Higgs & Johnson

Litigation

Oscar N. Johnson, Jr., K.C. is the Senior Partner of Higgs & Johnson. He has held the positions of Managing Partner and Global Managing Director (2012 to June 2020) and Co-Managing Partner of the Firm (2020 – 2024). He is the former chair of the Litigation practice group and practises a full range of Corporate and Commercial law, specialising in Commercial and Civil Litigation, Admiralty Law, Insurance Law and Employment Law.

Oscar regularly appears in the Supreme Court (High Court), and the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and before the Privy Council.

Oscar has appeared as Counsel in a number of important international cases including: Slim America, Inc.; Premium Sales Corporation; Globe-X Canadiana and Globe-X Management; Americas International Bank (In Liquidation); Debtworks, Inc and Suisse Security Bank & Trust and as Junior Counsel in Grupo Torras. He has acted in various matters including: a $1.124 billion multi-jurisdictional court enforcement in the Bahamas and restructuring of financing relating to five self-propelled oil rigs, a project related to the $32 million restoration of a production facility; a $22 million damages claim relating to the allision of a bulk crude oil tanker with a terminal jetty; a matter in respect of a damages claim in the amount of $16 million defending the property owner of a distillery against the claim of an adjoining developer; and an action by underwriters to avoid a directors and officers policy of insurance in the sum of $1.5 million.

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn Bahamas Bar Association International Bar Association

John Abbott College, Quebec, Canada (D.E.C.) McGill University, Montreal, Canada (B.A.) School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (LL.B.) (Hons.) London, England