Hilary Reid

Practice Areas

Hilary’s practice includes Commercial and Corporate Law with particular emphasis on Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Project Financing, Energy, Insolvency and Receiverships, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Structured Finance, Competition and Trust Law.

Career

Hilary Reid is a Partner in the Commercial Department of the Firm

Professional Memberships

• Jamaican Bar Association’s Commercial Law Sub-Committee – Chairman (2009 – Present)

• Jamaica International Financial Services Authority’s Legislation Committee (2011 – Present)

• General Legal Council – Member (2013- Present)

• Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP), Full Member (2013 – Present)

• Accounting Reports Committee of the General Legal Council – Chairman (2013 – Present)

• National Competitiveness Council’s Technical Working Group on Protecting Minority Investments – Chairman (2020)

Publications

• https://myersfletcher.com/new-accounting-rules-coming-for-lawyers-in-2022/

• https://myersfletcher.com/the-impact-of-insolvency-proceedings-on-your-lease/

• https://myersfletcher.com/creditors-have-rights-too-creditors-rights-in-the-rescue-of-debtors-under-the-insolvency-act/

Personal

• Spent 2 years on assignment in the British Virgin Islands with O’Neal Webster (formerly O’Neal Webster O’Neal Myers Fletcher & Gordon) and Coverdale Trust Services Limited (2002-2004)

• Tutor, Law of Association, Norman Manley Law School (2009-2015)

• NCB Insurance Company Limited – Director (2007 – Present)

• Member and Chair of the Sub-Committee of the PSOJ Justice Reform Committee on Insolvency Law Reform resulting in the Insolvency Act (2011 (chair as of 2013)-2014)

• Jambar Holdings Limited – Director (2017 – Present)

• Coverdale Trust Services Limited – Director (2017 – Present)