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A lawyer in the Bermuda office of international law firm Conyers has been elected as an International Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Craig MacIntyre, a director in the Private Client & Trust department of the firm...

A law firm has accepted two law students into its pupillage programme. Precious Smith and Paige Gell have joined Hamilton-based ASW Law Ltd’s programme. Ms Smith began her legal studies at the University of Buckingham, in England, where she obtained ...

Digital asset businesses are innovative, revolutionary and exciting. Each with their own unique offering, they present an opportunity to authenticate, validate, store, transfer, securitise and trade digital assets, such as cryptocurrency at lightning...

International offshore law firm Harneys is to reinstate its physical presence in Bermuda. Harneys (Bermuda) Limited is on the Bermuda Bar Association’s list of law firms. In a statement, Harneys said: “As a result of an internal organisational chang...

The continuing presence of the Covid-19 pandemic may prompt companies to consider making strategic acquisitions through mergers and amalgamations. These acquisitions can aid in restructuring a group that is experiencing a downturn due to the pandemic...

International professional services firm Andersen Global has established a presence in Bermuda through a collaboration agreement with law firm Alexanders, Barristers and Attorneys. Andersen said the collaboration adds coverage to its global platform....

Given the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is timely for us to look closely at material adverse change clauses in the context of a business acquisition. Also known as material adverse effect clauses, MAC clauses are designed to provide a ...

Three new attorneys are to join the Bermuda office of international law firm Carey Olsen. The firm said they will join “in the coming weeks” at its office on the fifth floor of the Rosebank Centre on Bermudiana Road. The firm, which formerly had an o...

The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness. A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...

A lawyer who was accused of improper conduct has had the allegations dismissed by a Disciplinary Tribunal. Norman MacDonald came under fire for “irrelevantly and improperly” questioning the sexual orientation of a witness in a Supreme Court case over...

A Bill recently passed in the Senate will introduce important changes to the Employment Act 2000 (“the Act”), Bermuda’s key piece of employment legislation, with effect from June 1. The changes are part of Government’s intended modernisation of labou...

A Bermudian woman has been admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. Hannah Keane graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a Bachelor of Laws degree. She later studied at the BPP College of Law, where she completed her bar exams and was a...