ATTORNEYS

PETER A DEPASS

PRACTICE HEAD

Peter Alexander DePass is an Attorney-At-Law practicing in Kingston, Jamaica. He was admitted to the Jamaica Bar in 1991 and graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) in 1988. He is also a graduate of the Norman Manley Law School (1990) and holds a Master of Laws degree in Corporate & Commercial Law from University College London, University of London (1991). He is a member of the Jamaican Bar Association.

Peter’s corporate finance practice involves acting primarily for borrowers involved in domestic and cross-border financing transactions and negotiating and documenting syndicated loans, bond issues, project financing, acquisition financing, asset-based financing and subordinate debt arrangements.

Peter’s expertise also includes providing comprehensive advice on intellectual property matters and in drafting, negotiating and leading on the preparation of commercial agreements. Peter combines his commercial contracts expertise with knowledge about related intellectual property, technology and competition law issues. His varied work includes manufacturing, distribution and licensing arrangements and technology transactions such as IT procurement, supply and development.

 

Peter is also the Registrar of the Diocese of Jamaica & the Cayman Islands and is Deputy Chairman of the Nature Preservation Foundation.

ALEX HAMILTON ROSE PARKES

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY

Alex Hamilton Rose Parkes joined DePass & Co. Attorneys-At-Law in February of 2024. 

Parkes holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies, Mona and a Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School. He was admitted to practice in Jamaica in December 2022 and currently works under the supervision of Peter DePass. 

Parkes will be undertaking work in the firm’s commercial law and conveyancing practice areas.