Leroy Smith

Litigation and private client & wealth management, Higgs & Johnson

Work Department

Litigation and Private Client & Wealth Management

Position

Leroy is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group in The Bahamas. He is a seasoned litigator and accredited mediator with an active practice strategically focused on complex trust and estate advice and litigation, and commercial law.

In his trust and estate practice, Leroy advises fiduciaries and private clients in all aspects of Bahamas trust law, with particular emphasis on the drafting and administration of Bahamian trusts.

His commercial practice involves a broad spectrum of substantive areas, including contentious and non-contentious commercial matters (claims for breach of contract, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes and asset-tracing and recovery matters), telecommunications law and maritime law. He also regularly represents local and international companies and insurers in relation to a range of personal injury, defamation and other tort-based claims.

Education

University College of London (LL.M.), London, England University of Southampton (LL.B.) (Hons), Southampton, England

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