Castino Sands

Practice Areas

Castino assists with the leadership of the firm's Financial Service Group. 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

Publications

Real Estate Investment Structure Taxation: The Bahamas (published June 2025), Lexology, (co-author, Nateisha Anderson-Bain)

Education

Awards

Industry Sector Expertise

Speaking Engagements:

- October 2025 – Market Groups Private Wealth Latin America & Caribbean Retreat, panelist, ” Navigating Transparency in Wealth Preservation ” (Miami, FL)

- September 2025 – The Nassau Conference, panelist, “The Domestic Impact of Taxation on Global Growth” (Nassau, Bahamas)