Address: P.O. Box 219
Eleven Albion
Cor. Dere & Albion Streets, Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Phone: 868 821 5506
Mobile: 868 384 5871
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Profile

Nicole Ferreira-Aaron joined M. Hamel-Smith & Co. immediately after qualifying as a lawyer in 1991. She started her career in the Disputes & Risk Management Department where she spent 4 years servicing some of the firm’s major clients in commercial litigation and mortgagee actions. She became a Partner in 1998 and is a member of the firm's Finance & Banking Group.

Mrs. Ferreira-Aaron now handles a range of banking and finance work for several international banks. She has worked on complex corporate finance transactions such as secured and unsecured, syndicated and bilateral financings, project finance, acquisition finance and capital markets. With a litigation background, she brings to her practice a keen sensitivity to the risk aspects of finance documentation.

She has worked on numerous local bond issues and has collaborated with several leading New York and London law firms in substantial international finance transactions, with responsibility for preparing and perfecting local security documentation and providing advice on all local law issues.

She is regarded as an expert in aviation lease purchase and finance, having been involved in the majority of aviation transactions concluded in Trinidad & Tobago in the past decade. She has also provided advice to local banks, international investment houses and insurance companies on local securities laws and regulations.

As a Partner, Mrs. Ferreira-Aaron has developed a particular interest in client relations and firm administration.

Bar Admission

Admitted Trinidad & Tobago: 1991

Languages English, Spanish, French

Areas of Practice

• Aviation
• Capital Markets
• Commercial and Contract
• Corporate and Business
• Finance
• Foreign Investment
• Franchising
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Privatization
• Project Financing
• Securities
• Venture Capital

Career

Membership

The Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago

Publications

Co-Author: "Incentives to Invest" - Investors Guide to Trinidad & Tobago – available on the Internet at http://www.trinidadlaw.com

Education

1991: Legal Education Certificate (L.E.C) Hugh Wooding Law School

1989: LL.B (Hons) The University of the West Indies