Ocean Centre, Montagu Foreshore
East Bay Street
P.O. Box N-3247
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel: +1 242 502 5200
Fax: +1 242 502 5250
Email: info@higgsjohnson.com
Web: www.higgsjohnson.com
Number of partners: 19
Total number of fee earners: 49
Senior partner: Philip C Dunkley
Global Managing partner: John K F Delaney
Managing partner Cayman: Chris Narborough
Other offices:
Deltec House, Lyford Cay
P.O. Box N-3247
Lyford Cay, New Providence, Bahamas
Tel: +1 242 502 5200/362-6268
Fax: +1 242 362 5569
Contact partner: Léon R Potier
Chancery Court, The Mall
P.O. Box F-42519
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Tel: +1 242 502 5200/351 5050
Fax: +1 242 351 4955
Contact partner: Vivienne M Gouthro
WmH Building, East Bay Street
P.O. Box AB-20314
Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas
Tel: +1 242 367 3213
Fax: +1 242 367 3280
Contact partner: Stephen J Melvin
Anderson Square Building
Shedden Road
P.O. Box 866
Grand Cayman, KY1-1103
Cayman Islands
Tel: +1 345 949 7555
Fax: +1 345 949 8492
Email: cayman@higgsjohnson.com
Firm profile:
The law firm HIGGS & JOHNSON has more than a half-century of experience and is one of the largest full-service corporate and commercial law firms in The Bahamas, servicing two of the world's leading offshore financial centres, that is The Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. Similarly in the Cayman Islands, the firm Truman Bodden & Co with which Higgs & Johnson merged on 1 January 2009 had carried on business there for over 35 years. H&J has been active in the financial services arena and has assisted in reviewing draft legislation for the creation of Private Trust Companies, Purpose Trusts, and Foundations. In 2000 a member of the firm served as private sector legal advisor to the government with respect to legislative restructuring of the financial services industry in response to initiatives of the FSF, FATF and the OECD. In 2006 H&J was shortlisted by STEP worldwide in the inaugural "Best Offshore Legal Team" category; in 2008 for the second consecutive year H&J was named "Best in Inheritance & Succession Planning" by Euromoney Magazine's Private Banking Survey. In 2009 for the second consecutive year, H&J was ranked as a tier 1 law firm by independent global directory Chambers Global. Affiliates, H&J Corporate Services Ltd., H&J Corporate Services (Cayman)Ltd. and H&J Management Services Ltd. provide company formation and property management services, respectively. H&J Fiduciary Services Ltd. provides registered representative services for private trust companies in The Bahamas. In addition, H&J Corporate Services Ltd. facilitates formation of foundations and provides administrative services in this regard.
Areas of practice:
Commercial and Civil Litigation, Real Estate & Development, Securities, Financial Services Law and Regulation, Private Client & Wealth Management, Insolvency, Maritime/Shipping & Aviation, Intellectual Property, Commercial Transactions, Company Formation & Management, Foundation Formation & Administrative Services, Private Trust Company Formation & Administrative Services.