| Nassau |
Ocean Centre,
Montagu Foreshore,
East Bay Street,
P. O. Box N-3247,
Nassau, Bahamas |
| |
| Area of Practice |
Trusts
Foundations
Banking Law
Estates
International Commercial Law |
| |
| Education |
University of Lancaster (BA) (Hons),
Lancaster, England
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
(Trustee Diploma)
University of London (LL.B) (Hons), London,
England |
| |
| Admissions |
| Bahamas, 1994 |
| |
| Memberships |
Bahamas Bar Association
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (founding
member and past chairperson)
Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising)
|
| |
| Awards |
|
| |
|
| |
|
 |
| Heather L. Thompson |
| Partner
Phone: 242 502 5200
Fax: 242 502 5250
E-mail: hthompson@higgsjohnson.com
Download V-Card
|
| |
| Ms. Heather L. Thompson has had
extensive experience in international trust and
company administration which gives her a unique
perspective in counselling individual and corporate
clients on the creation of trusts and ownership
structures. She also gives advice to trust companies
on the development of new services and issues
arising in trust administration. Her practice
includes wills, applications for probate, estates
administration, foundations, private trust
companies, issues in company law and international
commercial contracts.
Ms. Thompson was educated in the United Kingdom at
the University of Lancaster (BA) (Hons) and University
of London (LL.B) (Hons). She attained the Chartered
Institute of Bankers Trustee Diploma in 1981 following
a year-long secondment to National Westminster
Bank's Trustee Department, West End Branch, London,
and was called to The Bahamas Bar in 1994. She joined Higgs & Johnson in 1992
as an articled clerk and became a partner in 2000.
Ms. Thompson is a founding member and past chairperson
of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
(STEP) in The Bahamas and a former member of STEP's
Council. She is also a member of the Law Society
of England and Wales (non-practising). Ms Thompson
has served as a consultant on several important
pieces of financial services legislation, including
Acts relating to trusts, the Purpose Trust,
Foundations and Private Trust Companies. She has
received numerous awards including the
Bahamas Financial Services Board 'Executive
of the Year' (2003); STEP Founder's Award
for Outstanding Achievement (2009); a
recommendation by Chambers Global in General Business Law
(2010 - 2012); and the International Law Office
Client Choice Awards in Offshore Services (2012). |
|
