who are members of the United Kingdom Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
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Probate and Administration of Estates
We offer a comprehensive range of services in this area including the preparation and interpretation of wills, contentious and non-contentious applications for Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, and the administration of estates.
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Employment and Industrial Relations
We have advised major clients on the legal and practical aspects of employment and industrial relations laws in Jamaica. We have also assisted during major mergers and acquisitions to ensure that clients have a complete understanding of this important area from the negotiation and due diligence stages of the transaction. We have also assisted with
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Corporate Restructuring
We advise on and implement the restructuring of some of the country’s largest corporate groups to achieve greater business and tax efficiency and optimized estate planning, working with various audit/accounting professionals and their tax departments to ensure that a comprehensive solution is achieved which takes into account all potential business and legal issues.
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Tourism
Our extensive experience in this arises from our longstanding representation of three hotel chains incorporating five properties in the Kingston Metropolitan Area and four along the nation’s coast. We have acted in every stage of tourism activity including group structuring, acquisition, financing, contractual arrangements, securing required industry and regulatory licences and permits, labour relations and
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