Floissac, Duboulay & Thomas

Managing Partner: Geoffrey Du Boulay
Senior Partners: Brenda Floissac Fleming, Geoffrey Du Boulay, Diana Thomas
Number of partners: 5
Number of lawyers (including partners): 9
Languages: English

Professional Memberships: Exclusive Member for Saint Lucia: Lex Mundi Global Legal Network
Exclusive Member for Saint Lucia: World Services Group: Multidisciplinary Professional Service Network

Firm Overview:
Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas is a merger of two premier Saint Lucia law firms: Floissac Fleming & Associates and Deterville, Thomas & Co, established in 1960 and 2014, respectively. It is a full service, multi-specialty civil law practice. The firm’s lawyers have high-level, specialist expertise and are focused on providing practical, results-driven and cost-effective solutions for their clients.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Intellectual Property: 

Responsible Partner: Brenda Floissac Fleming 

Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas provides an integrated approach to intellectual property and the firm boasts a strong and efficient intellectual property practice. Among others, the firm’s robust trademark filing service serves clients ranging from large multinational companies to local entrepreneurs. As members of the International Trademark Association, the firm seeks constantly to refine its skills and harness new resources to better serve its clients. The firm offers a full range on Intellectual property services including:

■ Registration of trademarks and patents
■ Licensing and assignment of trademarks
■ Renewal and maintenance of trademarks
■ Enforcement of trademark rights through oppositions, cancellations and litigation
■ Trademark searches and due diligence services
■ Brand protection
■ Copyright matters
■ General intellectual property advice

The firm currently contributes to the Saint Lucia chapter of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide on trademarks.

Real Estate/Property & Conveyancing: 

Responsible Partners: Brenda Floissac Fleming, Michael Du Boulay 

Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas provides specialist support to individuals, joint venture partners, developers, large corporations, banks, public sector bodies in respect of a wide range of real estate and property transactions whether the project is residential, commercial, industrial, condominium or touristic. The firm provides the full spectrum of property services from preliminary evaluation and due diligence to advising on the initial acquisition, corporate structure, development, financing and eventual disposition. The firm’s real estate services include:

■ Alien's licensing: Advising on and applying for licences for non-citizens who require a licence to hold land in Saint Lucia

■ Investment and Finance: Advising on all aspects of investment, including structuring, financing, acquisitions and disposals, lease negotiations, landlord and tenant matters

■ Construction, Planning & Environment: Advising developers, investors, contractors and consultants on domestic construction projects and preparing contracts. Advising on planning and environmental issues, including environmental impact assessments and providing advice and representation in respect of appeals to the Planning Appeals Tribunal

Finance & Banking: 

Responsible Partners: Brenda Floissac Fleming, Geoffrey Du Boulay, Diana Thomas, Sardia Cenac Prospere

Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas represents all of the commercial banks in Saint Lucia. The firm attends to transactions ranging from simple retail lending to advising on and drafting complex security instruments. The firm advises financial institutions and borrowers on all aspects of loan and security documentation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters (including disclosure and reporting requirements related to anti-money laundering), debt recovery and litigation. In addition, as part of larger international teams, from time to time, the firm provides advice and assistance to the world’s largest and most renowned lenders on cross border financing transactions.

Commercial & Corporate:  

Responsible Partners: Geoffrey Du Boulay, Sardia Cenac Prospere, Michael Du Boulay

Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas’ corporate and commercial practice group has experience in advising on the full range of deals involving Saint Lucia companies, whether international business companies or local domestically incorporated companies. Legal support and practical advice are available from incorporating a company and setting up a business to, contract drafting and review, advising on and satisfying licensing requirements, project negotiation, financing and implementation. The firm has advised on complex cross border deals, high value private transactions, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. The firm also provides an integrated incorporation and corporate secretarial service which attends to compliance with all licensing, legislative and internal corporate regulatory requirements including filing of annual returns, drafting Resolutions, attending Directors’ meetings, recording and keeping minutes and providing general legal advice on all corporate matters.

Civil & Commercial Litigation:  

Responsible Partners: Geoffrey Du Boulay, Diana Thomas, Sardia Cenac Prospere

Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas continues to develop and build on its strong litigation practice by recruiting the very best. The firm provides representation on the full spectrum of civil law matters from personal injury, debt recovery and employment or labour law disputes to complex commercial and insolvency matters focusing on providing quality advice and representation so as to achieve best results while balancing its clients’ commercial and reputational interests.

Bankruptcy & Insolvency: 

Responsible Partners: Geoffrey Du Boulay, Diana Thomas, Sardia Cenac Prospere

Not only does the firm represent and advise liquidators, receivers and judicial managers, but from time to time the firm’s lawyers are appointed to act as insolvency practitioners. The firm has also been retained to advise on cross border insolvency matters that have a local dimension.

Alternative Dispute Resolution:  

Responsible Partners: Diana Thomas, Sardia Cenac Prospere 

As a compliment to its litigation practice, Floissac, Du Boulay & Thomas maintains an established regional presence within the alternative dispute resolution field. Attorneys are not only accomplished in representing clients in mediation, adjudication and arbitration, but are also formally trained ADR professionals. The firm prides itself in taking a wholistic approach to dispute resolution by counseling clients on how to incorporate ADR into their business practices.

Office: 

Office Address: Quadrant Row, 9-11 Brazil Street, Castries, Saint Lucia
Mailing Address: PO Box 722, Castries, Saint Lucia LC04 101
Telephone Nos: (758) 452-2887/452-3250/452-1152

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