| Nassau |
Ocean Centre,
Montagu Foreshore,
East Bay Street,
P. O. Box N-3247,
Nassau, Bahamas |
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| Area of Practice |
Commercial Law
Company Law |
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| Education |
University of the West Indies (LL.B),
Kingston, Jamaica and Cave Hill, Barbados
Norman Manley Law School, Kingston Jamaica
Nova Southeastern University (MBA), Ft Lauderdale,
Florida |
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| Executive Training |
Harvard University, (Financial Management),
Boston Massachusetts
Jamaica Institute of Bankers (Investment Management),
Kingston Jamaica |
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| Admissions |
Jamaica |
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| Memberships |
Jamaica Bar Association
Toastmasters International (Advanced Toastmaster,
Silver)
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| Portia J Nicholson |
| Associate
Phone: 242 502 5200
Fax: 242 502 5250
E-mail: pnicholson@higgsjohnson.com
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| Ms. Portia J Nicholson is a Corporate
and Commercial lawyer with experience in Jamaica
and The Bahamas as in-house counsel and as a solo
practitioner. Before entering private practice,
she was Director of the National Bank of Jamaica’s
Portfolio Management Unit, managing the bank’s
long term investment portfolio and chairing the
Strategic Planning Committee. She had previously
prepared legal documentation for the bank’s
privatisation in 1990s.
Ms. Nicholson earned an LL.B from the University of
the West Indies in 1984 and two years later received
a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman
Manley Law School. In 1993 she obtained an MBA
from Nova Southeastern University. Portia’s
continuing executive training has included Harvard
Business School’s Focused Financial Management
Series and courses in Investment Management at
the Jamaica Institute of Bankers.
Ms. Nicholson joined Higgs & Johnson as an
Associate in 2005. She is a member of the Jamaica
Bar Association and a Silver Advanced Toastmaster.
She is a former adjunct lecturer at University
College of the Caribbean and a past president
of Nova Southeastern University Alumni Association.
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