Michael L. Alberga, Esq.

Practice areas

Michael, a former President of the Cayman Islands Law Society, has developed a specialist regulatory and litigation practice during his 30 years as a Cayman Islands attorney, including licensing, regulation and dispute resolution in relation to corporate commercial law, real estate, banking, mutual funds, partnership, government relations, labour law, and aircraft and shipping.  Michael advises on the formation of trusts and ongoing duties of trustees, and is a widely published author of articles on many aspects of Cayman Islands law.

Education and Career

Michael graduated from University of the West Indies in 1975, was admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 1978.  He was made a partner of McDonald Myers & Alberga in 1981, which became Myers & Alberga in 1985 and Thorp Alberga in 2009. Michael was elected President of the Cayman Islands Law Society from 1994 to 1997, and has sat as a member of a number of public and private committees which have developed various laws and regulations pertaining to the financial industry.

Memberships

Cayman Islands Law Society
Caymanian Bar Association
Law Society of Hong Kong
American Bar Association (International Associate)
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
International Tax Planning Association

Publications

• “Cayman Islands Corporations” in A Guide to International Financial Centres; What Chinese Investors Need to Know 2009-2010 (Longtail International) (including Chinese translation)
• “The Cayman Islands: A Pioneer for Globalised Regulation” in OFC Report 2007; p. 84 (London, Campden Publishing Limited)
• “The Cayman Islands”  in Offshore Finance Yearbook (Bright, U.K: Grange Press)
• “The Cayman Islands – Corporate and Wealth Preservation in Changing Times”  in OFC Asia-Pacific (London, Campden Publishing Limited)
• “The Cayman Islands: Privacy – A Balancing Act in Changing Times”  in the Journal of Financial Crime Volume Six, Number Two (London: Henry Stewart Publications)
• “Cayman Islands Trusts”  in Caribbean Investment Profiles – Cayman Islands (London:  Caribbean Investment Profiles Limited)
• Focus on the Cayman Islands (with Darryl Myers) (Kingston: Stephenson Litho Press)
• Regular contributor to the OFC Report, International Law Review Supplements and the Offshore Finance Yearbook

Practicing: Licensing, Corporate and Regulatory Law