As ‘one of the top law firms in the region’, Dentons Delany’s Caribbean foothold is spread across 11 different jurisdictions, with the firm’s Barbados office as the largest in the region, and fields additional expertise in three other locations. Several offices have seen notable changes recently with the firm gaining Tricia-Gaye O’Connor in March 2023 as managing partner of the Jamaica office and the highly experienced Rosalind Bynoe joining the Barbados office as head of corporate. Firm chair and chief managing partner Dustin Delany remains a key name for corporate, project finance and M&A work, while Satcha Kissoon is an active litigator, handling cross-region disputes for corporates and high-net-worth individuals. Erica Marshall-Forde is the regional head of property and real estate and co-head of the firm’s infrastructure and PPP sector group, Stuart Cullen is managing partner and head of dispute resolution in the firm’s BVI office, and experienced litigator Shalini Rose Campbell sits as managing partner of the firm’s Trinidad and Tobago office. Newly promoted partner Rachel Welch-Phillips is also based in Trinidad and Tobago and is an active name in the region for ESG and sustainable finance work.

With offices in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Lex Caribbean’s independent Caribbean practice excels in corporate, commercial, finance, real estate and development work and also handles a varied range of litigation and insolvency mandates. The practice is a go-to name in the Caribbean for international businesses including financial institutions, multinationals and government agencies, as well as high-net-worth individuals. Melanie Jones is managing partner of the Barbados office and leads the firm’s international business group, where she is active in cross-border transactions. Other key names include Bernard Shepherd SC, who is managing partner of the Trinidad and Tobago base; Barbados-based senior partner Garth Patterson KC, who leads the commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency group; and senior partner Margaret Rose, who heads up the public commercial law and litigation department in Trinidad and Tobago.

Stanbrook Prudhoe’s ‘incredibly knowledgeable, efficient and responsive’ team is particularly well regarded for its contentious expertise, leveraging the substantial experience of name partner Tim Prudhoe. The Turks and Caicos-based practice is active in complex cross-border litigation and insolvency mandates at both trial and appellate level, and Prudhoe maintains a London practice as a member of 3 Hare Court. Recent mandates for Prudhoe have included administrative and public law issues, human rights cases and insolvency litigation. At associate level, Yuri Saunders and Khamaal Collymore contribute regularly to the firm’s cross-Caribbean work.