GORDON P. BROWN
LEGAL COUNCIL, BPIAJ
GORDON P. Brown LLB, CLE is an attorney-at-Law who has specialised in commercial legal matters for more than 25 years. A graduate of the University of the West Indies (1989) and the Norman Manley Law School (1991), he is the managing partner and head of the commercial practice group of the law firm Rattray, Patterson, Rattray. He has been engaged in some of the most interesting and complex transactions and development projects in western Jamaica and Montego Bay in particular. He has advised the Jamaica Tourist Board and its affiliated entities on legal affairs.
Among the key areas of Gordon’s practice are corporate and structured finance, tourism, and hospitality law. He has been involved in some of the pioneering developments in gaming regulatory policy in Jamaica and is a general member of the International Masters of Gaming Law. Gordon is also integrally involved in general corporate and real estate legal work. He has provided strategic legal advice in hotel construction, finance and expansion, residential developments, shopping mall construction, property management, energy projects, airport acquisition and operation, airport regulatory advisory services, and the development of attractions and entertainment facilities. He advises lenders, investors and borrowers in major financing transactions on subdivisions as well as private individuals in the structuring and management of offshore holding companies, trusts, and estate protection special purpose vehicles.
Gordon has served on numerous public-sector boards, including tenure as chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority and the Cornwall Regional Hospital, as board member of the Kingston and Montego Bay Freezone Companies, and the Factories Corporation of Jamaica. He served on the boards of the Jamaica Tourist Board, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, and was until last year chairman of Montego Bay Metro Ltd, the public municipal transport service of western Jamaica. He also serves as executive director of Flamingo Beach Development (a resort property holding company), external counsel (and past director) of Indies Pharma Jamaica Ltd, a branded generic drug manufacturer and FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) distributor.
An avid sports enthusiast and unrepentant aficionado of theatre worldwide, Gordon is active in supporting youth training and development through the sport of cricket, among numerous other charities.