Buck Grizzel

Buck is a Senior Associate and is Head of Local Legal Services at Stuarts. He advises on Real Estate, Planning, Corporate and Commercial, Immigration, Wills, Probate and Estate Planning, Employment, Business Incorporation and Licensing, and other regulatory matters.

Practice Experience

Buck has over 20 years specialist experience advising on Cayman Islands Law.

His practice areas include: ordinary resident, exempted and special economic zone companies, company formation and foreign company registration under the Companies Act, corporate and commercial law advice, matters relating to the Registered Land Act and Regulations including the sale, purchase, leasing and development of real estate; bank and private party financing particularly in the context of real estate development; Stamp Duty Act and Land Holding Companies Share Transfer Tax Act issues; Trade and Business Licensing Act and Local Companies (Control) Act applications; work permits and work visas, residency, the right to be Caymanian and other Immigration Transition Act applications and appeals; Development and Planning Act matters; Labour Act, National Pensions Act and Health Insurance Act requirements,  and Wills and Probate applications.

Admissions

• Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Education

• Queens University, Legal Practitioners Course
• University of Liverpool, LLB Honours Degree

Publications

• Immigration Act Guidance Note
• Residency in the Cayman Islands

Professional Associations/Memberships

• The Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association    
• Former Chairman, Immigration Appeals Tribunal
• Notary Public

Buck has been ranked as a Recommended Lawyer in Real Estate by The Legal500 global directory.  Buck leads the real estate work at Stuarts Humphries and as the firm's head of local legal services has broad, complementary skills across corporate, commercial, probate and immigration law.  He has been praised by client's for being “competent” and client focused”.