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Higgs & Johnson Offices
OCEAN CENTRE, MONTAGU FORESHORE
EAST BAY STREET
P.O. BOX N-3247
Bahamas
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Ms Zarina Fitzgerald
Work Department
Commercial Transactions
Position
Chair of the Commercial Transactions group having acted in all aspects of commercial transactions, including large scale structured finance transactions, initial public offerings and private placements of offshore securities, mergers and acquisitions, and the registration and securitisation involving vessels and in real estate transactions.
Career
Called to the Bar of England & Wales in 1991. Joined Higgs & Johnson as a partner in 2000 and has over 25 years of experience in corporate and commercial law.
Languages
English
Spanish
Memberships
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA)
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (LL.B.), London, England
Lawyer Rankings
Bahamas > Corporate law (including banking, finance and M&A)
(Leading individuals)Higgs & Johnson leverages its experience in commercial cross-border transactions to be a go-to name in the Bahamas for a broad range of mandates, with particular knowledge of the finance sector; the group has been notably involved in the development of legislation relating to the financial services and casino gaming industries and has advised on investment fund and trust company regulations. Financing projects also make up a sizeable proportion of the team’s workload along with regulatory and anti-money laundering mandates. Zarina Fitzgerald heads up the commercial transactions group and has recently handled structured finance transactions, M&A and restructuring work, while Freeport office managing partner Vivienne Gouthro leads the maritime and aviation practice. Christel Sands-Feaste leads the financial services and securities, investment funds and fintech groups and is praised as ‘a dynamic attorney‘. Tax practice leader Portia Nicholson and head of the government and regulatory affairs group Alexandra Hall are also active in the practice. Andre Hill was promoted to senior associate in early 2023.
Comparative Guides
Bahamas: Aviation Finance & Leasing | August 2023 | This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Aviation Finance & Leasing laws and regulations applicable in Bahamas. |
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate law (including banking, finance and M&A) Bahamas
- Leading individuals Bahamas > Corporate law (including banking, finance and M&A)