| Nassau |
Ocean Centre,
Montagu Foreshore,
East Bay Street,
P. O. Box N-3247,
Nassau, Bahamas |
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| Area of Practice |
Commercial Law
Securities
Corporate Law
Intellectual Property |
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| Education |
McGill University (B.A.) (Hons),
Montreal, Canada
University College of London (LLB), London,
England
College of Law (Legal Practice Course for Solicitors),
London, England |
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| Admissions |
Solicitors Roll England and Wales,
2002
Bahamas Bar, 2003 |
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| Lisa R Benjamin |
| Associate
Phone: 242 502 5200
Fax: 242 502 5250
E-mail: lbenjamin@higgsjohnson.com
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| With considerable experience
in an international law firm in London, Lisa Benjamin
has acted in numerous large scale commercial transactions
with associated values up to GBP 2 billion. She
appeared as counsel for a major financial institution
in its acquisition of a large chain of hotels from
a global chain, and was seconded to the in-house
legal division of a multinational investment bank
negotiating software development and global IT licences
for financial products, including a global licensing
agreement worth approximately GBP 10 million.
Her experience extends to include drafting and
negotiating general services, joint venture, hotel
management, distribution and agency agreements
and franchising agreements for various general
commercial, pharmaceutical, retail, consumer facing
and advertising companies.
Lisa studied History and Literature at McGill
University, graduating with a first class joint
honours Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995. She earned
an LLB from the University College of London in
1998 and completed the Legal Practice Course for
Solicitors at the College of Law a little more
than one year later. She subsequently spent two
years in cross-departmental training in the law
firm of CMS Cameron McKenna in London, and was
admitted to the Solicitors Roll in England in
2002. She spent a further four years practising
in the Commercial Department of CMS Cameron McKenna,
and was called to The Bahamas Bar in 2003.
Lisa joined Higgs & Johnson as an Associate
in 2007.
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