Hylton & Hylton Attorneys-at-Law

Partners:Lance Hylton; Judy Hylton

Associates: Trishanner Pitter,Trishann Pitter, Ruth-Ann Owens, Jolene Archer, Graeme Wong,Tzari Saunders, Charonae Darling, Karim Russell, Toni Morris.

Firm Overview:

Hylton & Hylton is a boutique law firm established in 2007 to cater to the discerning client who seeks high quality legal representation which is efficient and solution oriented. Our attorneys and professional support team, deliver a full range of services within the specialized areas of Commercial (including company formation and management), Conveyancing (including probate and administration) and Private Client (including local and offshore trusts and estate planning).

The firm prides itself in its client centred, result focused, business savvy practice model which is informed primarily by the partners who have served at the highest levels in local and overseas private enterprises, public companies, statutory corporations, international trust companies and Government boards and committees. Their working knowledge of the needs of clients has cultivated a legally grounded, yet solution oriented, out of the box thinking culture where the interest of the client is paramount.

Main Areas of Practice:

Hylton & Hylton provides a full range of Business and Real Estate legal services. These have included some of the nation's and region's largest and most complex transactions including mergers and acquisitions of major hotels and public companies, restructuring of large corporate groups, takeovers and public listings on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, development of large housing projects, significant domestic and multi-jurisdictional financing, bond distributions, acquisition and licensing of Banks and financial institutions, the formation and mergers of insurance companies, and the current (2023-24) representation of the international acquirer of the largest portfolio of assets (over 400 land parcels and interests in land across Jamaica) of a local major licensed entity.

The same standard of care and expertise is applied to the many smaller but no less important matters including land sales, formation and maintenance of companies and registration of charitable organisations.

The firm’s two partners have a combined 73 years of experience and are highly regarded in their respective Commercial and Conveyancing practice areas and the wider community. Both are past Rotary Presidents and longstanding members of the UK Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Their expertise and status have facilitated the firm being licensed by the Financial Services Commission of Jamaica as being one of the few in Jamaica certified as fit and proper to provide trust and corporate services under the Trust and Corporate Services Providers Act.

Clientele:

We are privileged to serve a clientele of the most astute and demanding clients and are proud that they continue to find us worthy to be their counsel of choice. They include private interests, major public listed companies, dominant private conglomerates, industry leaders in tourism, insurance, banking, residential developments, gaming, manufacturing and even regulators.

Rating

Hylton & Hylton is ranked as one of the best law firms in Jamaica by the world’s leading legal services rating organisation, Chambers & Partners. The independent legal services ranking body’s website summarises the firm’s reputation with the following quotations:-

"We find Hylton & Hylton to be very commercially aware, experienced and sophisticated."

"I regard Hylton & Hylton as a high-quality boutique group which provides timely and quality legal services."