The firm was founded in 1990 by its founding partners, Hugh Hart, the late John Muirhead and George Fatta. The firm has since grown substantially with the addition of several partners. The late John Muirhead retired from the partnership in March 2003 and the late George Fatta in June 2008. In addition, the firm does a great deal of work advising major international law firms on matters of Jamaican law in international transactions involving Jamaican companies or assets.
The firm has developed its practice in a wide variety of areas, including the following: Banking laws, merchant banking, investment banking, bank related transactions and regulations, commercial lending, commercial litigation, company law, computer contracts and information technology, conveyancing, corporate reorganisation & restructuring, employment and labour law, environmental law, equipment leasing, estate planning, insolvency and bankruptcy, insurance, intellectual property, international and domestic financing, joint venture formations, and litigation.
While the focus of the firm is primarily on commercial law, members of the firm have several years of commercial litigation experience in Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, and England at first instance and appellate levels.
The firm has developed a robust litigation practice and maintains close relationships with independent leading Counsel to aid in serving its clients in Jamaica and abroad.
