Practice Areas

Our Practice Areas

• Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Disputes are an inevitable consequence of commercial activity. We understand this and as well understand that many institutions, corporate entities and individuals seek to avoid adjudication in national courts. We assist our clients with dispute management to this end and include implementation strategies in their commercial agreements that minimise the possibility of disputes.
  
  

  Arbitration

  Our Arbitration service includes:

  • Domestic
  • International Commercial
  • Investment
  • Sport

  Alternative Dispute Resolution

  Our Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service includes:

  • Re-negotiation
  • Good Offices
  • Conciliation
  • Mediation

  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm, Lisamae Gordon.
  
  
• Banking & Finance
  Finance is indeed the heart of the economy from which all other organs take their tone. We understand this concept and the resultant need of our institutional, corporate and individual clients for enabling commercial arrangements. We also understand the policy as well as regulatory and compliance environment within which they function. Against this background, we assist our clients with negotiation and documentation and as well provide training and other operational support.
  
  

  Banking

  Our Banking service includes:

  • Debt & Securities
  • Loan Transfers
  • Litigation Support
  • Regulation & Compliance

  Finance

  Our Capital Markets service includes:

  • Corporate Bonds
  • Options & Derivatives
  • Mutual Funds
  • Private Equity

  
  Our Development Finance service includes:

  • Foreign Capital & Multilateral Guarantees
  • International Financial Institutions
  • Public/Private Partnerships
  • Sovereign Debt

  
  Our Project Finance service includes:

  • Project Structuring & Implementation
  • Corporate Maintenance & Compliance
  • Dispute Management & Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm
  
  
• Competition & Consumer Protection
  Appropriate competition policy and effective consumer protection arrangements are pre-requisites for optimal economic activity in a free market. We understand this relationship and assist our clients with best practice solutions and implementation strategies that satisfy their needs.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Negotiation & Documentation
  • Training & Dispute Management
  • Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Lisamae Gordon
  
  
• Corporate & Commercial
  We understand that effective corporate arrangements and best practice commercial solutions are required for optimal economic activity. Against this background, we assist our clients with the incorporation of businesses, corporate maintenance and regulatory compliance as well as with operational review and corporate reform. We also assist with negotiation and documentation of domestic as well as international commercial agreements.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Corporate Compliance & Governance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Restructuring, Liquidation & Insolvency
  • Commercial Agreements

  
  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm, Lisamae Gordon, Tara Leevy-Malcolm
  
  
• Employment & Industrial Relations
  The employment and industrial relations environment is dynamic. It requires ongoing policy and operational review as well as critical legal support. We understand the regulatory and compliance, human resources, financing and other challenges that impact businesses in their attempts to maintain profitability as well the reasonable conditions of work ambitions of individuals. With these considerations in mind, we assist our clients with best practice solutions that reinforce good employer/employee relationships.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Corporate Maintenance & Compliance
  • Training & Dispute Management
  • Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm, Lisamae Gordon
  
  
• Health & Medical
  The health and medical industry, including related hospitality services, contributes critical social and economic value to society. It involves complex policy and implementation issues that must balance investor profit motives and the human right to reasonable healthcare as a social good. We understand the issues involved and assist our clients with best practice solutions that satisfy their needs.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Intellectual Property & Compliance
  • Training & Dispute Management
  • Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Tara Leevy-Malcolm
  
  
• Information Technology & Intellectual Property
  Information technology and intellectual property have become critical components of economic activity in society. They impact across commercial spheres in different ways and often involve complex policy and practice arrangements. We understand the regulatory, compliance and other issues and assist our clients with best practice solutions that satisfy their needs.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Corporate Maintenance & Compliance
  • Training & Dispute Management
  • Litigation Support

  
  For information please Tara Leevy-Malcolm, Lisamae Gordon
  
  
• Real Estate & Construction
  The real estate and construction industry requires effective contract negotiation and strategic planning based on a sound understanding of the relevant legal infrastructure. We understand the environment and assist our clients with best practice solutions that enable them to satisfy their economic and other objectives.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Negotiation & Documentation
  • Planning & Regulatory Review
  • Project Structuring & Financial Arrangements
  • Dispute Management & Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Lisamae Gordon
  
  
• Regional Integration & Development
  Regional integration initiatives have become an important part of global economic activity. These initiatives include the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and within it the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). We understand regional integration and assist our clients with policy, negotiation and documentation, training and other critical support that satisfy their needs.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Market & Economic Arrangements
  • Cross-border Support
  • Training & Dispute Management

  
  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm, Tara Leevy-Malcolm
  
  
• Structured Business Arrangements & Asset Protection
  Structured business arrangements and asset protection vehicles are devised with confidentiality and economic well-being in mind. We have forged important ancillary relationships within and outside of Jamaica that enable us to serve and protect the best interests of our clients.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • International Business Corporations (IBCs)
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Private Foundations
  • Tax Planning

  
  For information please contact Lisamae Gordon.
  
  
• Telecommunications & Utilities
  The telecommunications and utilities industries require expert technical and legal support across a wide range of regulatory and compliance, information technology and intellectual property, banking and finance, real estate, employment and industrial relations, and corporate and commercial service areas. We understand the industry and assist our clients with tailored best practice solutions that enable them to satisfy their economic and other objectives.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Negotiation & Documentation
  • Intellectual Property & Compliance
  • Dispute Management & Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Lisamae Gordon, Tara Leevy-Malcolm
  
  
• Trade & Investment
  Trade and investment are required for economic growth and development. In Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region the focus has been attracting foreign investment and for many years preferential trade arrangements were relied upon. The trade environment has undergone and is still undergoing significant change. In this new dispensation, free market global arrangements such as those under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime will prevail. We understand the nature of domestic as well as international trade and investment and assist our clients with relevant policy and implementation support.
  
  Our service in this area includes:

  • Policy Design & Review
  • Regional & Multilateral Arrangements
  • Investment Structuring & Compliance
  • Dispute Management & Litigation Support

  
  For information please contact Christopher Malcolm, Tara Leevy-Malcolm