Appleby’s property team is recognised as a market leader across luxury resort, commercial, residential, infrastructure, and financing matters, maintaining an impressive client base of developers, high-net-worth individuals, and public sector entities. Head of team Norman Klein focuses exclusively on real estate and finance, acting for leading banks and major developers, while Adam Johnson is noted for innovative structuring on large-scale development projects. Tim Swallow handles a broad spectrum of real estate transactions, including conveyancing, development, leasing, portfolio management, and investment sales.
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Position

Senior Associate

Career

Tim Swallow is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Cayman Islands office and sits within the Property and Corporate teams.

He has experience across a wide range of commercial property and real estate practice areas including sales and acquisitions, property investment transactions, leasing (acting for both tenants and landlords) and real estate financing. Tim has acted for London based investments funds, household name retailers, banks and professional asset management companies.

Education

Tim is admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands and as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales (non-practising).

  • Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Birmingham
  • University of Leicester, BA (Hons) Economics & Law.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Appleby's team in Cayman is very strong. We enjoy working with them a great deal.'

    ‘Adam Johnson is exceptional. An excellent technical lawyer with very good analytical and interpersonal skills. He is a pleasure to work with, as is Tim Swallow. We find them on the other side of many complex transactions, and all such deals are handled very professionally and thoroughly. They take a commercial client-focused approach to deals.'

    'A strong team led by Norman Klein.’

    ‘Norman Klein is smart, easily the best real estate lawyer on the island.’

    ‘I work with Adam Johnson on a number of matters. I have always found him trustworthy and commercial. Tim Swallow is becoming more involved in the practice and is easy to deal with.'

    ‘They are very professional and honest. If they cannot do something requested due to being too busy or a conflict, they will recommend someone else who would also be very professional.’

    ‘Expertise in all areas of real estate. In-depth knowledge of government bylaws, procedures, etc.'

    ‘The entire team is professional, technically strong, and responsive.’

Key clients

  • Royal Bank of Canada Group Butterfield Bank Group First Caribbean International Bank (Cayman) Limited Scotiabank Group Cayman National Group Proven Group NCB Group Seafire Residences Seafire Resorts Beach Bay Land Ltd Mandarin Oriental Hotel & Resort Sterling Mortgage Income Fund, Ltd Davenport Development Tenn Capital Dart Group Aqua Bay Condominium Redevelopment Committee Barkers Beach Vida Ocean Adventure Lodge Foster Group Lacovia Condominium Redevelopment Committee Strata Plan ONE GT Global Property Investments Ltd. The Sands Harbour Walk Island Bliss Construction and Development Boslil Bank (St Lucia) DMS Organisation Alien Investments North Sound Views EFG Bank (Cayman) Cayman Property Investments Ltd. Tailwind Capital Cayman Rugby Football Club Prosecco Group First-Mid Bank Ltd. CADS Holdings Ltd. EON Consulting Ltd. The Pearl Ltd. Palm Suites Ltd. Cornerstone Group Marvel Holdings Limited KWK Holdings Ltd. IRG Development Ltd. PRISMA Limited FortCay Family Office Advisory Process Lenders Remington Hospitality Management Marea Ltd Republic Bank (EC) Ltd. Republic Bank Granada Ltd.

Work highlights

Advised The Proprietors, Strata Plan No. 62 (Lacovia) corporation with respect to its redevelopment project, comprising almost 100 new condominiums to be developed over 3 buildings on the site of the former Lacovia condominiums (originally developed in the early 1980s).
Advised Cayman Islands Government in connection with the CI$45M project to construct a new High School in Cayman Brac.
Advised the developer of ONE|GT, a landmark mixed-use project in George Town featuring a boutique hotel, residences, dining, and leisure spaces.