McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes

Financial Services, Trust & Private Client, Corporate & Commercial, Tax & Trade, Litigation

Consultant and Co-Chair of the Firm's Trust & Private Client and Financial Services & Regulation Practice Groups

I am a qualified Swiss attorney admitted to the Bar of Zurich. I have also been admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and am qualified to practice law in The Bahamas. I am also a member of STEP. I have worked around the world in Switzerland, Australia and The Bahamas. My work has an international element with clients in The Bahamas, South America, North America and Europe. I have managed complex multi-jurisdictional liquidations for years, working closely with attorneys on different continents. I also specialize in international tax and exchange of information issues, including FATCA and CRS.

I am fluent in English, German and Spanish, speak French and also understand Italian and Portuguese.

I have been a member of the Zurich Bar since June 1997, a member of the Law Society of England and Wales since January 2006 and a member of STEP since October 2009.

CENTRAL LAW TRAINING LTD., Birmingham, England STEP Diploma in International Trust Management, September 2009 (Grade A)

BPP LAW SCHOOL, London, England Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, November 2005 Admission to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales, January 2006 Registered Associate in the Bahamas, December 2006

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW, Coral Gables, Florida Master of Laws in Comparative Law (LL.M.), May 1998

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, FACULTY OF LAW, Zurich, Switzerland Master of Law degree (lic. iur.), magna cum laude, July 1994