Aliya G. Allen

Graham Thompson (GT) prides itself on its unique combination of expert legal skills and real-world experience in working out effective solutions to complex problems. With more than 70 years of continuous history and a first-rate balance between seasoned practitioners and dynamic young lawyers, GT is excellence-driven in every way.

Producing and sustaining clientele drawn locally and from across five continents is the focal point of the firm’s efforts. Integrity, hard work, understanding the “bigger picture” that frames the specific legal needs of clients, creativity, rigorous ethical restraint in the charging of fees, and uncompromising loyalty to the client are key ingredients of the GT ethos.

The firm, well known as the largest commercial law firm in The Bahamas, has successfully expanded from its main downtown Nassau location in recent years to better serve its broad range of corporate and private clients. In 2000, the Freeport, Grand Bahama office was opened, followed by the launching of licensed affiliate GTC Corporate Services in 2001 and the Lyford Cay, New Providence office in 2011. On January 1, 2023, GT expanded to the island of Abaco with the opening of the firm’s Marsh Harbour office.

The firm has an enviable reputation both domestically and globally in a variety of important legal disciplines. Our attorneys are sought after by leaders in the real property, resort development, banking and capital markets, and domestic tax and regulatory sectors. We are highly regarded for our expertise in trust and estate planning, commercial matters, civil litigation, family law, securitisation, employment, and immigration matters.

The firm is consistently ranked as a tier-one law firm by leading international ratings publications, including Chambers and Partners, IFLR 1000, and Citywealth Leaders List, among others.

Unique among law firms, GT has, through the years, made notable contributions to high public service. GT’s former partners have played critical roles in The Bahamas’ judiciary, including three of the nation’s past Attorneys-General, the former Chief Justice, several Justices of The Bahamas Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and the Chairman of the Judicial Review Commission. Other partners have served The Bahamas government as Senators, a Minister of Labour & Housing, a Gaming Board Chairman, a Water & Sewerage Corporation Chairman, a Broadcasting Corporation Chairman, and the Vice-Chair of the College of The Bahamas.

Presently, our partners serve as Chairman of the National Insurance Appeals Tribunal, Deputy Chair of the National Health Insurance Authority, and as Directors of the Central Bank of The Bahamas and the National Insurance Board. This record of service to successive governments and the judiciary is wholly without parallel in the history of the legal profession of The Bahamas.