Biographies

SOPHIA HARRIS LL.B.

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; 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, Attorney to Cayman Islands 2001;

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

Member of Law Society of England & Wales, Lansdowne Club, London, England and Cayman Islands Law Society;

Languages: 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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MAGDA EMBURY LL.B.

Admitted to bar, 1997, Barrister and Solicitor, Canada; 1998, Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands.

Education: Osgoode Hall, York University (LL.B., 1996).

Member: Law Society of Saskatchewan; Cayman Islands Law Society.

Languages: English.

Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Local Licensing; Corporate Law; Company Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Conveyancing; Real Estate Development and Financing; Timeshare Development and Financing; Asset Finance; Shipping, Wills & Probate.
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REMO DALIMONTHEE, B.A. Hons

Admitted to bar, 1998, England.

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, Attorney to Cayman Islands 2006;

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

Member: Cayman Islands Law Society;

Languages: 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;

Education: Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (BA English Literature 1996), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ (LLB 1999).

Member of Cayman Islands Law Society;

Languages: 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 of Cayman Islands Law Society;

Languages: English;

Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial, Mutual Funds, Banking.
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Admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria (1994), Federal and High Courts of Australia (1994),

Supreme Court of Western Australia (1998), Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (2004).

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).

Languages: English, German.

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

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BONNIE GEROW LL.B

Admitted to bar 1999 Canada as a Barrister and Solicitor, 2007 Cayman Islands as an Attorney at law.

Education: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (LLB 1997); Certified Management Accountant (Canada 1984) Bus. Admin Dip (Canada 1984).

Member: The Law Society of Upper Canada; Law Society of Alberta; Cayman Islands Law Society; International Bar Association.

Languages: English.

Practice Areas: Commercial Law, Business Law, Contracts, Insolvency, Oil & Gas Law, Environmental Law, Advertising Law, Competition/Anti-trust Matters

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Nicholas Holland

Admitted to Bars Cayman Islands, 2008; Upper Canada (Ontario), 2001; and British Columbia 1997
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  
Languages: 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
Education, University of Ottawa LLL (1985)
Member of Quebec Bar Association, Bermuda Bar Association, International Bar Association
Former VP-Senior Legal Counsel to Bank of Bermuda/HSBC
Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial, Investment Funds, Banking, Capital Markets
Languages: English, French
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