Biographies

SOPHIA HARRIS LLB

MANAGING PARTNER

Admitted to bar, 1991, Cayman Islands as an Attorney-at-Law.

Education: University of Liverpool, England; Cayman Islands Law School (LL.B., 1991). Awards: Cayman Island Bar Association Award; Council of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Award, Scholarly Achievement.

Member: Caymanian Bar Association (Past Council Member); Cayman Island Law Society (Council Member). Current Assistant Governor to Rotary Clubs of the Cayman Islands; Past President - Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce; Past Chairwoman of CI Dept of Immigration Business Staffing Plan Board.

Language: English.

Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; Mutual Funds; Commercial Law; Contracts; Capital Markets; Listing Services; Collective Investment; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Partnership; Securities and Trusts.
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PAUL SCRIVENER M.A., Cantab.

PARTNER

Admitted to bar, 1986, England as a solicitor (does not practise as an English solicitor); 1998, Cayman Islands as an Attorney at law.

Education: Downing College, Cambridge University (M.A., Cantab. 1983); College of Law, Chester, England.

Member: The Law Society of England and Wales; Cayman Islands Law Society; International Bar Association.

Languages: English, French and German.

Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; E Commerce; Mutual Funds; Commercial Law; Contracts; Capital Markets; Listing Services; Collective Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures; Partnership; Securities; Securitisation.
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LAURA HATFIELD, B.Sc

PARTNER

Admitted as solicitor to Supreme Court England & Wales 1989 (does not practise as an English solicitor); Attorney to Cayman Islands 2001;

Education: University of Exeter (B. Sc., 1985).

Member: Law Society of England & Wales, Lansdowne Club, London, England and Cayman Islands Law Society; American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International.

Language: English;

Practice Areas: Cross Border Commercial Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring, Banking Law, Compliance, Trusts, Professional Liability, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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EMIL GEORGE, Q.C., B.A., Hons.; B.C.L., Hons.; M.A.

Admitted to bar, 1956, Jamaica; 1970, Queen's Counsel; Cayman Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla.

Education: Magdalen College, Oxford University (B.A., Hons.; B.C.L.; M.A., Hons.). Appeared before the Privy Council in London in Civil Cases. Pupil, Chambers of Mr. Patrick O'Connor (late O'Connor, L.J.), Essex Court, Temple, London. Former Senior Partner, Dunn, Cox, Orrett & Anshenheim.

Languages: English and French.

Practice Areas: International Commercial Litigation; Banking Law; Employment Law; Trusts; Company Law; Insolvency; Civil Litigation; Arbitration.
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REMO DALIMONTHEE, B.A. Hons

ZURICH BRANCH

Admitted to bar, 1998, England (does not practise as a Solicitor in the United Kingdom); admitted as an Attorney at law in the Cayman Islands, 2003 .

Education: University of Kent College of Law-London 1993 B.A. (Hons).

Member: Law Society of England and Wales.

Languages: English, German, Spanish.

Practice Areas: Investment Funds, Securitisation, Debt Capital Markets.
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Admitted as solicitor and barrister to New Zealand Bar 1996 (does not practise as a solicitor or barrister in New Zealand); Attorney to Cayman Islands 2006.

Education: Otago University , Dunedin , New Zealand (LLB 1996, BA 1996).

Member: Cayman Islands Law Society, American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International.

Language: English.

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery.
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JONATHAN FITZGIBBONS LLB
PARTNER

Admitted as barrister and solicitor to Supreme Court of New Zealand 2000; solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales 2005; Attorney to Cayman Islands 2006 (does not practise as an English solicitor or as a solicitor or barrister in New Zealand).

Education: Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (BA English Literature 1996), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (LLB 1999).Member of Cayman Islands Law Society.

Language: English.

Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial, Investment Funds, Listing Services;E-commerce, Data Protection, Segregated Portfolio Companies, Banking, Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Special Purpose Vehicles, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Listing Services.

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Admitted as Attorney to Cayman Island Bar 2003.

Education: Northern Caribbean University Jamaica (BA 1992), International College of Cayman Islands (MBA 1996) University of Liverpool (LLB 2000).

Member: Cayman Islands Law Society.

Language: English.

Practice Areas:Corporate Commercial, Mutual Funds, Banking, Investment Funds, Contracts, Listing Services, Private Equity, Partnerships, Segregated Portfolio Companies, Shariah Compliant Structures, Unit Trusts, Immigration Law.

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IAN JAMIESON LLB (Hons)

Admitted to bar, 1997 England and Wales as a solicitor (does not practice as a solicitor in the UK); 2001 as a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (does not practice as a solicitor in the British Virgin Islands); 2008 as an Attorney at law in the Cayman Islands.

Education: Huddersfield University, England (LL.B 1994), College of Law, York, England (1995).

Member: The Law Society of England and Wales; Cayman Islands Law Society.

Language: English.

Practice Areas: Conveyancing; Real Estate Development (including timeshares); Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Mutual Funds; Business Law; Local Licensing; Shipping Law.

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NICK REID LLB

PARTNER, ZURICH BRANCH

Admitted as a Solicitor in Scotland, 1997 (does not practise as a Solicitor in Scotland); admitted as an Attorney at law in the Cayman Islands, 2005.

Education: University of Edinburgh (LL.B. 1991; Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice 1992).

Member: Law Society of Scotland.

Languages: English.

Practice Areas: Investment Funds; Corporate/Commercial; Trusts.
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KATHRYN CARTER LLB, B.Sc., Hons.

Admitted to the following Bars: Cayman Islands, 2009, as an Attorney-at-law; Alberta, 1986, as a barrister and solicitor (does not practice as a Canadian barrister or solicitor)

Education: Bachelor of Laws, University of Calgary; Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Calgary; National Merit Finalist.

Member: Cayman Island Law Society.

Language: English.

Practice Areas: Investment Funds; Captive Insurance; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; Local Practice; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures; Partnership and Trusts; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Qualified Practitioner).

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SIMONE PROCTOR LLB, (Hons.), LLM Banking & Finance, ACSI

Admitted to the Bar in Guyana as an Attorney-at-Law, 1994, as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of England & Wales, 2003, as an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, State of New York, 2004 and as an Attorney-at-Law to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 2010. Currently practises only as an Attorney-at-Law in the Cayman Islands.

Education: University of London, Queen Mary & Westfield College (LLM Banking & Finance 1998); Sir Hugh Wooding Law School (Legal Education Certificate, 1994); University of the West Indies (LLB 1992, Hons.).

Member: Cayman Islands Law Society; Law Society of England & Wales; New York State Bar Association; Associate of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment.

Language: English

Practice Areas: Mutual Funds, Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance, Fund Management and Administration, Listing Services, Global Custody, Corporate Commercial.

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STEFANIE SUCKOO LLB

Stefanie is a Junior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial departments in the Cayman Islands office of Solomon Harris.  Stefanie joined Solomon Harris in January 2010 as an articled clerk and qualified as an attorney-at-law in July 2011.
Education: College of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2006, University of Liverpool, LLB Hons., 2005, International College of the Cayman Islands, A.Sc. Finance, 2001.
Language: English 
Practice Areas: General Trust and Corporate matters, Captive Insurance, Immigration, Employment and Local Licensing.

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