Meet Johanan Leelah Lafeuillee

Johanan Lafeuillee LL.B, L.E.C is the Founder and Principal of CARICOM Attorneys-at-law, a growing regional law firm based in the Caribbean region which offers tailored legal solutions to its regional and international corporate and commercial clients.

Johanan is a member of the Barbados Bar Association, the Grenada Bar Association and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bar Association.

Johanan successfully manages and advises on a wide range of regional-wide and cross-border corporate and commercial matters inclusive of mergers and acquisitions, real estate investment and development, securities, tax, shipping & maritime, international business financial services, international debt collection, trusts & foundations, wills, estates, wealth management, among other areas.

After witnessing the back-end unravelling of real estate investors and developers as a direct result of poor structure and systems, and lack of proper guidance, Johanan sought to carve front-end real estate developer and investor solutions from scratch.

Most notably, she curated the proprietary Project Acceleration System™ that focuses on three pillars – (1) Profitability (viable product curation, trail to market, financing, etc),

(2) Protection (reducing legal exposures and Litigate Proofing™ a product offering), and

(3) Legacy (infusing client’s desired legacy and impact into the project to make it a project that attracts an ideal investor)

Other solutions include design of an in-house and external debt collection framework for major regional banks.

Education and demystification of the law is important to Johanan. She has delivered lunchtime seminars for the Wealth Management Division of a major Regional Canadian Bank on Barbados’ trust & foundations legislative framework. Johanan facilitates The Demystify Citizenship By Investment Project Ownership Power Lunch & Learn a Caribbean-wide education initiative focused on countries with residency and citizenship by investment (“RCBI”) investment incentive frameworks – specifically, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis and Barbados. The firm also sponsors the CARICOM Public Law Podcast – the leading public law Podcast in the region.

Most current, Johanan recently spear-headed the relocation of CARICOM Attorneys-at-Law headquarter operations to the shores of her home-country, Grenada. The vision is that the practice presence continues to grow throughout the region and beyond as the team seeks to provide quality service to its local regional and international private clientele.

Our Mission & Vision

CARICOM Attorneys-at-Law is a growing platform in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that continues to gather the best Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyancers, Trust & Estate Practitioners and Corporate Services Providers in the Caribbean, through our trusted network.

Our approach is multi-disciplinary and collaborative to ensure the best outcomes for our clients. We work alongside some of the leading experts and firms in the region and beyond.

Our core values are:

(1) INTEGRITY;
(2) SIMPLICITY;
(3) CLIENT SATISFACTION; and
(4) COLLABORATION

We are personally abreast of all of our clients matters and work closely with our clients toward achieving the most ideal outcome.

At CARICOM Attorneys we have as our MISSION:

To unveil the 1% insight That can potentially shift the trajectory of our client’s real world, measurable, outcomes.

VISION STATEMENT:

We are here to practice law … differently. Our focus is to identify and meld the legal frameworks and systematic solutions to lawfully realize our client’s desired outcome.

The CARICOM Attorneys Spirit

CARICOM Attorneys is synonymous with curiosity, mastery, and shredding client needs apart to provide multi-dimensional and integrative legal & non-legal guidance.

Collaboration, simplicity, and measurable outcomes are central to its way of being.

This vision enables unmatched integration across sectors to ensure unique guidance for each client.

From real estate investment advisory, residency & citizenship solutions, and structuring optimized tax and legacy frameworks across the Caribbean region (and beyond): the insights of our team are nod to cutting edge dovetailing of fresh and clear client solutions.

The story of CARICOM Attorneys is founded on the cusp of the visionary inspired word, grit, faith, and regional integration.

The practice continues to evolve through our commitment to self-mastery, serving game-changers, disruptors, and socially conscious visionaries and thought leaders.

Pioneering is in our blood. We are not afraid to blend the edges of the mould or simply rip it to shreds to create something better.

We are audacious alchemists, here to witness and partake of the journey of life, in contribution, service and mission.

From the shores of our home office and the desks of our network of lawyers across home offices, coffee shops, and beaches of fifteen (15) plus Islands within the Caribbean Community – CARICOM Attorneys draws inspiration from its founders’ multinational lineage and motto of LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.

We continue to meld the world of the practitioner with that of the prolific academic, and the shores of islands to continue to engineer better solutions for our private clientele.

CARICOM Attorneys is a melting pot of amongst the best legal minds in the Caribbean region. We appreciate the detail within your desired big picture outcome. Search our service offerings to see how we may be able to assist your unique needs. We wish you the best in your navigation.

Meet The Team

Rico Yearwood LL.B, L.E.C, LL.M

Designation: Head, Public Law & Legal Research Department (Regional)

Rico Yearwood is a Barbados-based Attorney-at-Law. He graduated from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus with a Bachelor of Laws degree (First Class Honours). He is also a graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School. He is the holder of an Honorary First-Degree Diploma in Comparative Philosophical Study of Law from the Moscow State University of International Relations in Moscow, Russia.

His practice focus is Public Law, and his focus areas include Caribbean Integration Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law and Administrative Law (contentious and non-contentious).

Hazel Harrison

Designation: Business Executive (Regional)

Hazel Harrison is a dedicated and focused Office Professional with over 20 years’ experience at a Senior Management level.

Hazel served 17 years at the Barbados Bar Association. Most of her experience was gained in the legal arena where she contributed to and gained insight into the efficient management of Bar Associations and planning and executing high-level events and seminars in all areas of law.