Matthew Paton

Office Location

United Kingdom, Bahamas

Short Biography

Matthew's practice encompasses all aspects of traditional and commercial chancery in the areas of trusts and estates, related company matters, insolvency (including cross-border issues), and civil fraud and he regularly appears in the higher courts in the UK. He is recognised as a Leading Individual in Private Client (Legal 500) and Top Ranked in Chambers UK Bar for all Trusts & Estates related matters. Matthew is also ranked as a Leading Individual (Legal 500) and Top Ranked in both Chambers UK Bar for Offshore and Chambers Global (The Bahamas), regularly advising and appearing on matters from all of the principal offshore jurisdictions, including The Bahamas (where he is also called), Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, the Channel Islands, and the Privy Council (acting as the highest appellate court for those jurisdictions). More recently he has done work in St Kitts & Nevis and Grenada. He has also acted as an expert on Bahamian law in the English and US courts (Florida and NYC).

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Holborn Dining Rooms at the Rosewood (London)

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Breathe...

What was your first job?

Not sure it classifies as a job, however it was a (non-taxable - I was 10) income generator - washing cars!

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

Sapiens - a Brief History of Humankind byYuval Noah Harari

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

a growth in multi-jurisdictional instructions with a Caribbean focus