‘Richard Sykes is a standout advisor, especially on deals involving real estate finance and hospitality assets. He brings deep technical knowledge and an ability to anticipate both legal and commercial risks before they materialise. His responsiveness and calm demeanour have been key in navigating high-value, time-sensitive matters.'

Legal 500

‘Richard Sykes has been a good hire. He is very experienced, knowledgeable, and is good to work with. He is well respected on the island as a safe pair of hands.’

Legal 500

'Because of Richard Sykes' experience in-house, Richard brings a level of expertise on complex and novel transactions that is rare in private practice in this market, and coupled with the "start-up" nature of the firm's real estate practice, allows him to be flexible, creative, responsive, and effective.’

Legal 500

About

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D: +1 345 749 2003

E: richard.sykes@careyolsen.com

Laws Practised:

Cayman Islands

Location:

Cayman Islands

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Richard is partner in property team in the Cayman Islands. Richard advises on Cayman real estate, development and all aspects of local leasing and licensing. Richard's practice focuses on complex real estate transactions and structuring. In addition Richard has significant experience in hospitality and infrastructure.

Since arriving in Cayman in 2008, Richard has been involved in almost every major hotel acquisition as well as guiding the development of Camana Bay, Cayman's only mixed use community.

Richard has significant experience in public sector projects and is the lead legal advisor in Cayman's first Public Private Partnership established to modernise the Islands' solid waste infrastructure.

Richard also has hotel and commercial development experience in a number of other Caribbean jurisdictions.

Richard is a CIMA approved director and sits on the executive committees of several strata corporations.

Career

Prior to joining Carey Olsen, Richard headed up the real estate and development in-house legal team at the Dart group of companies, Cayman's largest real estate and hotel developer.

Richard graduated from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand with degrees in law and business.

Richard was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (non-practising) in 2000, as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising) in 2002 and as a Cayman Islands attorney in 2008. Richard is also a notary public of the Cayman Islands.