Timothy Hamel-Smith

Background

Hamel-Smith, Timothy was born on October 2, 1948 in Trinidad.

Education

The College of Law, Surrey-England (1971). Spoken languages: English.

Career

Worked at M. Hamel-Smith & Company (Portuguese of Spain) specializing in Commercial and Business Practice, Corporate, Banking, Finance, International Investment and Trade, Oil and Gas, Project Financing, Acquisitions, Mergers, Joint Ventures, Divestitures, Privatizations, Tax, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Shipping, Maritime, Admiralty, Shipping, Aviation, Aircraft Leasing, Land Law, Real Estate Development, Employment, Industrial Relations, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Debt Collection. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Trinidad. 1979, England.

Author: "Development Strategy," "A Foreign Investor"s Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, 1993-1996, available on Internet at ETTP://World Wide Web.LEXMUNDI.ORG/067.HTML.

"Securities Market Regulations: Trinidad and Tobago," Euromoney Publications, 1994.

Member: Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Lex Mundi; The Law Society (United Kingdom).

International Bar Association. Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago.

Founded in 1908, M. Hamel-Smith & Company is one of the oldest and largest firms in Trinidad and Tobago. The firm"s twelve attorneys and their support staff of thirty (including a Practice Manager, an Accountant, paralegals and secretaries) provide client services in all areas applicable to local and international commercial clients. M. Hamel-Smith & Company has worked for many years with clients and leading law firms in the world"s financial centers (including New York and London) and its attorneys have developed extensive expertise in multi-national commercial transactions.

As the Trinidad and Tobago member of Lex Mundi (the world"s largest association of independent law firms) the firm keeps current on international legal developments.

M. Hamel-Smith & Company also provides its clients with access to an established network of experienced attorneys and trademark agents across the many jurisdictions in the Caribbean.

Achievements

• Timothy Hamel-Smith has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Lex Mundi; The Law Society (United Kingdom). International Bar Association.

Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago.