Build or expand a Caribbean business.
We assist with commercial and legal planning, market-entry due diligence, contracts, governance, regulatory questions and coordination with local specialists where required.
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CARIBBEAN LEGAL PRACTICE & STRATEGIC ADVISORY
The Caribbean is our home.
Our outlook is regional.
Our reach is international.
Legal and commercial guidance for people and organisations living, investing, working or doing business across the Caribbean — and for the diaspora who remain connected to it.
From our Grenada headquarters, EMA Solutions supports regional and international clients with private wealth, disputes, business ventures, governance and cross-border legal questions. Collectively, our lawyers cover more than 15 Caribbean jurisdictions, placing us well to assist clients whose interests cross borders. The availability and provider of legal services are confirmed for each jurisdiction.
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CARIBBEAN CONNECTIONS / REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
01 / OUR REGIONTHE CARIBBEANHeadquartered in Grenada
02 / INTERNATIONALGLOBAL CLIENTSLocal advice where required
✦CONNECTING THE CARIBBEAN
AND THE WORLD
Caribbean at heart.
International in perspective.
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*Personal professional admissions do not mean EMA Solutions is authorised to provide every legal service in every jurisdiction. See our service arrangements.
OUR MISSION
Caribbean roots. Clear advice. Lasting relationships.
To provide clear, dependable legal and strategic advisory services rooted in the Caribbean, combining regional knowledge, international perspective and personal attention to help individuals, families, businesses and institutions protect their interests, resolve disputes and pursue opportunities across borders.
Learn more about EMA Solutions ↗01 / WHO WE HELP
From family ties to new opportunities.
Our Caribbean focus extends beyond people who already live in the region. We assist clients exploring a move, establishing a business, investing, managing family wealth or seeking practical support across Caribbean jurisdictions.
REGIONAL CLIENTS
Caribbean individuals & families
Legal issues affecting your property, estate, family, business or commercial interests, including matters involving more than one island or jurisdiction.
Caribbean services ↗ ENTERPRISE & INVESTMENTBusinesses & investors
For regional companies, overseas founders, investors and institutions looking to establish operations, manage contracts, examine risk or expand within the Caribbean.
Business & investment ↗ YOUR NEXT CHAPTERLiving & relocating
For people planning a Caribbean home, retirement, return to the region or longer-term residence — with practical legal coordination around property and personal affairs.
Living in the Caribbean ↗ THE GLOBAL CARIBBEANOur diaspora
For people living abroad who maintain family, property, estate or business interests across the Caribbean.
Diaspora services ↗02 / SPECIALIST SERVICES
Legal understanding.
Practical direction.
For families and family offices, businesses entering Caribbean markets, public bodies, people relocating to the region and diaspora clients, our work begins with understanding where their interests lie.
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Private Client, Wills, Trusts & Estates
Plan for the future, protect family wealth and manage estates with clarity across borders.
Explore practice 02 / 13High-Net-Worth & Family Office Services
Coordinated, discreet support for families, family offices and individuals with substantial or cross-border interests.
Explore practice 03 / 13Contentious Probate & Trust Disputes
Specialist guidance for disagreements over wills, inheritance, trustees and the conduct of estate administration.
Explore practice 04 / 13Court of Protection & Mental Capacity
Caribbean-led advice on capacity, protecting vulnerable people and cross-border property and financial affairs.
Explore practice 05 / 13Civil & Commercial Disputes
Civil and commercial dispute support within our substantive practice areas. We do not offer a general litigation service.
Explore practice 06 / 13Commercial Legal Services
Contracts, commercial transactions, business structures and ongoing legal support for Caribbean enterprises and investors.
Explore practice 07 / 13Professional Negligence
Advice on potential claims where professional services may have fallen below the required standard.
Explore practice 08 / 13Medical Negligence
Sensitive guidance for patients and families considering whether treatment may have fallen below the required standard.
Explore practice 09 / 13Maritime & International Trade
Commercial and regulatory guidance for maritime activities in the Caribbean and beyond.
