Myers Fletcher & Gordon

Commercial Department

Professional Overview 

Gina Phillipps Black is Head of the Firm’s Commercial Department and a leading corporate and finance lawyer with deep experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, project finance and financial services regulation. She advises on some of Jamaica’s most complex and high-value transactions. 

Practice Focus 

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance & Capital Markets, Financial Services, Regulation & AML, Infrastructure & Energy Projects and Public Listings & Restructurings 

Key Experience & Matters 

• Lead Counsel on the sale of Hinduja Global Solution’s global healthcare BPO business
  • Advised international lenders on the Highway 2000 refinancing and financing structure
  • Key adviser on the NCB Financial Group corporate restructuring and JSE/T&TSE listings
  • Co-Lead Counsel on the Paradise solar energy project
  • Advised on Jamaica’s first merger of two publicly listed companies (RJR/Gleaner) 

Professional Engagement 

• Director and Committee Chair, GraceKennedy Group entities
  • Chair, Jamaica Customs Agency Advisory Board
  • Former Chair, Tax Administration Jamaica
  • Member, General Legal Council – Proceeds of Crime Committee
  • Women’s Leader – Jamaica, IFLR1000 (2020, 2021, 2024)
  • Highly Regarded, IFLR1000
  • Ranked, Chambers Global 

• LL.B (Hons.), University of the West Indies • Certificate of Legal Education, Norman Manley Law School