BAHAMAS Law and Practice Contributed by: Judith Whitehead KC, Michaela Sumner-Budhi, Sean McWeeney Jr., Charisma Romer-Cartwright and Hubert Edwards, GrahamThompson
GrahamThompson has been one of the pre-eminent law firms in The Bahamas since 1950. The firm op - erates four offices conveniently located throughout The Bahamas. It is well regarded for its work with high-net-worth private clients. GrahamThompson’s key practice areas include: private clients, trusts and estates (estate and trust structuring, foundations, trust company licensing, and private trust compa - nies); banking and finance (real estate financing, as - set leasing and financing, corporate finance, restruc - turing, financial services law and regulation, loans, debentures and mortgages, and receivership); cor -
porate, commercial and securities (capital markets, M&A, pension schemes, private equity funds, unit trusts, investment funds and IPOs); property and de - velopment (hotels, resorts and mixed-use develop - ments, condominiums and timeshares, government approvals and exchange control, private and com - mercial mortgages, real property taxes, subdivision planning and structuring, second-home acquisitions and sales, and title insurance and opinions); and in - surance (captive insurance, and domestic and exter - nal insurance).
Authors
Judith Whitehead KC is the managing partner of GrahamThompson. Former - ly a litigation partner concentrating on family law, she focuses on high-net- worth private clients, and negotiations with the government on large invest -
Sean McWeeney Jr. is a partner in GrahamThompson’s financial services and private client practices. His practice is organised around two pillars: technology law, including data protection and privacy, e-commerce,
ment projects. Her practice areas include private clients, trusts and estates, property and develop - ment, and immigration and naturalisation. Judith is a member of The Bahamas Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and the board of directors of The Lyford Cay Foundations Inc, and serves in corporate governance capacities for various entities in the financial services industry. She has served in the role of Acting Supreme Court Justice, and is a former director of the World Services Group. experience in transactional and litigation practices. Her work for GrahamThompson has spanned the firm’s litigation, employment and labour, property, commercial, and financial services practice areas. Her specialisations include risk management, medical ethics, medical, medical malpractice, commercial, and labour law. She has served on the Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Licensing Board as chair-person, the Compliance Sub-Committee of the National Stem Cell Ethics Committee, and the National Medical Ethics Com - mittee for the COVID-19 pandemic. Michaela Sumner-Budhi is a partner at GrahamThompson, with extensive
media, digital policy and information and communi - cations technology; and private client work, includ - ing estate planning, digital estate planning, probate and estate administration.
Charisma Romer-Cartwright is a partner in GrahamThompson’s corporate and financial services and private clients and trusts practices. She regularly advises on trust-related matters, investment funds, corporate
and regulatory-related matters, and commercial transactions. She has processed hundreds of cross-border trust and estate planning transactions. She is also a TEP member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Hubert Edwards is an associate in GrahamThompson’s corporate and financial services, dispute resolution and tax practices. His practice
focuses primarily on banking, capital markets, including matters such as CRS and AML/CFT, civil and commercial litigation, property dispute litigation, regulatory and tax matters. He has lectured and presented on anti-
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