Castino Sands

Practice Areas

Since joining the Banking and Finance Group at Lennox Paton in 2006, Castino has worked with leading practitioners from around the world on cutting-edge deals. Castino's key areas of expertise include:

- Banking & Financial Services

- Corporate & Commercial

- Insolvency & Restructuring

- Investment Funds

- Private Client

- Trust & Foundations

Personal

Castino gained an AA (Hons) in law and criminal justice from The College of The Bahamas and an LLB (2:1, Hons) from the University of Buckingham in the UK. He returned to The Bahamas for professional training and was awarded a Certificate of Legal Education from the Eugene Dupuch Law School in Nassau, where he graduated as the top overall student in his year.

Work Highlights

-Acting for a syndicate of Latin American financial institutions in a structured financing deal, whereby financial support was provided to an exporter of commodities to a leading technology company.

-Acting as local counsel to the developer of a major touristic resort development in The Bahamas in structuring the acquisition vehicle and securing the relevant government approvals.

-Acting for an Asian banking group in the acquisition of local banking and securities brokerage operations and securing regulatory approval.

-Advising a leading financial institution on cross-border jurisdictional issues in a secured lending and securities offering transaction.

-Acting as lender’s counsel on the refinancing of the debt of a large resort development in The Bahamas, which involved obtaining various approvals from Bahamian regulatory authorities

Education