Areas of Expertise

Bristol Law provides a wide range of corporate services and has acted for many local and regional companies and international financial institutions. The advice sought and provided is wide ranging and includes, but is not limited to banking transactions, property development, company acquisitions and securities.

Our representation in tax matters is wide ranging from negotiations with the Inland Revenue Department, objections to assessments, tax tribunals and litigation.

Investments into local companies by foreign or other local investors have been on the increase in St. Lucia. Bristol Law has been at the forefront of many high profile mergers and acquisitions for both foreign and local investors in a wide variety of sectors including food, retail, security, hardware and group acquisitions.

The approach taken involves working with accounting professionals and firms to ensure the financial stability and tax efficiency of the transactions and the resulting structure.

A key component of the experience brought to bear on M&A’s comes from work done by the firm in effecting reorganizations of companies in financial difficulty. Anthony has for many years successfully worked with small and large companies and entrepreneurs in right sizing, reorganizing and in some cases, liquidating part of their assets to achieve financial stability and long term success.

Trends and market developments offer opportunities and challenges to the hospitality industry in St. Lucia which is a vital part of the economy. At Bristol Law, we understand the opportunities, challenges and risks within the sector and are able to guide hotel owners, contractors, suppliers and other service providers.

We provide a complete range of services from the conceptual stage right through to operations. These include but are not limited to:

• Advice on the ownership and operating structure

• Obtaining of all permissions and licenses including concessions and alien landholdings licenses

• Construction law support

• Property acquisition

• Emphyteutic leases

• Corporate services

• Marriage licenses

Planning for unforeseen circumstances can help eliminate any delays or disputes with settling estate matters. We do provide probate services for persons who have left Wills and apply for administration of estates where the person dies interstate.

Bristol Law’s Principal, Anthony Bristol, has been a pioneer in this area of the practice acting primarily for commercial banks that have deemed it necessary to appoint a receiver. Anthony has brought his experience in business to bear and has been able to achieve a very high success rate in a relatively short time.

A key part of the approach taken is to engage the services of the best accounting, valuation and real estate professionals to obtain accurate, realistic positions for the companies and a market based valuation of the assets of the company in receivership. Anthony has also been able to build trust and working relationships with the government agencies involved which facilitate timely responses to consents and other administrative requests.

We provide a complete range of services for persons purchasing or selling property. This includes the preparing of the agreement for sale, the application for and obtaining of clearances required, the conducting of searches and other checks to ensure that the title can be passed free and clear, the incorporation of companies and of alien licenses and preparation of mortgages if required.

We provide a full range of arbitration services led by our consultants, all of who are Senior Counsels/Queen’s Counsels with tremendous experience in these matters.