Expertise and Professional Background

Leonard Birmingham has been a partner with Harneys since 1997 and is Global Head of Corporate. He has extensive experience in all aspects of BVI and Anguillan corporate law and also advises on banking and insolvency law. His client base spans the globe and consists mainly of established public and private companies, founders and investors in start-up companies, company directors and shareholders, law firms and banks. This international practice has afforded him the opportunity to be involved in initial public offerings and listings on major stock exchanges in New York, London, Singapore, Amsterdam and Oslo. Leonard advises on joint ventures and private placements, mergers, takeovers, corporate restructuring, directors' duties, shareholder rights, banking, insolvency, project finance, asset finance and special purpose vehicles for tax or corporate structures. He is a notary public in the British Virgin Islands.

Leonard is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Expertise

BVI
Corporate and Commercial
Anguilla
Insolvency and Restructuring
Intellectual Property
Africa

Education & Admissions

Education

Hugh Wooding Law School (Legal Education Certificate) 1991
University of the West Indies (LLB) 1989

Bar Admissions

Trinidad and Tobago 1991
British Virgin Islands 1992
Anguilla 1999

Publications

More Articles

Overview of M&A activity in the BVI

Leonard A. Birmingham and Simon Hudd co-authored this article about M&A activity in the British Virgin Islands. It was published in the 6th Edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review. read more

Latest Deals

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Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited listing on Bermuda Stock Exchange

Harneys recently advised Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited ("Waterloo"), a BVI Business Company, on BVI law aspects of its listing on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Waterloo is an investment holding company whose principal subsidiary is... read more

Directories

Recommended by Chambers as a foreign lawyer in the UK (Corporate/M&A) and noted for his "technical skills and outstanding assistance on an array of transactional concerns".
Recommended by Chambers UK.
Highly recommended by PLC in its Corporate/M&A rankings.
Recommended by Legal 500.
Ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000.