Huw St. J Moses, OBE > HSM > George Town, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
HSM Offices
68 FORT STREET
GEORGE TOWN
PO BOX 31726, Grand Cayman KY1-1207
Cayman Islands
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Huw St. J Moses, OBE
Work Department
HSM Chambers
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Huw Moses’ practice includes all aspects of litigation, insolvency and restructuring. He is also known for Employment Law, including advising employers on compliance with the Labour, Pensions and Health Insurance Laws, contract drafting and the handling of employment and other contractual disputes. He is also well-versed in all aspects of Intellectual Property protection, enforcement and dispute resolution specialising in the Caribbean.
Huw joined the offshore law firm of Appleby in 1993 and was subsequently elected partner in 1997 before becoming Managing Partner of the Cayman office in 2003. Huw also served as the Managing Partner of the firm’s British Virgin Islands office between 2004 and 2007. In 2006 Huw received the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 2012 he established the HSM Group. Huw was the Chairman of the Labour Appeals Tribunal (2007-16); Secretary/Treasurer of the CI Law Society (2012-18); and is a Founder Trustee of the CI National Recovery Fund (CINRF). In 2014 Huw founded the Intellectual Property Caribbean Association (IPCA) on which he serves as a Director. In 2019 he was appointed Chairman of the CI Civil Service Appeals Commission.
Languages
English
Memberships
Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association
Education
University of Birmingham
Bar Admissions:
(1984) England and Wales (non practicing)
(1993) Cayman Islands
Lawyer Rankings
Cross-Caribbean expertise > Intellectual property
As the only specialist IP firm in the Cayman Islands, HSM has been notably active in advising the Cayman government on its IP legislation as well as assisting a broad range of clients with trade mark, design and patent prosecution matters across the entire Caribbean region. The group also has experience in IP infringement and enforcement work and counts Fortune 500 companies, global law firms and specialist IP practices on its client roster. Firm managing partner Huw St. J Moses, OBE leads the practice alongside IP manager Kate Cleary, who clients praise as ‘extremely responsive and easy to deal with’.