Myers Fletcher & Gordon

Property and Estates

Professional Overview 

Krishna Desai is a Partner and Head of MF&G’s Property and Estates Department, with a unique multidisciplinary background spanning law, environmental management, maritime affairs and infrastructure development. He brings significant experience advising on complex developments, free zone operations and high-value maritime and real estate transactions. 

Practice Focus 

Property and estates, environmental and planning law, maritime and admiralty law, special economic zones, infrastructure and large-scale developments. 

Key Experience & Matters 

• Led the successful arrest and judicial sale of the M/V Trading Fabrizia, resulting in a US$10.3M sale pendente lite — one of Jamaica’s most significant admiralty matters.
  • Secured free zone status and fiscal incentives for the West Indies Petroleum South Terminal, a 600,000-barrel marine terminal.
  • Environmental and planning lead on the US$300M acquisition of Playa Hotels & Resorts’ Jamaican assets and subsequent US$60M resale.
  • Advised on SEZ acquisitions, including BTP Lot 9 Limited.
  • Successfully defended civil proceedings through submissions of no case to answer. 

Professional Engagement 

• Practitioner Member of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA).
  • Founding member of the Jamaican Bar Association’s Maritime Law Committee.
  • Widely respected for bridging legal, environmental and commercial risk in major projects. 

• Certificate of Legal Education – Norman Manley Law School • LL.B. – University of the West Indies • Master of Marine Management – Dalhousie University • B.Sc. – University of the West Indies • Admitted to practise in Jamaica