Bryan Glinton

Practice Areas

Commercial | Financial Services | Private Client | Resort Development | Securities | Tax

Career

Bryan Glinton is a founding partner of Glinton Sweeting O’Brien, its Managing Partner. Bryan is also Chair of the firm’s Private Client and Estate Planning Group, Co-Chair of the Resort Development Group and Co-Chair of the Tax Group. He specialises in corporate law but his practice also encompasses estate planning, the structuring and use of financial products, property development and acquisitions and taxation. Bryan acts for institutional investors, private individuals, developers, financial institutions, international law firms and accounting firms on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financial services, with a keen focus on the most efficient means of undertaking projects in The Bahamas.

Bryan started his legal career as a financial services lawyer in the United States specialising in corporate tax, banking and securities.

Professional Memberships

The Bahamas Bar Association | The Florida Bar Association (non-practicing) | The Iowa Bar Association (non-practicing)

Personal

Governor of the Board of Governors of Lyford Cay International School in The Bahamas | Honorary Legal Adviser to the British High Commissioner | Former Chief Negotiator of The Bahamas in negotiation of treaty with the US government concerning the management and monetization of Bahamian Airspace | Former Board Member of The Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority | Former Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lyford Cay International School | Former Member of the Bahamas Financial Services Board Common Reporting Standards Task Force | Former Member of the Ease of Doing Business Committee of The Bahamas | Former Member of the Securities Commission drafting group for the Investment Funds Act and Investment Funds Regulations | Former Co-Chair, Advisory Committee to the Registrar General’s Department | Former Chairman, Caribbean Sub-committee of the American Resort Development Association

Expert in these Jurisdictions

The Bahamas