Clarke Gittens Farmer

A partner since 2002, Gillian heads our corporate department and brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate and commercial work to the role.

She works closely with many international law firms and accounting firms and advises both domestic and international corporate and private clients on business entity formation, corporate structuring and tax planning, mergers & acquisitions, and varied and complex international financial transactions.

Following on the heels of a B.Sc. (Hons.) in management studies, Gillian earned her LL.B from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill in 1986. She then received her Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica in 1988. She joined the legacy firm of Clarke & Co. as an associate that same year, having been admitted to the Bar in Barbados.

Gillian is an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CED). She is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Outside the firm, Gillian is a trustee of the Barbados Gallery of Art Trust and a director of the Barbados National Art Gallery.

Bar Admissions

1988, Barbados

Education

Kellogg Graduate School of Management, North Western University, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 – executive programme, Negotiation Strategies for Managers.

Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 – executive programme, Advanced Negotiation

Harvard Law School June 1993 Program of Instruction from Lawyers – Negotiation Workshop conducted by Professor Robert Fisher.

Harvard Law School June 1994 Program of Instruction for Lawyers – Advanced Negotiation Workshop conducted by Professor Bruce Patton.

Norman Manley Law School, Mona Campus, Jamaica
Legal Education Certificate of the Council of Legal Education 1988

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) 1986

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Bachelor of Science, Management Studies with concentration in Hotel Management (Honours) 1984