Mrs Erin Hill > McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes > Nassau, Bahamas > Lawyer Profile
McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes Offices
MAREVA HOUSE, 4 GEORGE STREET
PO BOX N-3937
NASSAU, BAHAMAS
Bahamas
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Mrs Erin Hill
Work Department
Labour & Employment, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Trust & Private Client
Position
Senior Associate
Erin M. Hill is a Senior Associate of the firm who is well-versed in a variety of practice areas, including banking and finance, corporate and commercial litigation, and trusts/private client litigation. She is a full member of STEP with Trust Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation and currently services as a Director for STEP Bahamas (2022-23).
Erin a vibrant, young lawyer who is arduous researcher – remaining up to date on financial and corporate related case law and statutes in The Bahamas. Known for her responsiveness and efficiency, Erin has assisted in many civil litigation claims and was recently involved in complex litigation concerning a company which alleged a breach of fiduciary duties on the part of its directors leading to millions of losses by the Company. Erin is also currently assisting in a multi-million dollar litigation stemming from a dispute surrounding a corporate re-structuring and a multi-million dollar trust litigation involving a trustee’s discretion to distribute trust funds.
Erin has established a reputation of a hard-working, pragmatic lawyer who is detail oriented and attentive to all client needs. Outside of her work highlights, Erin is fluent in in Spanish which is vital to assist with clients from Spanish speaking countries. She is also an ADRgroup Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and completed an LLM which focused on the metamorphoses of Arbitration.
Career
Erin was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2015 and the Bahamas Bar in September 2015 when she also joined the firm.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
Member of The Bahamas Bar since 2015
Member of The Bar of England and Wales since 2015
Member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Education
London City University – LLM. 2016
London City University – BVC 2015
London City University – LLB (Hons) 2014
Davidson College – BA 2012
Leisure
Running, baking, reading.
Lawyer Rankings
Bahamas > Dispute resolution
(Rising stars)The ‘very professional and knowledgeable’ practice at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes excels across the spectrum of contentious work with experience before the Supreme Court and the Privy Council. The group is particularly noted for its commercial and trust disputes expertise as well as insolvency and restructuring knowledge and is able to handle multi-jurisdictional mandates. Senior partner John Wilson KC leads the department and is also active in the firm’s trust and private client practice. Elsewhere in the team, Sean Moree KC is praised as ‘responsive, efficient and quite the all rounder’, Timothy Eneas KC focuses on property litigation, and Genell Sands handles insurance and personal injury claims. Kevin Moree is the key contact for tax disputes, and Erin Hill is the primary name at senior associate level.