Christopher Coye
Senior Partner
E-mail: ccoye@courtenaycoye.com
Christopher Coye, born in Belize City, Belize on April 16th 1972, was admitted to practice in Belize in 1999. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he received a M.S. in Economics (1994). In 1997, Christopher attained his LLB (Hons) from the University of West Indies. Christopher was the recipient of many awards while attending the Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica); these include: The Most Outstanding Year II Student, The Michael Nunes Memorial Prize (Law of Associations), The Grant Stewart Phillips & Co. Prize (Law of Conveyancing), The Pitts & Elrington Prize, The Grant Stewart Phillips & Co. Prize (Civil Procedure I & II), The Belizean Bar Association Prize, The Harvey Westwood & Riegel Prize, The Ziplaw Company Limited Prize.
His practice areas include: Commercial Law, Banking, Finance, Real Estate, Foreign Investment, Tax Planning, Asset Protection Planning, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Civil Litigation, Probate, Debt Collection, Offshore Companies, Trusts and International Finance.
Christopher has 9 years of experience in law as well as other major institutions located in Belize. He is an active member in organizations such as: Integrity Commission (Chairman), International Financial Services Commission (Member), Belize Offshore Practitioners Association (President), Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority (Member of the Board of Directors), Belize Bank International Limited (Director of International Financial Services Division), and the International Tax Planning Association (Member).
Languages: English; Spanish (moderate)