Grenada · Eastern Caribbean · International Matters
Section One · The Mission

Welcome to Excelsior. Ever
Upward.

Excelsior is independent legal counsel to private clients, families, family offices and businesses whose affairs span borders, generations and complex interests.

We advise where the stakes are high and the circumstances rarely straightforward — from complex litigation and contentious matters to cross-border estate administration, trusts, succession and the protection of family wealth.

Our work extends from the careful structuring of trusts and private wealth to international tax, strategic transactions and the administration of estates across jurisdictions. We bring together technical depth, commercial judgement and a long-term perspective to protect what has been built, resolve what is contested and preserve what is intended to endure.

Discreet by nature. Strategic by design. Counsel for what matters.

FOR THE CONSIDERED CLIENT

A
Caribbean position, found and finalised.

Grenada sits south of the hurricane belt, common-law in its institutions, mature in its judiciary, earlier in its arc than its better-known neighbours. For families seeking land, residence, structure or a second citizenship, Excelsior guides the entire journey.

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Insight

Intention

Discretion

Ever Upward

Precision

Insight

Intention

Discretion

Ever Upward

Precision

Section Two · The Place

A Place of spice, sea.& legacy

The island is small enough to know and large enough to surprise. Where seas meet, cultures meet, and legal traditions meet — and the firm sits at that confluence.

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Section Three · Counsel

Eight areas of careful
work.

The same senior bench across every matter — the same patience, irrespective of the matter’s complexion. Taxation, asset protection and private client services run through everything we do.

Private Wealth & Family Office

Trusts · Estate planning · Succession · Family office

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International Tax Advisory

Cross-border tax · Structuring · Residency

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International Asset Protection

Trusts · Holding structures · Risk management

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Corporate, Commercial & Investment Advisory

M&A · Company formation · Governance · FDI

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Hotel, Resort & Real Estate Development

Hotels · Resorts · Land · Development finance

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Immigration & Global Mobility

Residency · Investment migration · Relocation

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Trade Marks & Intellectual Property

Trade marks · Brand protection · Licensing

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Cross-Border Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Litigation · Arbitration · Asset recovery

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Section Four · Our Offices

An international
firm, anchored in
Grenada.

Physical offices in Grenada – on the mainland in St George’s and on Carriacou in the Grenadines – together with offices in London, Italy and Canada. Our matters reach clients from Canada and Kurdistan to London and Italy, and we provide notarial services across them all.

Mainland · St George’s

Grenada

Our home bench in St George’s — property, private wealth, development, litigation and notarial services.

 
Grenadines · West Indies

Carriacou

Our second Grenadian office, serving Carriacou and the Grenadines on land, family and estate matters.

United Kingdom

London

European office — cross-border estate disputes, child-custody matters, arbitration and Privy Council appeals.

 
North America

Canada

North-American office — cross-border estates, property and family law, advising local counsel as an expert.

 
West Africa · Common law

Nigeria

West-African desk — cross-border commercial matters, corporate structuring, estates and investment work between Nigeria, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

 
Section Five · The People

A Senior hand on every file.

Gennilyn E. Ettienne

Chair & Principal Attorney

Strategic counsel for complex disputes, private wealth, property and cross-border matters.

Dr. Clifford J. Frank

Consultant · Trusts & International Tax

More than thirty years at the bar — the senior consultant whose experience, combined with the founder’s, gives the firm over fifty years of expertise.

 

Sandrine Heilmann

Director of Practice Affairs

Provides strategic oversight of the firm’s operations and client service, so every matter runs smoothly from first contact to conclusion.

Section Six · Insights

Briefings & legal insight.

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Development in Grenada

From a single villa to a sixty-acre resort — what an attorney watches for, in the order it tends to matter.
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Spotlight on Investment in Grenada

Grenada's quiet moment — south of the hurricane belt, common-law, and earlier in its arc than its better-known neighbours.