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Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited Offices
Rosebank Centre, 5th Floor
11 Bermudiana Road
Pembroke HM 08
Bermuda
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Michael Frith
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Michael Frith is Senior Counsel at Carey Olsen Bermuda, and Managing Director of the corporate services business. His legal practice focuses on all aspects of Bermuda corporate law, including all types of Bermuda corporate structures, equity and debt financings (public and private), IPOs. Michael has particular experience advising on the formation and ongoing regulatory and transactional requirements of all types of Bermuda corporate and insurance structures,
Michael also has particular expertise in relation to Bermuda’s economic substance requirements, and has been a key advisor to the Bermuda Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Finance in relation the development and implementation of Bermuda’s economic substance legislation and related guidance.
Career
Prior to joining Carey Olsen in 2020, Michael was a Director in the Corporate Department (Insurance) at a major Bermuda-based offshore firm and corporate service provider, where he practiced for over 16 years.
Michael has been a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee since 2011, advising the Minister of Finance on matters relating to the development and regulation of the insurance industry in Bermuda.
Michael has also served the Employment and Labour Tribunal (formerly the Employment Tribunal) since 2013.
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Regulatory and compliance
Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited‘s versatile practice covers a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious regulatory and compliance issues, with core strengths in providing transactional and non-transactional regulatory guidance for new businesses and advising on ongoing compliance. Michael Hanson, managing partner and co-head of the practice, specialises in multi-jurisdictional crisis management, regulatory investigations, and complex executive disputes. Steven Rees Davies, an expert in the fintech and digital asset sector, and Gavin Woods, renowned for his ‘knowledgeable and tailored’ approach in the insurance sector, also co-head the team. Kyle Masters contributes his expertise in regulatory matters in the telecoms and energy sectors, and in connection with corporate disputes. Other team members include senior counsel Michael Frith, whose experience spans the full spectrum of Bermuda corporate law, and counsel Ashley Fife, who similarly assists with a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on private and commercial trust structure transactions.