• Courtenay Coye LLP (2023 – Present)
  Senior Partner

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade & Immigration (November 2020 – 2023)
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade & Immigration

• Courtenay Coye LLP (2007 – 2020)
  Senior Partner

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006 – 2007)
  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

• The Belize Bank Limited (2005 – 2006)
  Deputy Chairman

• Attorney General’s Ministry (2003 – 2004)
  Attorney General and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade

• Ministry of Trade and Investment (1999 – 2003)
  Ambassador for Trade and Investment

• BELTRAIDE (1999 – 2002)
  Executive Chairman

• W H Courtenay & Co. (1988 –  1999)
  Attorney-at-Law

•  Government Senator (1998 – 2005) (2006 – 2007) (November 2020 – Present)

•  Lead Opposition Senator (2008 – 2009) (2016 – 2019)

• Administrative Law

• Admiralty

• Arbitration

• Banks and Banking Law

• Commercial Law

• Debtor and Creditor

• Insurance

• Litigation

• Offshore Company Law

• Personal Injury

• Securities

• Taxation

• Trusts

• Extradition

Mr. Courtenay specialises in litigation and has appeared at all levels of the Belize Court system including the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Since 2010, he frequently appears in the Caribbean Court of Justice. In 1998, he was elevated to the status of Senior Counsel by the Honourable Chief Justice in recognition of his distinction in the practice of law.

• Norman Manley Law School (1986 – 1988)
  Certificate of Legal Education

  (Chairman’s Prize for top honors in the subjects of Conveyancing, Succession, Status Rights & Obligation of the Legal Profession and Office Management & Accounts)

• University of the West Indies, Barbados (1984 – 1986)
  Bachelor of Laws, Second Class Honors (Upper)

• University of Texas at Austin (1981 – 1984)
  Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies: Economics and Government Member, National Honors and Leadership Society – Omicron Delta Kappa

• Belize Negotiating Team on Resolution of the Belize Guatemala Territorial Dispute (1999 - 2012) (2019 –Present)
  Member

• The Belize Red Cross (Former President)

• International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva Switzerland Legal Adviser (Honorary)

• Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (2007 – 2011) (Elected Member)

• Bar Association of Belize (2011- 2015) President

• He is the author of the Belize Chapter in Asset Protection Domestic and International Law and Tactics (ClarkBoardman Collaghan 1995), co-authored “A Practical Guide to the Gross Receipts Act and the Income Tax(Amendment) Act” (1994) and wrote several articles in “Offshore Investment Magazine” and the “OPEC Report” ontrusts and taxation.

• General Business Law: Dispute Resolution in Belize - Star Individual

• English

• Spanish