Doing Business in T&T - Grantley L. Wiltshire

Address: P.O. Box 219
Eleven Albion
Cor. Dere & Albion Streets, Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Phone: 868 821 5526
Mobile: 868 389 6806
Email: send email

Profile

Grantley Wiltshire’s core practice areas are: Oil and Gas Law; Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Energy Project Development; Energy Contracts; Environmental Law. He is a member of the firm's Business Energy & Tax Group. Since 1982 he has been involved significantly in the development of natural gas resources in Trinidad and Tobago during a period of significantly increased utilization of this resource for the generation of electricity, production of steel and most significantly, the production of methanol, ammonia and liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Grantley was an in-house counsel for The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC), a State owned gas gatherer, pipe liner and re-seller, with increasing levels of responsibility over a period of fourteen (14) years between 1982 and 1996 during which time utilization of natural gas expanded dramatically. He left NGC as Vice-President – Corporate Services. He joined M. Hamel-Smith & Co., in 1996 as a Partner. His knowledge of and familiarity with the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago is well recognized.

Bar Admission

Jamaica 1973
England & Wales 1978
Trinidad & Tobago 1979

Areas of Practice

Agency and Distributorship
Commercial and Contract
Energy Project Development
Foreign Investment
Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Acquisitions

Bar and Professional Associations

Member: The Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago

Director:
Farmland MissChem Limited
Process Plant Services Ltd
Trinidad & Tobago AIDS Foundation

Publications

Author: "Investment in the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Sector," available on the Internet, http://www.trinidadlaw.com

Past Employment Positions

1979-1982: Senior State Solicitor, Assistant Chief State Solicitor, Government of Trinidad & Tobago

1982-1996: Legal Adviser, Manager Legal & Commercial Services, Vice-President, Corporate Services and General Counsel of The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited.

Education

Served Articles of Clerkship (under approval of the Law Society of Jamaica)
English Solicitors Qualifying Examinations

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