| Nassau |
Ocean Centre,
Montagu Foreshore,
East Bay Street,
P. O. Box N-3247,
Nassau, Bahamas |
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| Area of Practice |
Commercial Transactions
Securities
Investment Funds
Financial Services Law and Regulation
Private Client & Wealth Management
Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
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| Education |
University of Reading (LLB),
Reading, England
London School of Economics & Political Science (LL.M)
London, England |
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| Admissions |
England & Wales, 1998
Bahamas, 1998 |
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| Memberships |
The Honorable Society of Middle
Temple
Bahamas Bar Association |
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Awards & Recognition
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| Christel Sands-Feaste |
| Partner
Phone: 242 502 5200
Fax: 242 502 5250
E-mail:
csands-feaste@higgsjohnson.com
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| Christel Sands-Feaste is a partner
in the firm's Commercial Law Practice Group and
chair of the Securities & Investment Funds group.
She has
extensive legal experience in corporate and
commercial law, asset financing, resort development and international trust and company
administration. She has acted in all aspects of
commercial transactions including mergers and
acquisitions, asset financing, private placements of
offshore securities, investment fund structuring and
creation and estate planning. She regularly advises
clients on day-to-day legal issues including
licensing and compliance matters as well as other
general corporate activities. Ms. Sands-Feaste has
represented both domestic and foreign clients in a
variety of businesses including the financial
services and hospitality industries. Recent
transactions in which Christel has been involved
include advising a developer on a $2.5 billion
resort development and financing transaction. Prior to her
admission to the Partnership of Higgs & Johnson in
2009, she served as Vice President - Legal for a
family office and a leading Bahamian development
company.
Mrs. Sands-Feaste was educated in the United
Kingdom and holds an LLB from Reading University
and an LLM in Banking and Finance Law from the
London School of Economics and Political
Science. She was called to the bars of England
and Wales and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in
1998.
Mrs. Sands-Feaste is a member of the Bahamas
Bar Association and the Funds Working Group of
The Bahamas Financial Services Board. In 2006,
she was named as a leading commercial
lawyer in The Bahamas in the International
Financial Law Review 1000 ("IFLR"). In
2010, Christel was recommended by Global Law
Experts in Mergers & Acquisitions Law. She has
also been listed as a leading lawyer in
her field by both Chambers Global and IFLR1000,
2011 and 2012 editions.
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