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: Commercial, Shipping & Admiralty and Trust Litigation. Fraud Recovery -

Phone: (242) 322-4195/9
Fax: (242) 328-2520, 356-2713
nE-mail: jfwilson@mckinney.com.bs
PROFILE


John Fritzgerald Wilson is a commercial litigation attorney whose areas of expertise include shipping and admiralty litigation, trust litigation, and fraud recovery involving the tracing and recovery of stolen assets. In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Wilson advises several of the larger Bahamian trust companies and is actively engaged in the firms work in the private client area advising high net worth individuals on the use of various off shore products.

Following his education at the University of Buckingham in England, he was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bahamas Bar in 1994. He was also admitted to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn of the United Kingdom. Mr. Wilson was admitted to partnership in the firm in 2001 and is currently a member of the Bahamas Bar Council.

Mr. Wilson is the contributing editor for the Bahamas chapter of the english version of the International Real Estate Handbook published by John Wiley & Sons, a publication directed to high net worth Europeans and their professional advisors. Mr Wilson regularly writes articles and delivers speeches in his field. Some of his more recent presentations include:

  • Trustee Investment Powers Under the Bahamas Trustee Act;
  • The Law of Tracing and its Effect on Commercial Institutions – delivered at the third annual Commercial Law workshop of the University of the West Indies
  • The International Trust Under Fire – the New Litigation Landscape – delivered as a series of lectures in Nassau, Bahamas.

Among the matters on which Mr. Wilson has recently worked are:

  • A case out of Palm Beach Florida involving one of the largest jewelry fraud scams in the history of the United States of America. Litigation was commenced in The Bahamas to trace and recover approximately US$ 6,000,000. representing the proceeds of the fraud deposited with a local trustee. Virtually full recovery of all proceeds in The Bahamas was realised. ….
  • A case involving a fraudulent international credit card scam where proceeds of the fraud were deposited with various Bahamian entities. Judgment was obtained in favour of the international bank concerned.
  • As general counsel to the Joint Liquidators of Surety Bank & Trust
  • Mr. Wilson is the contributing editor for the Bahamas chapter of the english version of the International Real Estate Handbook published by John Wiley & Sons, a publication directed to high net worth Europeans and their professional advisors.
 
 

 

 
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