Mello Jones & Martin

About this office:

Mello Jones & Martin is a highly respected Bermuda law firm with wide professional experience in all areas of civil and commercial law both in the international and local marketplaces. The firm is organized into three main practice groups: Corporate, Litigation, and Property, Trusts and Estates. Mello Jones & Martin has achieved a reputation for excellence because its partners and senior associates are recognised as outstanding professionals in their chosen fields of practice.

Corporate: Aviation and Ship Finance; Directors' and Officers' Liability and Shareholder Disputes; Corporate Borrowing and Bank Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures and Shareholder Agreements; Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds and Investment Partnerships; Establishment of Investment Businesses, Brokerages and Advisors; International Equity Offerings and Listings (IPOs); Reinsurance and Captive Insurance; Insolvency, Liquidations and Work-Outs; Solvent Schemes of Arrangement and Corporate Reconstructions

Employment: Confidentiality and Restraint of Trade Clauses; Discrimination and Human Rights Claims; Drafting Employee Handbooks and Employment Policies; Judicial Review Actions; Negotiating Executive Severance Packages; Remedies for Wrongful, Constructive and Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy; Rights and Duties under Employment Contracts and Collective Bargaining Agreements; Rights and Duties under the Employment Act 2000 and Employment Tribunal Claims; Share Option and Pension Schemes; Worker's Compensation, Health and Safety and Employer's Liability Claims.

Litigation: Actions for Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Issues; Complex Personal and Fatal Injury Claims; Constitutional Challenges; Contractual Disputes; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Corporate Crime and Extradition Issues; Defamation Proceedings; Employment Law and Industrial Relations Disputes; Family Law Disputes; Fraud, Constructive Trust, Asset Tracing; Judicial Review Actions; Jurisdictional and Conflict of Law Issues; Negligence, Professional Negligence and other Tortious Claims; Planning Applications and Appeals; Property Ownership and Landlord Issues.

Property: Residential Sales and Purchases; Commercial Sales and Purchases; Condominium Developments; Residential and Commercial Mortgages and Secured Lending; Alternative Financing Structures; Leases for Residential and Commercial Properties; Acquisition of Bermuda Property by Non-Bermudians; General Property Advice.

Trusts: Establishment of Trusts (Discretionary, A & M, Life Interest); Purpose Trusts and Special Purpose Vehicles; Charitable Private Trusts; Private Trust Company and Structures; Registered Charities.

Wills and Estates: Wills; Powers of Attorney; Advanced Directives (Living Wills); Estate Planning; Probate; Estate Administration.

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