Aliya Allen is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Practice. She is also Co-Chair of Graham Thompson’s Private Client Trusts Practice.
Her practice focuses primarily on banking, investment funds, securities, securitisation and capital markets, including regulatory matters such as FATCA, CRS, AML/CFT.Aliyahas written extensively on the legislative and regulatory framework for financial services in The Bahamas and has played a leading role in the development and revision of industry defining legislation, notably the Investment Funds Act, 2019 and the Investment Condominium (ICON) Act.
Her practice also includes technology, FinTech, blockchain and digital assets. She has been a prominent player in the development of policy initiatives promoting these areas and isa recognized thought leader on the digital assets business sector in The Bahamas. She has written for highly regarded publications including, Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides, and a white paper,“The Bahamas' place in a Crypto-Graphic World”which was cited in 2018 by the U.S. Law Library of Congress.
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