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…
Wakefield Quin Ltd and HCS Law Ltd to merge
- May 2017
Wakefield Quin Ltd and HCS Law Ltd. announced their agreement to merge into one law firm to continue in the name of Wakefield Quin Ltd with effect from the 12th of May 2017. HCS Law Ltd is a boutique Bermuda…
Policeman awarded $5.4m in toxic mould case
- October 2016
A police officer who suffered chronic health problems from being exposed to toxic mould has been awarded $5.4 million. Richard Horseman of Wakefield Quin, lawyer to Mr Donald, told The Royal Gazette that the case spanned six years and is one…
Wakefield Quin supports Bermuda Red Cross
- May 2016
Wakefield Quin Limited (WQ) supported the Bermuda Red Cross Red, White, and Do Day on 6 May, 2016. Directors and employees wore red and white and donated $500 to support Red Cross’s local initiatives. WQ’s Managing Director Nicholas Hoskins notes…
Wakefield Quin Sponsors International Women’s Day
- March 2016
Bermuda will celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday, 8 March, 2016, and Wakefield Quin is pleased to be a corporate sponsor. The events held at City Hall beginning at 11:45 a.m. will benefit the Women’s Resource Centre (see link for…
Wakefield Quin supports 3 March 2016 AIMA event
- February 2016
Laura Knox, Head of Director Services at Harbour Financial Services, an affiliate of Wakefield Quin, is part of a four person AIMA Committee, making a bid to increase Bermuda hedge funds business. AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association) is a London-based…
Wakefield Quin supports Meals on Wheels
- December 2015
This year in lieu of sending holiday cards to clients, Wakefield Quin will donate money to Meals on Wheels Bermuda. Meals on Wheels prepare and deliver freshly cooked meals to people in our community who are incapacitated or are otherwise…