Dwayne E. Fernander
The Bahamas
GrahamThompson
Star General Building, East Mall Drive
P. O. Box F-42451, Freeport
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Tel: +1-242-351-7474
Email:
def@gtclaw.com
Web:
www.grahamthompson.com
Dwayne Fernander is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group of leading law firm GrahamThompson.
Dwayne’s practice focuses primarily on arbitration, admiralty & shipping, construction, contentious real estate (including title/tax/landlord & tenant), fraud and white-collar crime, contentious insurance and personal injury and employment and labour matters including trade union issues and public law/judicial review matters.
Recent engagements include:
- Assisting lead GT counsel in the defense of a major construction company in arbitration where the claimant asserted a multi-million dollar claim for damages arising from defective construction of his home. Damages were claimed in excess of $20 million dollars. The Defendant client was successful in its countersuit.
- Assisting lead GT counsel in successfully arbitrating a construction dispute involving issues of dishonesty and fraud, and breach of contract in which millions were recovered on behalf of the claimant.
- Lead counsel in a major arbitration in which claimant’s claim for damages in excess of $3 million dollars was significantly reduced to mid six figures.
- Lead counsel in the settlement of fatal accident claim in excess of $300,000.
- Lead counsel in a Supreme Court matter involving two major companies in personal injury lawsuits against plaintiffs claiming damages in each instance well in excess of six figures.
- Assisting lead GT counsel in successfully defending against a multi-million dollar claim in the Supreme Court arising out of alleged defective construction of a water theme feature at a major resort in the Bahamas.
- Assisting lead GT counsel in successfully representing a client on an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in which the client claimed that its copyrights had been infringed.
- Representing a major resort against a multi-million dollar suit filed by former employees.
- Assisting lead GT counsel in successfully representing a major industrial shipping magnate in the Supreme Court in a multi-million dollar claim commenced by 114 employees for overtime pay.
Education
- College of Law, United Kingdom
- University of Buckingham (LL.B), United Kingdom
Admissions
- Bar of England and Wales, 2007
- The Bahamas Bar, 2007
Memberships
- The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
- The Bahamas Bar Association
Graham Thompson’s litigation team members are internationally recognised for their skill and focus in resolving disputes through arbitration, litigation, mediation, or negotiation.
Our attorneys regularly work on matters in the following general areas:
- Admiralty & Shipping
- Banking & Financial Services
- Construction & Building
- Constitutional & Administrative Law
- Contentious Estates & Probate
- Corporate & Commercial Disputes
- Environmental Disputes
- Family Matters (Divorce, Matrimonial, Child Custody, Adoptions)
- Fraud & White Collar Crime
- Insolvency & Liquidations
- Intellectual Property
- Insurance
- Libel, Slander and Defamation
- Labour & Employment
- Medical Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Product Safety
- Professional Liability
- Real Estate
- Security Enforcement & Debt Recovery
- Trusts
GrahamThompson (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, securitization, employment and immigration matters.