WalwynLaw is committed to continuous enrichment through training and education and has ensured its counsels participate in developmental courses annually to ensure skills and knowledge aligns with legal changes.

Leonora L. Walwyn, B.A. (York), LLB (UWI), LEC (Norman Manley law School)

FIRM PRINCIPAL

As an Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor and Notary Public with twenty years of experience; Ms. Walwyn specializes in the field of Commercial Law and has acted as Local Counsel for various regional and international firms in significant local and multi-jurisdictional matters and transactions. She is well established internationally and within the Caribbean jurisdictions and has contributed to the government’s legislative framework in St. Kitts & Nevis. Significant transactions in which Ms. Walwyn has acted include:

• Local Counsel to leading International Bank for over seventeen years
• Represented foreign government in Money laundering litigation;
• Acting as local counsel for multinational and regional financial institutions financing international projects worldwide
• Acting as local counsel for Lenders in a number of loans (US$30 million -US$60million) financing international projects worldwide.
• Acting as local counsel in a complex cross border $20 million dollar Loan Transaction; vetting of Loan Agreement and procuring Security Documentation.
• Acted as Local counsel to supplier in negotiations with Government for Alternative Energy contracts

Ms. Walwyn’s commitment for pioneering cutting edge legal governance and advancement for the Federation and CARICOM Member States embodies the vision of WalwynLaw to remain dynamic in the local, regional and international marketplace.

Memberships:

• Member OECS Bar Association St. Kitts and Nevis Bar
• Member of the Bar Association of Antigua & Barbuda
• Member of the Bar Association of the British Virgin Islands
• Member of The Society of Trust & Estates Practitioners
• International Guild of Bank Auditors
• Nevis Historical & Conservation Society
• Business & Professional Women International

Jacqueline L. Walwyn, B. A., LLB, LEC (Noman Manley Law School)

An Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public with over twenty years of experience Jacqueline Walwyn practices in the field of Commercial Law and has acted as Local Counsel for various regional and international firms in significant local and multi-jurisdictional matters and transactions.

Ms. Walwyn believes in continuous enrichment through training and education and has remained committed to participating in developmental courses annually in order to keep abreast of the times. Recent courses include Loan Documentation; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law; Mastering Renewable and Alternative Energies; Mastering Project Finance Documentation.

This portfolio of skill and expertise enables Ms. Walwyn to advise on and to draft the intricate multi- tiered structures which are harmoniously dove tailed in the several contracts in Complex Financial Transactions; Property Development Projects, Project Finance- eg. infrastructure projects; and to advise on the structuring of Financial Facilities and the taking of Security. Bankruptcy and Insolvency training allows for heightened awareness of possible pitfalls whether advising lenders, borrowers, equity investors or providers of security in challenging economic times where their exposure may be heightened.

Ever responsive to the changing times, our firm is committed to being on the cutting edge of educational and technological advancement in order to remain dynamic in the local, regional and international marketplace. We wish to contribute to the development of an excellent and modern Caribbean jurisprudence appropriate for the 21st Century.

Hazelyn Ross, B.A., M.A. LLB (UWI) LEC

LEGAL CONSULTANT

An Attorney-at-Law with over twenty years of experience in the Commercial, Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Legal Research, and Mediation areas of practice with extensive experience in contracts and mediation. Ms. Ross has acted as local counsel in significant multi-jurisdictional matters and transactions.

Ms. Ross is called to the Bar in Ontario, St. Kitts and Nevis, British Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Tobago. She currently acts as a consultant to WalwynLaw.

• Member of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association