Explore practice 10 / 13Regulatory Compliance & Governance
Strengthen accountability and decision-making through clear policies, legal risk assessment and sound governance.
Explore practice 11 / 13Corporate, Government & Institutional Advisory
Strategic consultancy and advisory support for companies, public bodies, institutions and development programmes.
Explore practice 12 / 13Residential & Commercial Conveyancing
Property purchases, sales, transfers and leases, with residential and commercial conveyancing support tailored to the relevant jurisdiction.
Explore practice 13 / 13Alternative Dispute Resolution
Negotiation, mediation and arbitration for civil, commercial, private client and cross-jurisdictional disputes. Our qualified ADR practitioners stand ready to assist.
Explore practice03 / THE WIDER CARIBBEAN
One region.
Many legal systems.
We are based in Grenada, but our clients and their interests extend across the Eastern Caribbean and the wider Caribbean. Every island and territory has its own requirements: a regional outlook does not mean a single licence to practise everywhere.
Our lawyers collectively cover more than 15 Caribbean jurisdictions, providing regional reach for clients with family, commercial and institutional interests across the Caribbean. Dr De Coteau is personally admitted in Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and St Christopher and Nevis. For work elsewhere, appropriately authorised local professionals are identified and engaged where needed.
How we work across the regionBEYOND BORDERS
Businesses, families and institutions need advice shaped by the place where they act.
Property • Estate & succession • Commercial activity • Maritime • Governance • Disputes
Our jurisdictional arrangements ↗04 / LIVE, WORK & INVEST
Your plans for the Caribbean.
For clients who see the Caribbean not only as a place of heritage, but as somewhere to build a life, establish a venture, invest or expand an existing organisation.
Make the Caribbean your home.
We help you identify the legal and practical issues around property, family arrangements, succession and relocation, while directing immigration and tax questions to appropriately qualified advisers.
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FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTORDr Dawn De Coteau
06 / OUR FOUNDER
International perspective.
Personal leadership.
Dr Dawn De Coteau leads EMA Solutions from the Caribbean. She is personally admitted in Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Christopher and Nevis, and England and Wales, bringing regional legal experience and an international perspective to complex personal and commercial matters.
In England and Wales, she is Consultant Lawyer and Head of Private Client Disputes and Contentious Probate at Culver Law and is regularly engaged as a consultant by other law firms on matters within her areas of practice.
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Read Dr De Coteau’s profile OUR PEOPLE
People behind the practice.
Advice across borders.
Meet the founder and explore the team and consultant-lawyer network supporting EMA Solutions’ legal and advisory work.
07 / HOW WE WORK
Local knowledge.
Cross-border perspective.
Our services are structured around the rules that apply in each jurisdiction. Your engagement will identify the appropriate provider and scope of work.
01 / CARIBBEAN
Across the Caribbean
Grenada headquarters and an expressly regional outlook, with the correct legal provider and authorisation identified for each country or territory.
↗02 / ENGLAND & WALESEngland & Wales
EMA Solutions provides unreserved legal work. Dr De Coteau heads Private Client Disputes and Contentious Probate at Culver Law and undertakes specialist consultancy for other law firms.
↗03 / INTERNATIONALCross-border matters
Working with clients and, when required, independent authorised practitioners across relevant jurisdictions.
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Insights for a world
that crosses borders.
Explore practical topics in Caribbean estates and inheritance, setting up or expanding a business, relocation planning, disputes, maritime activity and governance.
Explore insightsCARIBBEAN BUSINESS & FAMILY LEGAL BRIEF
Your plans across Caribbean borders
Key questions for families, entrepreneurs and new residents where property, business activity or personal affairs span jurisdictions.
Read the overview ↗WORK WITH EMA SOLUTIONS
Independent lawyers.
Shared possibilities.
We welcome consultant lawyers with specialist expertise who are interested in flexible, fee-sharing collaboration across Caribbean and cross-border matters.