Mr David Johnstone > Lennox Paton > Nassau, Bahamas > Lawyer Profile
Lennox Paton Offices
3 BAYSIDE EXECUTIVE PARK
WEST BAY STREET & BLAKE ROAD, PO BOX N-4875
NASSAU
Bahamas
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Mr David Johnstone
Work Department
- Real Estate
- Resort Development
- Private Client
Position
David Johnstone heads the firm’s Real Estate, Resort Development, and Private Client Groups.
He is the clear industry leader in representing resort developers in all aspects of resort development, including acquisition, financing, regulatory approvals, development, master planning and sales programmes. He has extensive regulatory experience, including drafting applications to the Bahamas Investment Authority, drafting heads of agreement, and drafting and negotiating subdivision and utility agreements with Government.
David has established himself as the go-to legal adviser in master-planning mixed-use resorts with varied residential and amenity components, including subdivisions, condominium, condohotel and timeshare components. He has structured complex condohotel programmes for homeowners’ associations, and advised on structuring golf club and marina club programmes for many of the county’s largest resorts.
Additionally, David has established himself as an expert in representing high net worth private clients in real estate acquisitions and economic permanent residency matters. He has extensive experience in secured financing transactions, construction and mezzanine financing, securitisation and residential and commercial lease transactions.
Memberships
- The Bahamas Bar Association
- Society of Trust and Estate of Practitioners (STEP)
Education
- University of British Columbia, Canada
- Simon Fraser University (B.B.A), Canada
- Admitted to the Bahamas Bar in 1988
Lawyer Rankings
Bahamas > Real estate
(Leading individuals)As a noteworthy name for resort and residential developments in Nassau and the Family Islands, Lennox Paton counts a range of corporate and high-net-worth individuals as clients. David Johnstone leads the real estate, resort development and private client departments and is a go-to name for resort developers for acquisitions, financings, regulatory issues and planning work. Nateisha Anderson-Bain is a key contact for property sales and acquisitions, and Chelon Carr-Newbold focuses on development work, project financing issues and master planning matters. Jamie Liddell was promoted to the partnership in 2023 and Brynae McKay is the main associate to note.