Hassans
Encyclopedia
Hassans International Law Firm is the largest law firm
in Gibraltar
. It has approximately 74 lawyer
s and was established in 1939 by Joshua Hassan
, just returned to Gibraltar, and later the first Chief Minister of Gibraltar
.
and Commercial
, Financial Services
, Tax
, Fund
s, Legislative
Drafting, Private Client
and Trust Law
, Property
, Shipping
and Company and Trust Management
.
(nephew of the founding partner Sir Joshua Hassan
) he was awarded a lifetime achievement award in the Chambers & Partners European Awards 2008.
Independent legal directories have consistently ranked Hassans as a Tier 1 law firm in Gibraltar and say "Gibraltar's largest law firm, receives praise all round for being the country's most highly reputed law firm". Legal 500, 2009.
s, Line Trust Corporation Limited and Line Management Services Limited.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
in Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
. It has approximately 74 lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
s and was established in 1939 by Joshua Hassan
Joshua Hassan
Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan, GBE, KCMG, LVO, QC , nicknamed "Salvador" , was a Gibraltarian politician, and first Mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar, serving two terms as Chief Minister for a total of 17 years...
, just returned to Gibraltar, and later the first Chief Minister of Gibraltar
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the leader of the largest party elected to the Gibraltar Parliament, and is formally appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British Crown.-List of Chief Ministers:...
.
Practice
The firm specialises in CorporateCorporate law
Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
and Commercial
Commercial law
Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...
, Financial Services
Financial services
Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,...
, Tax
Tax law
Tax law is the codified system of laws that describes government levies on economic transactions, commonly called taxes.-Major issues:Primary taxation issues facing the governments world over include;* taxes on income and wealth...
, Fund
Fund
Fund may refer to:* To fund is the process of Funding, or providing capital or other resources for a transaction, a project, a person, a business or other private or public institutions...
s, Legislative
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
Drafting, Private Client
Client
Client may refer to:* Customer, someone who purchases or hires something from someone else* Client , software that accesses a remote service on another computer* The client who received patronage in ancient Rome...
and Trust Law
Trust law
In common law legal systems, a trust is a relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another...
, Property
Property law
Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property and in personal property, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division between movable and immovable property...
, Shipping
Admiralty law
Admiralty law is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses. It is a body of both domestic law governing maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private entities which operate vessels on the oceans...
and Company and Trust Management
Trust law
In common law legal systems, a trust is a relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another...
.
Accreditation
Hassans is the only Gibraltar law firm rated as tier 1 by Chambers and Partners legal directory, and is rated as tier 1 in every category other than shipping by the Legal 500 directory. At present the senior partner is James Levy QCQueen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
(nephew of the founding partner Sir Joshua Hassan
Joshua Hassan
Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan, GBE, KCMG, LVO, QC , nicknamed "Salvador" , was a Gibraltarian politician, and first Mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar, serving two terms as Chief Minister for a total of 17 years...
) he was awarded a lifetime achievement award in the Chambers & Partners European Awards 2008.
Independent legal directories have consistently ranked Hassans as a Tier 1 law firm in Gibraltar and say "Gibraltar's largest law firm, receives praise all round for being the country's most highly reputed law firm". Legal 500, 2009.
Line Trust
Hassans also has its own Company and Trust Management corporationCorporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
s, Line Trust Corporation Limited and Line Management Services Limited.