Garth St. E. W. Patterson

Garth St. E. W. Patterson

LEX CARIBBEAN

Garth St. E. W. Patterson S.C. is a Senior Partner in Lex Caribbean’s Barbados office. He currently leads the Commercial Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency Group.

A graduate of both the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School, Garth was called to the Bars of Jamaica and Barbados in 1987 and the Bars of New York and St. Lucia in 1990 and 2011, respectively. With over thirty-five years of experience, Garth has distinguished himself in the areas of corporate and commercial law, property development and conveyancing, civil litigation, capital markets, project finance and insolvency and restructuring. In this connection, he was appointed to the office of Queen’s Counsel in October 2007 and continues to enjoy an illustrious career.

Garth has successfully led the firm through litigation and out of court contentious negotiations on behalf of large companies, multinational corporate groups, and government entities in the local, regional and international, hospitality, real estate, merchandising, telecommunications and financial sectors. He is also regularly invited to address professional associations throughout the Caribbean region on a myriad of legal issues.

Garth St. E. W. Patterson S.C. is a Senior Partner in Lex Caribbean’s Barbados office. He currently leads the Commercial Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency Group.A graduate of both the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School, Garth was called to the Bars of Jamaica and Barbados in 1987 and the Bars of New York and St. Lucia in 1990 and 2011, respectively. With over thirty-five years of experience, Garth has distinguished himself in the areas of corporate and commercial law, property development and conveyancing, civil litigation, capital markets, project finance an...

Publications

Commercial Litigation Law Guide

Co-author of the Barbados chapter in the Commercial Litigation Law Guide , published 19 May 2026 , alongside Akeem D. Rowe , Amanda C. Best and Akeelia S. Richards .