Mr Sean Moree KC > 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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Mr Sean Moree KC
Work Department
Family Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Trusts & Private Client, Insolvency & Bankruptcy
Position
Partner, chair of the Trust & Private Client Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.
Moree manages caseloads for multi-national companies and ultra-high-net-worth families. An accomplished litigator, Moree represents clients in a wide range of commercial disputes, including trust litigation, derivative actions, shareholder disputes and third-party claims. His litigation practice also focuses on insolvency, restructuring, and disputes in the banking industry. Moree runs an active arbitration practice and appears regularly before tribunals, both in The Bahamas and internationally. He frequently works on cases that involve multiple jurisdictions, demonstrating prowess at liaising and collaborating with attorneys in other jurisdictions to ensure efficient management of international matters. He cultivates long-term working relationships with his clients, often representing or managing their legal affairs for years in various areas of law.
Career
Joined the partnership of McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes in 2011
Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003
Called to the Bahamas Bar in 2003
Notable Achievements and Appointments
- Currently on the Companies Liquidation Rules Review Committee
- Director of the Office of the Public Defender
- Leader in the Awanas programme at Calvary Bible Church.
- Member of the Salvation Army’s executive advisory board
- Director for The Bahamas National Feeding Network.
- Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Member of The Bahamas Bar Association.
- Recognized in 2013 as one of Bahamas’ top 40 professionals under the age of 40 by the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture.
Languages
English
Education
Bachelor of Law Degree – University of Nottingham, England – 2002
Bar Vocational Course – BPP Law School – 2003
Master of Law (LL.M) – Wake Forest University – 2004
Leisure
Tennis, Running, Boating
Lawyer Rankings
Bahamas > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)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.
Bahamas > Corporate law (including banking, finance and M&A)
The ‘responsive and incredibly knowledgeable’ team at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes has substantial experience advising on Bahamian and global transactions, and commercial work including financing projects, M&A, loan agreements and regulatory mandates. Trust and private client mandates also make up a notable proportion of the firm’s work, with expertise in estate planning structures and trust matters. Transactional specialist Kimberley Rolle sits as chair of the practice with Alexander Christie, who also handles tax issues, as vice chair. Sean Moree KC and John Wilson KC are active members of the trust and private client practice, Campbell Cleare, III leads the foreign and local investment group, and April Turner focuses on financial services and corporate matters and is also chief operations officer of the firm’s corporate service affiliate. Gia Sands is also a key name to note for transactional and investment-related advice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Bahamas
- Leading individuals Bahamas > Dispute resolution
- Corporate law (including banking, finance and M&A) Bahamas