Norman Klein > Appleby > Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
Appleby George Town
71 Fort Street
George Town
Cayman Islands
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Norman Klein
Work Department
Corporate, Property
Position
Office Managing Partner
Career
Norman Klein is the Office Managing Partner in the Cayman Islands.
His practice includes property development, commercial acquisitions and dispositions, financing transactions and commercial and retail leasing. He has particular expertise and experience in the areas of hotel, condominium and commercial development, financing and restructuring for local and international clientele. He has also advised developers (and prepared agreements) with respect to many of the most significant development and construction projects in the Cayman Islands.
Over the past 25 years, Norman has acted for the developer, lender, seller or purchaser of every significant hotel/resort property in the Cayman Islands.
Notably, Norman acted on behalf of the owners and developers of The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Resort and the Kimpton Seafire Resort, from conception to completion. He also acts for the owner and developer of Camana Bay.
Norman is ranked as Band 1 by Chambers Global describing his “a leading light in the field of real estate”.
The Legal 500 rankings identify him as a ‘leading individual’ annually, year on year, and Legal 500 Caribbean has described him as being “knowledgeable and accessible” with “particular experience in the areas of hotel, condominium and commercial development.”
Memberships
Norman is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and the Law Society of Ontario.
Education
Norman was called to the Ontario, Canada Bar in 1992 (now non-practising) and practiced law in Toronto prior to becoming an Attorney-at-Law in the Cayman Islands in 1994.
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Real estate
(Leading partners)Across the commercial, residential, infrastructure, luxury resort, and property financing sub-sectors of the Cayman Islands real estate market, Appleby
continues to distinguish itself as the foremost choice of counsel. It has a strong recent history acting for all major lenders in some of the market’s most significant financing transactions, while also maintaining an impressive client base of large developers, HNWIs, utility providers, and the Cayman Islands government. Highly rated by clients, with one singling him out as ‘the best real estate attorney on the islands‘, senior figure Norman Klein oversees the practice and is also the firm’s Cayman Islands managing partner. ‘Proactive, knowledgeable and excellent to work with‘. Adam Johnson is a leading name in the practice area and especially stands out for tourism, large scale development and infrastructure projects. Tim Swallow is a further key name recommended by clients, building a strong and broad transactional real estate practice.