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Corporate Finance, Banking &  Financial Services Practice |
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Peter's
corporate finance practice involves acting for lender on a broad range
of financing facilities across the credit spectrum. This
Practice provides transactional and advisory services in:
a) Syndicated
and bilateral lending (secured and unsecured).
b) Real estate project financing.
c) Acquisition and development loans.
d) Factoring Arrangements.
e) Insurance premium financing.
f) Margin lending.
g) Interest rate swaps.
h) Residential and commercial mortgage loans.
i) Ship financing.
j) Equipment leasing and financing.
k) Financial institutions regulatory practice.
i) Regulatory
compliance of dealers in securities
ii) Regulatory compliance of money remittance dealers
iii) Counseling clients in connection with banking and financial
services, laws and regulations including:
(1) Bank of Jamaica
Act
(2) Securities Act
(3) Financial Institutions Act
(4) Banking Act
l) Pensions
Peter has advised different participants in pension and benefit arrangements
including plan administrators, employers, boards of directors, trustees,
and investment managers. Issues he has dealt with include:
i) Creation
of retirement and superannuation schemes.
ii) Pension fund management arrangements.
iii) Review of pension trust deeds and rules.
iv) Advising on issues of pension plan governance and statutory /
regulatory requirements.
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2.
Intellectual Property / Information Technology |
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Peter
offers a full range of services to protect and exploit trademarks. These
services include:
a) Trademark
registration in Jamaica, and, with the aid of counterparts, throughout
the Caribbean.
b) Providing advice concerning the availability of marks.
c) Devising strategies for the effective national and international
registration of available marks.
d) Maintaining trademark portfolios.
e) Advising on licensing opportunities.
f) Transferring trademark rights.
g) Patent registration.
h) Copyright protection.
i) Computer contracts.
j) Know-how agreements.
k) Licensing agreements.
l) Software development, maintenance and support agreements.
m) Ownership, licensing and development of intellectual property rights
generally.
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3.Corporate & Commercial
Practice |
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a) Formation, incorporation
and registration of companies and businesses.
b) Non-disclosure and non-competitive agreements.
c) Liquidation and dissolution.
d) Corporate restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and amalgamations.
e) Preparing
and issuing corporate filings as required by the Office of the
Registrar of Companies, Financial Services Commission, Jamaica Stock
Exchange.
f) Provision of full corporate secretarial services.
g) Joint venture and shareholder agreements.
h) Management agreements.
i) Cost sharing, agency, marketing and distribution agreements.
j) Employment Contracts / Contracts for services.
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4.
Real Estate |
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Peter
practices in areas of:
a) Commercial
and residential real estate.
b) Buying and selling land.
c) Leasing
d) Mortgage / transfers of land.
e) Residential and commercial real estate developments.
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5.
Wills & Probate of Estates |
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