Partners:
Ariel Misick OBE QC
Principal practice areas:

Company and commercial
Banking and Finance
Dispute Resolution
Insolvency
Mutual funds
ariel@misickstanbrook.tc

Ariel is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and of the Inns of Court School of Law (London). He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1979 and to the Bar of the Turks & Caicos Islands in 1980. He founded the firm in 1981.

Ariel is the most senior advocate in the Turks & Caicos Islands and has extensive experience in corporate and commercial litigation. He currently specializes in banking and finance; international capital markets; insolvency; and company and commercial matters.

Ariel is a former TCI Government Minister and a former Governor's appointed member of the TCI Legislative Assembly. He has published numerous articles and is a regular speaker at international conferences on TCI financial and corporate matters. He is a member of the International Bar Association, the International Tax Planning Association, the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and the Offshore Institute. In 2000 he was awarded an OBE for his services to the Islands and appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002 in recognition of his excellence as an advocate.

 
Owen Foley

Principal practice areas:

Company and commercial
Tourism and resort development
Trusts
Information technology
owen@misickstanbrook.tc

Owen is a graduate of University College, Dublin and has been admitted to practised in Ireland (1982), Australia (Victoria) and the Turks & Caicos Islands (1988).

He practises extensively in the areas of corporate and commercial law, resort development, and inward investment and is a regular contributor to The International Law Office and to Mondaq on TCI corporate and financial law matters. Owen is a member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and of the International Bar Association.

The upsurge in foreign direct investment in TCI in recent years has seen Owen advise major clients in the resort, telecommunications and financial fields on inward investment, joint venture and regulatory issues.

 
Gordon Kerr
Principal practice areas:

Real estate
Tourism and resort development
Company and commercial
Banking and finance
gordon@misickstanbrook.tc

Gordon is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde and of the University of Dundee. After practising initially in Scotland, he was called to the Bar of the Turks & Caicos Islands in 1988. He is a former president of the Turks & Caicos Islands Bar Association and is currently a deputy magistrate in the TCI and a member of the Financial Services Commission.

Gordon leads the firm's real estate team and acts for a number of major property and resort developers. He also practises widely in all areas of corporate and commercial law and represents a number of local banks in relation to their commercial and residential lending programs.

 
Associates:
Sarah Knight
Principal practice areas:

Real estate
Tourism & resort development
Banking and Finance
Probate
sarah@misickstanbrook.tc

Sarah undertook her undergraduate degree in law at Nene College, University of Leicester, before accepting a place at the Inns of Court School of Law to study the Bar Vocational Course (BVC). In 1989 Sarah was admitted to both the Bar of England and Wales and to the Bar  of the Turks & Caicos Islands. She is a past president of the Turks & Caicos Islands Bar Association.

Sarah is a Senior Associate in real estate team with experience in real estate, tourism and resort development, business licenses, vessel  registration and probate matters. Sarah acts for the Developers of several condominium developments and has expertise in all areas of  development  from  inception to completion.

Sarah also acts for various banking institutions in the TCI in preparing and overseeing their commercial and residential security.

 

 
Akierra Missick
Principal practice areas:

Dispute Resolution
Company and commercial
Tourism and resort development
akierra@misickstanbrook.tc

Akierra completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham before undertaking the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. Akierra was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2006 and was subsequently admitted to the Bar of the Turks and Caicos Islands later in 2006.

Akierra is a senior member of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution team, and specialises in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment law and acts for one of the largest employers in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Akierra also practices in the areas of corporate and family law.

Akierra was the junior attorney in the legal team that represented the former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Michael Misick and three other individuals in the Commission of Inquiry in early 2009.

Akierra has gained international experience whilst she has been at Misick & Stanbrook. In March 2009, Akierra appeared in the Privy Council in London as a member of the legal team representing Daniel Trimmingham, a St Vincent and the Grenadines national on death row.

In 2011, Akierra undertook and completed the Trust and Estate Practitioner’s (TEP) Diploma, and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Akierra is currently undertaking a BSc (Honours) in Management with Trusts and Estates through the University of Manchester.

Akierra currently holds the position of Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council, a position she held in 2007-2009 and 2010-present.

In her spare time Akierra is a keen traveler having backpacked across the Far East in her student days. Her next big adventure is to tackle the Gulf States and the islands Pan Pacific.

 
Rasheida Ewing
Principal practice areas:

Real estate
Company and commercial
rasheida@misickstanbrook.tc

Rasheida is a graduate of The University of Buckingham, Second Class LLB Honours, Upper Division. She graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law (London) and is a member of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the said Society in 2006. Rasheida was called to The Turks and Caicos Bar in 2007. Rasheida has practiced with the firm since qualifying.

She is a member of The Turks and Caicos Islands Association of Office Professionals (TCIAOP).  She practices in the areas of corporate and commercial law and real estate.

   
Tremmaine Swann
Principal practice areas:

Real estate
Company and commercial
Tourism & resort development
Tremmaine@misickstanbrook.tc

Tremmaine is a graduate of the College of the Bahamas where she earned an Associates Degree in Law and Criminal Justice as well as a graduate of the University of Birmingham where she obtained an LLB Hons Law with Business Degree. Tremmaine undertook the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in the United Kingdom and obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional and Legal Skills. Tremmaine is a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn and was admitted to the Bar of England & Wales in 2007 and to the Bar of the Turks & Caicos Islands in 2008.

Tremmaine began working as a summer intern with Misick & Stanbrook in 2001 where she gained experience in all areas of law. She later joined the Firm full time as an associate attorney following admission to the Turks and Caicos Bar.

Tremmaine practises primarily in the areas of real estate, tourism and resort development, company and commercial matters and banking and finance. She has represented both vendors and purchasers in million dollar land transactions. Tremmaine is also a member of the Firm’s banking and finance team where she has represented some of the Turks and Caicos’ largest lenders.

During her university years Tremmaine spent some summers working as a television journalist and anchor at WIV Channel 4 where she enhanced her communication skills in preparation for her legal career. She is known for her public speaking skills and has had a number of speaking engagements at commencement exercises of both primary and secondary schools.

   
Alexander Heylin
Principal practice areas:

Dispute Resolution
alex@misickstanbrook.tc

Alexander is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (BA hons) and has a Masters Degree from Surrey University in Employment Law (LLM).  He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2000 and called to the Turks and Caicos Bar in 2011.

Alexander is a Senior Attorney in the litigation team and practices extensively in the area of ‘white collar’ Fraud and Money Laundering.  In the UK he was regularly instructed on Fraud and Confiscation proceedings by both the defence and for the prosecution by HMRC, CPS, DWP and the NHS.

He is also an employment specialist having acted in the UK against most of the major investment banks and financial institutions in relation to employment / discrimination litigation.  He particularly specialised in litigation concerning bonuses (the topic of his Masters Thesis).

Alexander also undertakes commercial and public law litigation

 
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