Michelle M. Pindling-Sands

Sassoon House

Practice Area

• Admiralty, Shipping & Aviation
• Banking & Finance
• Corporate and Commercial & Securities
• Immigration & Employment
• Real Estate & Development

Education

• The Council of Legal Education
  London, England
• London School of Economics & Political Science
  London, England

Admissions

• England and Wales, 1986
• Bahamas, 1986

Memberships

• The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
• Bahamas Bar Association

Michelle Pindling-Sands joined the firm in 1986. Michelle’s specialty is corporate law, and she is the partner in charge of GTC Corporate Services Limited, an affiliate of the firm, which provides a comprehensive array of corporate, administrative, and management services. Michelle also has widespread experience in real estate matters, resort financing, and banking. She handles a variety of corporate and domestic immigration matters for international clients.

Transactions on which she has recently worked include:

• Advising to leading aircraft companies and financiers on aircraft registration matters.
• Advising on all aspects of Bahamian law in the merger in relation to two major companies trading on the Danish Stock Exchange.
• Development structuring on large resorts in Abaco and Eleuthera.

Michelle is the Chairperson of The Sir Lynden O. Pindling Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes the legacy of her late father, Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas. From 2002 to 2007 she served as a Senator in The Bahamas Government.