BAHAMAS Law and Practice Contributed by: Judith Whitehead KC, Graham Thompson
Graham Thompson has been one of the pre- eminent law firms in The Bahamas since 1950. The firm operates four offices conveniently lo - cated throughout The Bahamas. It is well re - garded for its work with high-net-worth private clients. The firm’s key practice areas include: private clients, trusts and estates (estate and trust structuring, foundations, trust company li - censing, and private trust companies); banking and finance (real estate financing, asset leasing and financing, corporate finance, restructur - ing, financial services law and regulation, loans, debentures and mortgages, and receivership);
corporate, commercial and securities (capital markets, M&A, pension schemes, private equity funds, unit trusts, investment funds and IPOs); property and development (hotels, resorts and mixed-use developments, condominiums and timeshares, government approvals and ex - change control, private and commercial mort - gages, 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 external insurance). 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.
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Judith Whitehead KC is the managing partner of Graham Thompson. Formerly a litigation partner concentrating on family law, she focuses on high-net- worth private clients, and negotiations with the government on large investment projects. Her practice areas include private clients, trusts and estates, property and development, and immigration and
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