CHRISTOPHER COYE

Senior Partner - Notary Public - Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP)

Phone +501.223.1476
Fax      +501.223.0214

Paralegal: Shakira Crawford

Education & Bar Admission

University of Texas at Austin (M.S.)
University of the West Indies (L.L.B., Hons)
Norman Manley Law School (L.E.C.)

Called to the Bar in 1999

Career

Courtenay Coye LLP (2007-present)

Coye & Co. (2005 – 2007)

Glenn D. Godfrey & Co. LLP (2000-2005)

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation (1999)

Served as President of Bar Association of Belize (2004-2005), Chairman of Integrity Commission (2005-2008), Director on Board of Directors of the Belize Bank Limited (2005-2012), Belize Bank International Limited (2006–2013), Development Finance Corporation (2009-2010) and Belize High School (2010-2011)

Practice Areas & Sector

  • Commercial Law
  • Banking & Finance
  • Acquisitions
  • International Financial Services
  • Conveyancing & Real Estate
  • Foreign Investment
  • Tax Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Intellectual Property
  • Offshore Companies
  • Trusts & Foundations
  • Probate

Affiliations

Bar Association of Belize

International Bar Association

International Financial Services Commission

Belize International Financial Services Association (Former President)

International Tax Planning Association

Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners

International Trademark Association

Asociacion Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI)

International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Rotary Club of Belize

Belize Elementary School (Chairman)

Languages

English
Spanish (working knowledge)

Professional Recognition

Chambers & Partners Legal Publishers – Leading Lawyer in General Business Law, 2012

Publications

Private Foundations World Survey (Belize Chapter), Oxford University Press (2013)

“Belize’s International Foundation” Volume 18 Trusts & Trustees Issue 6 July 2012 Special Issue: Private Foundations: A World Review 2012 Oxford University Press

“Trademark Law in Belize: Implementation of GATT TRIPS in a Developing Country” Vol 93 Trademark Review 1

Contributor

International Law Office World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) “Doing Business” – World Bank International Finance Corporation