Corporate M and A 2026

BAHAMAS Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by:

Castino Sands Lennox Paton

Lennox Paton is a leading offshore, full-service com - mercial law firm based in Nassau, The Bahamas. The firm’s financial services group is comprised of three partners and two associates who navigate the most complex financial services legal matters in The Ba - hamas. The group has deep regulatory expertise and sophisticated cross-border transactional capability, inclusive of cross-border insolvency, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, our attorneys are highly experienced in aligning Bahamian struc - tures with international tax transparency, AML/CFT and economic substance requirements, ensuring

structures are robust under global scrutiny. Further - more, the team leverages the firm’s unique full-ser - vice capabilities to deliver comprehensive solutions tailored to clients’ complex regulatory, transactional and compliance needs. Recent work highlights in - clude providing local legal and regulatory support for Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A. and acting as the provider of Bahamas law industry opin - ions for the International Swaps and Derivatives Inc., which represents hundreds of global financial institu - tions.

Author

Castino Sands is a partner at Lennox Patton and serves as the assistant head of the firm’s banking and finance, corporate and commercial, investment funds and private client groups. Since joining the firm’s

banking and finance group in 2006, Castino has worked with leading global practitioners on novel, cutting-edge deals. Castino’s key expertise lies in the areas of banking & financial services, corporate & commercial, insolvency & restructuring, private client and trust and foundations. He is a member of the Bahamas Bar Association.

Lennox Paton Lennox Paton 3 Bayside Executive Park West Bay Street & Blake Road N-4875 Nassau The Bahamas Tel: 242-502-5000 Email: ccollie@lennoxpaton.com Web: www.lennoxpaton.com

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