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General Business Law

Bahamas

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Provided by Sean McWeeney KC

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Sean McWeeney KC, is a Consultant Counsel and Chair Emeritus of the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Practice and Private Client and Trusts Practice. He specializes in trusts and corporate law.

He represents domestic and international high net worth individuals and fiduciaries in a broad range of complex matters including trusts and estates administration and litigation and family business governance. In addition, Sean advises institutional and private families on complex corporate matters including restructurings and Bahamian tax matters. He is a recognised author on both legal and historical matters and regularly speaks at national and international conferences.

Career

Admissions: The Inner Bar; and The Bahamas Bar.

Professional Memberships

The Bahamas Bar Association; and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Publications

“Breaching the Gates – the Civil Rights Struggle of the Bahamian Free People of Colour 1802 – 1834”[January 2018]; and “Creditor Protection Trusts under Bahamian Law” (monograph, 1993).

Industry Sector Expertise

Charity and Philanthropy; Insolvency; Trust Companies and Institutional Clients; Wills, Trust and Succession Planning.

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Chambers Global Guide

General Business Law - Bahamas

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Sean McWeeney KC is an eminent adviser with a strong reputation for his work in the area of trusts and estates, as well as related contentious work.

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