Nicolette Doherty is a graduate of the University of Kent, Canterbury, England and Georgetown University, Washington D.C, in the United States, where she obtained a BA in Law and a Masters Degree in International and Comparative Law. She is a member of Middle Temple Inn of Court in London and is admitted to the Bar of England and Wales, Nigeria, and Antigua and Barbuda. She is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and member of the Law Society and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the United Kingdom.
Ms. Doherty heads a corporate and commercial law practice and has acquired extensive experience in corporate insolvency and restructuring, asset recovery, banking and corporate finance, project financing, mergers and acquisitions and commercial and private real estate transactions. She represents leading financial institutions, local and international investors and other corporate clients.
Ms. Doherty has acted as lead counsel on a number of significant private sector projects which include the acquisition of a leading commercial bank, real estate development projects, the development and financing of hotel and tourism projects, the structuring of a bond issue to finance a cable network service, the preparation of loan and equity financing documents and the structuring of joint ventures and collaboration agreements in the field of financial services.
She has advised clients in relation to the drafting of real estate development agreements, joint venture agreements, project financing documents, commercial loan agreements, secured syndicated lending arrangements, participation agreements and various forms of collateral arrangements and security documentation including real estate mortgages, bonds, debentures trust and guarantee instruments.
In addition, she currently collaborates with a multi-jurisdictional team of specialized asset recovery and insolvency practitioners and acts as local counsel in connection with the liquidation of an international bank in Antigua and Barbuda. She has also participated in the structuring of a regional trust fund to support policy holder claims against an insolvent insurer.
Ms Doherty has acted as a consultant to Caricom and other international and multilateral development agencies and has prepared reports on the harmonization of investment principles and standard within the region including investment, business and regulatory reform, anti-corruption and good governance initiatives.
She currently serves on the boards of several corporations and non-profit organizations. She is a member of the audit committee of a leading financial institution in Antigua and Barbuda and a member of ICC Fraudnet as its representative for Antigua and Barbuda.
The firm was established to provide specialized commercial law services in response to the needs of a rapidly growing and dynamic commercial environment within Antigua and the Caribbean Region.
As a small practice, the firm benefits from its multi-jurisdictional practice experience and the development of key partnerships and successful collaborations around the world.
The firm’s critical success factors include wide experience in its key areas of specialization, a culture that enables the firm to offer consistently high standards, a client-focused attitude combined with a commercial approach to problem solving, and its expanding network of professional relationships.
The firm has developed a broad client base from individual clients and small private companies, to multinational corporations, private investment companies and leading financial institutions.
Up to date information technology allows the firm to meet commercial exigencies and to deliver high standards within critical timelines.
