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.