Tanya R. Hanna

Sassoon House

Practice Area

• Banking & Finance
• Corporate and Commercial & Securities
• Trusts, Estates & Private Clients

Education

• Norman Manley Law School
  Jamaica
• University of the West Indies
  Jamaica, Barbados

Admissions

• Bahamas, 1993
• Jamaica, 1993

Memberships

• Bahamas Bar Association
• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Tanya R. Hanna joined the firm in 1996. Tanya's specialty is trust law, and she has represented many major trust companies as well as private individuals in a wide spectrum of trust and corporate matters. Tanya’s experience extends to advising clients on all aspects of estate planning including the preparation of wills and trust instruments.

Transactions on which she has recently worked include:

• Merger of the two largest liquor conglomerates in The Bahamas.
• Representing trust companies in major pension fund restructurings.
• Representing the purchaser of shares in a major luxury retail business.
• Advising trust companies on a variety of Bahamian trust law and related issues.

Tanya serves as the Chairperson on the executive committee of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Bahamas branch. She also serves as the Jurisdiction Editor for The Bahamas section of the Portfolio of Laws on the ITPA website.