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). Recipient: 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. 

Languages: English.

Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; Mutual Funds; Commercial Law; Contracts; Capital Markets; 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; 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).

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

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

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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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, E-commerce, Data Protection.
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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.
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Admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a barrister and solicitor, 1994; High Court of Australia as a barrister and solicitor, 1994; Supreme Court of Western Australia as a barrister and solicitor, 1998; Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 2004 (does not practise as a barrister or solicitor in Australia).

Education: University of Melbourne (BA, LLB Hons).

Member: Cayman Islands Law Society, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Associate), Law Institute of Victoria (past), Law Society of Western Australia (past), International Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International.

Languages: English, German.

Practice Areas:  Commercial Litigation (including banking and trusts); Corporate insolvency and restructuring (including funds).

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NICHOLAS HOLLAND LLB, BA

Admitted to the following Bars: Cayman Islands, 2008, as an Attorney at law; Upper Canada (Ontario), 2001, as a barrister and solicitor; and British Columbia 1997 as a barrister and solicitor (does not practise as a Canadian barrister or solicitor).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (with High Distinction), University College, University of Toronto; Bachelor of Laws, University of Toronto.
Member: Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Ontario Faculty Of Law; Past President of the University College Alumni Association; Honorary Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies; and the Advocates Society.
Awards:  2005 Arbor Award.  
Language: English.
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation (including Trusts, Probate and Insolvency).
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GEORGES BOIVIN
ZURICH BRANCH MANAGER

Admitted to bar, 1987 Canada, 2000 Bermuda as a barrister and attorney (does not practise as a barrister or attorney in Bermuda).
Education: University of Ottawa LLL (1985).
Member: Quebec Bar Association, Bermuda Bar Association, International Bar Association
Former VP-Senior Legal Counsel to Bank of Bermuda/HSBC.
Languages: English, French.

Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial, Investment Funds, Banking, Capital Markets.
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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

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; Cayman Islands Law Society.

Languages: English.

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

Admitted to the following Bars:  Cayman Islands, 2009, as an Attorney-at-law; Alberta, 1986, as a barrister and solicitor (does practice as a Canadian barrister and solicitor) 

Education:  Batchelor of Laws, University of Calgary; Batchelor of Science (Honours), University of Calgary. 

Member:  Cayman Island Law Society; Law Society of Alberta

 Language:  English.

 Practice Areas:  Investment Funds; Captive Insurance; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; Local Practice; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures; Partnership and Trusts.

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