Expertise and Professional Background
Johann joined Harneys in 2001 and is a Partner in the firm's Private Client Department where, as the firm's key contact for Shipping, he advises some of the world's leading financial institutions, law firms, ship builders and yacht owners on all aspects of the acquisition, registration, financing, diposal and operation of ships in the context of the tax neutral registries of the BVI and the Cayman Islands. Johann also advises local and foreign institutional and private clients on a variety of commercial and real property matters including corporate restructurings, acquisitions and disposal of real property and businesses, and advises domestic banking institutions in financing transactions and generally in relation to BVI banking law.
Johann is a member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and sits on the Marketing Advisory Committee of the BVI International Finance Centre, as the BVI shipping industry's representative, and is routinely invited to participate in Government initiatives with respect to promotion and development of BVI shipping business.
He is a Notary Public in the British Virgin Islands.
Education
University of the West Indies (BSc) 1996
University of the West Indies (LLB) 1999
Norman Manley Law School (CLE) 2001
Bar Admissions
Admitted in the British Virgin Islands 2002
Admitted in Jamaica 2003
Admitted in Anguilla 2006
Partner since 2010