Wakefield Quin supports Back to School Drive
- August 2019
Leading Bermuda law firm Wakefield Quin is pleased to donate $2,500 to Gina Spence Productions’ (GSP) Each One Reach One Back to School Drive. WQ Director and Senior Counsel Roderick Forrest noted, “Our firm is happy to be able to…
Lending and Taking Security in Bermuda: An Overview
- August 2019
Wakefield Quin Limited is proud to have contributed the Bermuda chapter on Lending and Taking Security to the UK Practical Law Global Guide. the publication was written by Erik L. Gotfredsen, Senior Counsel and Shareholder, and is available online. The…
Wakefield Quin succeed in landmark adjudication
- June 2019
Michelle Stone, WQ’s Head of Property, successfully represented the Moongate Trust in challenging the objections raised by The Minister of Public Lands (represented by the Attorney-General’s Chambers) in Bermuda’s first ever adjudication conducted under the Land Title Registration Act 2011….
Wakefield Quin contributes Bermuda Chapter to ICLG’s 2019 Lending & Secured Finance Guide
- April 2019
Wakefield Quin Limited is proud to have contributed the Bermuda Chapter in the seventh edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending & Secured Finance 2019. The publication was written by Erik Gotfredsen and Jemima Fearnside and is available…

Wakefield Quin Announces Legal Scholarship Awards
- August 2018
Wakefield Quin (WQ) has awarded its 2018 Legal Scholarships to Ojeda Smith and Aqueelah Simmons. Ms. Smith, a summer intern for WQ, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom in July…
Independent Directors: A Value Proposition
- August 2018
Wakefield Quin Limited (WQ) is proud to have contributed to HFM’s recent Bermuda 2018 Special Report. The Bermuda spotlight covered news on Bermuda leads in private equity, ILS products, family office, and digital assets; on regulatory hot topics; and on…
Lending and Taking Security in Bermuda: An overview
- August 2018
Wakefield Quin Limited is proud to have contributed the Bermuda chapter on Lending and Taking Security to the Practical Law Global Guide. The publication was written by Erik L. Gotfredsen, Senior Counsel and Shareholder, and is available online. The Guide…
Bermuda Chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending & Secured Finance 2018
- April 2018
Wakefield Quin Limited is proud to have contributed the Bermuda Chapter in the sixth edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending & Secured Finance 2018. The publication was written by Erik Gotfredsen and Jemima Fearnside and is available…
Wakefield Quin hires Swainson
- April 2018
Scott Swainson has joined Wakefield Quin Ltd’s property department as senior counsel. Mr. Swainson was previously a partner and the group head of Appleby’s property department in Bermuda for over 15 years. Source: The Royal Gazette – to read full…
Into the guts of the Bribery Act
- January 2018
Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries, so said in November 2017 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Action against Corruption and Economic Crime. Source: The Royal Gazette – click here…