Seon & Associates

Acting primarily for Employers, our Grenada employment lawyers provide opinions and legal advice, and represent our clients in labour matters before the Labour Commissioner, the Minister of Labour, and the Supreme Court of Grenada on a wide range of employment and labour relations issues, including termination and redundancy, suspension and other disciplinary measures.

We are frequently retained by clients to assist with interpretation of specific provisions in our Labour Code, where there is uncertainty and or ambiguity in the language of the legislative provisions.

We also assist with Union negotiations, preparation and review of Collective Agreements, Pension and Employee Benefit Plans, Employment Contracts, Staff Manuals, and Work Permit applications.

Our employment law services have included:

• Advising on COVID-19 (coronavirus) employment and labour relations matters
• Preparing COVID-19 (coronavirus) employment occupational safety and health policies
• Advising on issues of successorship and the dissolution of an entity by operation of law
• Advising and acting for Statutory Boards and Private Sector Employers on termination, summary dismissal, compensation, pension plans, industrial disputes, fixed term contracts, uniform
• Advising on the restructuring of business operations, including redundancy procedures and negotiations with the Collective Bargaining Agent
• Advising on certain provisions of the Employment Act submitting proposals for labour code reforms and equality of bargaining positions to the Ministry of Labour

Our Grenada real estate lawyers offer comprehensive guidance on all aspects of conveyancing and real property matters, for residential and commercial properties and matters related thereto.

• Negotiations for the sale and purchase of property
• Preparation and settlement of residential and commercial leases
• Sale agreements
• Deeds of sale, deeds of gift, deeds of assent and deeds of assignment
• Reconveyances, trust deeds, and deeds of rectification
• Real Estate Project Development Agreement
• Applications for alien’s licence approvals to hold interest in real property
• Applications for tax concessions on tourism property developments.
• Assisting with planning, negotiating, preparing and settling agreements with the Government on foreign direct investments.

We are experienced in contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, providing sound legal advice on a timely basis. We have represented Controllers, Provisional Liquidators, and Liquidators in the winding-up of several companies and Off-shore Banks in Grenada, since 2001.

In conjunction with international law firms, we continue to advise and represent our clients in multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings. The Firm also provides legal opinions on unique local law issues related to winding up proceedings in Grenada and a wide variety of insolvency related matters.

We offer legal representation before the High Court and the Appellate Court on behalf of Banks, Financial Institutions, and Liquidators involving applications for directions, vesting, e-communication, reciprocal enforcement, release, discharge, and dissolution orders.

Recent Assignments Include:

• Advising and Acting for Joint Liquidators on multiple Court applications for their release and discharge and for dissolution of a group of companies in liquidation.
• Advising an international accounting firm on compulsory winding up procedures under the laws of Grenada
• Advising a Liquidator on the handling of unclaimed funds.

We provide immigration services in the areas of:

• Citizenship by Investment
• Through an affiliated company, Just Inter-Continental Services Inc. a licensed local and escrow agent, we provide advice and guidance to persons seeking second citizenship, www.jicsgrenadacbi.com.
• Citizenship and Permanent Residence applications and advisory services
• Passport renewal applications

Our Grenada corporate lawyers have worked extensively in collaboration with regional and international law firms on a number of major cross border transactions in the Caribbean region, such as takeover bids and acquisitions, in addition to providing core standard corporate and commercial services to local, regional and international clients, which include: 

• Incorporation and registration of companies
• Business name registration
• Drafting and preparing shareholder agreements and joint venture agreements, by-laws and articles for non-profit corporations
• Legal advice on corporate structure and reorganisation issues
• Legal advice in regard to a wide range of commercial issues
• Tax matters related to income, withholding, property transfer, and value added tax matters
• Licences, Regulation & Compliance
• Opening of bank accounts
• Corporate Governance
• Family business advisory services

Our law firm regularly represents corporate and individual clients (including high-net-worth individuals), and statutory authorities on a wide range of civil matters including contract, employment, insolvency, construction, insurance, estate and commercial matters, before the Magistrate’s Court, High Court and the Appellate Court.

We also routinely provide guidance and counsel in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms including mediation and arbitration where suitable for expedited and practical settlement of legal disputes.

In conjunction with international law firms, we continue to advise and represent our clients in multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings. The Firm also provides legal opinions on unique local law issues related to winding up proceedings in Grenada and a wide variety of insolvency related matters. We are experienced in contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, providing sound legal advice on a timely basis. We have represented Controllers, Provisional Liquidators, and Liquidators in the winding-up of several companies and Off-shore Banks in Grenada, since 2001.

In major complex commercial cases, we work in conjunction with our associated network of consulting firms, King’s Counsel and Senior Counsel from the Caribbean, the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom, as well as Privy Council Agents.

Our litigation services have included: 

• Unfair prejudice claims and derivative actions
• Acting as Instructing Counsel in international corporate disputes based on contractual breach and alleged unjust enrichment
• Assisting foreign Counsel with interpretation issues of local legislation, issues regarding statutory entities and their applicability to foreign international debt attachment proceedings.
• Acting as Counsel in debt collection and enforcement proceedings for international, regional and local entities and financial institutions before the Magistrate’s Court and the High Court.
• Representing personal representatives in contentious claims concerning wills and estate claims, constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel,
• Acting in defamation proceedings emanating from a property dispute,
• Representing insurance companies and individuals in personal injury and property damage matters,
• Acting as Counsel in the High Court and advising Development Scheme Residents’ Associations on injunctive proceedings for breach of covenants in the Development Schemes.
• Representing statutory commission before on matters of judicial review before High Court and Court of Appeal
• Acting as Counsel for Receivers and Liquidators, advising on a wide variety of matters including, the discharge of ex-parte injunctions, application for directions pursuant to the Companies Act, including directions for disposal of chattels charged under Mortgage Debentures and distribution of proceeds, determination of priorities, summary judgment proceedings, and release and dissolution orders.

1. legal representation before the High Court and the Appellate Court on behalf of Banks, Financial Institutions, and Liquidators involving applications for directions, vesting, e-communication, reciprocal enforcement, release, discharge, and dissolution orders.
   • Advising and Acting for Joint Liquidators on multiple Court applications for their release and discharge and for dissolution of a group of companies in liquidation.
   • Advising a Liquidator on the handling of unclaimed funds.
   • Advising an international accounting firm on compulsory winding up procedures under the laws of Grenada

We provide legal assistance and advice, and represent clients in contentious and non-contentious family matters including 

• Separation agreements
• Grounds for divorce and divorce petitions
• Financial issues including property settlement and division
• Maintenance for spouse and children
• Adoption applications
• Cross border divorce advisory services
• Child custody arrangements
• Mediation sessions

We provide opinions and legal advice on issues of copyright and trademarks, including registrations, notice and protection of rights. We liaise with the Registrar and Staff at the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Registry on searches, registration and renewals of trademarks.

We also act as agents for the registered proprietors of trademarks in Grenada.

• Acting for international proprietors of trademarks in the registration and renewals of multiple international class marks
• Advising on application for licensing and approval for use of copyrighted materials from a regional copyright organization
• Registration of trademarks and patents
• Licensing and assignment of trademarks
• Renewal and maintenance of trademarks
• Enforcement of trademark rights through oppositions, cancellations and litigation
• Trademark searches and due diligence services
• Brand protection
• Copyright matters
• General intellectual property advice