Chambers Review
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General Business Law - Gibraltar
What the Team is Known For
Hassans occupies a prominent position in the Gibraltarian legal landscape and boasts a team that includes high-profile individuals who are considered market leaders in various sectors, including insurance, gaming and fintech. The firm assists with regulatory and corporate matters for trusts, funds and asset managers, and it has experience handling significant M&A transactions. Hassans negotiates real estate sales, lease agreements and development contracts for residential projects. The firm's disputes team has a similarly broad remit, which ranges from the management of employment disputes through to high-profile defamation cases and insolvency proceedings.
Strengths
Hassans is the leading law firm in Gibraltar.
Hassans offers deep local expertise, strategic advice, responsiveness and a collaborative approach.
Work Highlights
Hassans assisted the government of Gibraltar with the negotiating and drafting of a public procurement contract for a waste management facility.
Notable practitioners
Michael Castiel is a consultant at Hassans and plays a supporting role in various corporate and tax structuring mandates.
Peter Montegriffo has excellent experience and business acumen.
James Levy KC has long been considered a star individual in the Gibraltar legal market. He has considerable experience in corporate and commercial law, with particular expertise in funds, trusts and tax matters, as well as real estate transactions.
He is the best-in-class all-round lawyer in Gibraltar. He is the quintessential solution provider across practice areas.
James Levy's balance of experience, wisdom and real ability to problem-solve is second to none. He truly is a once-in-a-generation lawyer.
Aaron Payas leads the firm's funds practice and advises on a host of regulatory topics in the sector. He is also knowledgeable in matters involving cryptocurrency and blockchain, advising on e-money and DLT licences, establishing experienced investor funds and registering VASPs.
Aaron is extremely driven, very hard-working and creative.
Aaron Payas is very commercially aware. He has a helpful, intellectual curiosity and is happy to undertake groundbreaking work.
Daniel Feetham KC has an outstanding reputation in the disputes space, frequently representing clients in insolvency and tax matters.
Daniel is the first name when it comes to providing commercial litigation support in Gibraltar.
Daniel Feetham is a real heavyweight on complex matters.
Ian grasps all complex issues immediately and gives clear advice.
Ian Felice is very experienced, insightful and dedicated.
James Lasry heads the firm's financial services practice. He has market-leading experience assisting with the establishment of protected cell companies. He is also knowledgeable in tokenisation platforms and VASP licences.
James Lasry is technically superb, particularly commercial and always pragmatic and collaborative.
James is the leading private practice funds lawyer in Gibraltar. He has excellent knowledge of the space.
Isaac Levy is particularly active in the corporate and commercial law arena, advising on business combinations as well as real estate transactions, including on the finance aspects.
Isaac Levy is an extremely hard-working, smart and fantastic lawyer.
Moshe Levy is active in a range of commercial and regulatory contentious matters, and is praised for his mediation and arbitration prowess.
Moshe Levy is exceptional at what he does. He is smart, friendly and really delivers.
Moshe has extraordinarily good instincts, both human and legal.
Nicholas Howard heads Hassans' property department. He is highly regarded for his experience handling real estate development projects and transactions across a wide range of property types.
Andrew Montegriffo is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in cross-border matters. He regularly assists clients from the gaming sector with commercial mandates, such as restructurings and note issuances.
Anthony Provasoli is deputy head of the firm's financial services group. He is highly regarded for his expertise in acting for cryptocurrency companies.
He is the champion of his domain.
Darren has a staunch client focus. He is nuanced and a hard worker who intently focuses on achieving the best outcome for the client.
Darren is attentive and approachable.
Gilbert Licudi KC leads the trusts department at the firm and handles a broad array of contentious mandates, including shipping and employment disputes.
He provides excellent responses to challenging circumstances.
Valerie Holliday is a consultant at Hassans who attracts recognition for her experience in the financial services sector. She has notable regulatory expertise in topics related to licences and e-money.
Valerie is a very experienced practitioner.