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Carey Olsen has been named Offshore Firm of the Year at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony in London on Saturday. They celebrate legal excellence in the world of private wealth and are recognised as among the...

Typically, a Bermuda fund is incorporated as an exempted mutual fund, formed as an exempted limited partnership or established as a unit trust. The focus of this article is upon the first of the trio. As with most Bermuda companies, mutual fund com...

A Bermudian lawyer has been nominated as one of the leading practitioners in her field. Juliana Snelling, of Canterbury Law Limited, was named in the Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employments and Benefits 2019 publication. It is the second time Ms Snellin...

Commencing a claim in a court of summary jurisdiction, also known as the Magistrates’ Court, is a relatively straightforward process. The claim is opened when the plaintiff completes the Ordinary Summons form which is issued in duplicate by the Cou...

Two Bermuda associates are being seconded to Walkers’ Hong Kong office next month. The firm said the move is in response to continued growth in demand for Bermuda legal services at its Asia offices. It will also provide the lawyers, Shannon Dyer and ...

A forum will discuss the opioid crisis and provide updates on the growing liabilities involving cannabis and the herbicide product Roundup. These are among the topics on the agenda for the afternoon event hosted by Kennedys Bermuda next month. The la...

Walkers (Bermuda) Limited has boosted its team with Melanie Fullerton joining the firm as a senior associate in the Bermuda Regulatory & Risk Advisory practice. She was formerly with the Bermuda Monetary Authority, where she was a senior officer for...

Aspiring lawyer Shannon Thomas has been awarded Carey Olsen Bermuda’s inaugural law student bursary. The bursary is a “five-figure sum”, although the firm did not disclose the exact amount. Mr Thomas is a 22-year-old Bermudian and was previously a st...

A $10,000 scholarship and a $5,000 bursary have been presented by Marshall Diel & Myers Limited. Shannon Thomas has received the Legal Scholarship Award for 2019, which will assist with the cost of pursuing his legal studies. He is in his second year...

A $30,000 legal education award has been presented to Karim Creary by Appleby. Mr Creary is a graduate from St Lawrence University and has been a legal intern at Appleby since November 2017. He begins his GDL at The University of Law next month. “Hav...

Conor Hay is the recipient of law firm Conyers’ 2019 legal scholarship award. Presented annually to a Bermudian enrolled in a law degree programme, the award is valued at $30,000 per year for a maximum of three years, the firm said. Mr Hay will be at...

Bermudian lawyers Henry Tucker and Kyle Masters have been relocated to the Hong Kong office of international law firm Carey Olsen. Their arrival in Hong Kong gives the office Bermuda law capabilities, the firm said. The office now boasts British Virg...