Young Bermudian Lawyer Called To Bar
Bermuda’s Supreme Court was full of friends, family and colleagues on Friday [Nov. 25] as young Bermudian lawyer Stephanie Paiva Sanderson was admitted to the Bermuda Bar by Justice Ian Kawaley.
Mrs. Sanderson said, “I’m very happy to have achieved this step, and I would sincerely like to thank everybody who has supported me through my studies and my journey so far. I could not have picked a better firm to have completed my pupillage.”
She completed her pupillage with Marco Montarsolo at Hamilton’s ISIS Law Limited, a niche law firm specialising in corporate and commercial law with particular focus on investment fund and cross border structured transactions.
ISIS Law is part of The ISIS Group which is considered one of Bermuda’s leading social entrepreneurs, as its principal business arms were established to support the work of its charitable arm,
The ISIS Foundation, which provides health and education services to thousands of mothers and children living in poverty in Nepal and Uganda.
Mr. Montarsolo said, “ISIS Law is so proud of Stephanie for her achievement. She is an exceptionally able young lawyer and we are very lucky to have her working with us.”
ISIS Law’s senior counsel and co-founder of the ISIS Group Sharon Beesley added: “Today is also a landmark for ISIS as Stephanie is the first person to complete a pupillage with us and she has, due to her strong work ethic and ability, been a wonderful addition to the development of our firm.”
Mrs. Sanderson graduated with Honours from Mount Saint Agnes Academy and went on to obtain a degree in Psychology from the University of Waterloo in Canada.
She spent a year working in China, where she became fluent in conversational Mandarin. She then attended BPP Law School in the UK, where she successfully completed the Graduate Diploma in Law followed by the Legal Practice Course, for which she obtained a Distinction.
It was at law school that she met her husband, Peter Sanderson, who who was also recently Called to the Bermuda Bar, and is now a litigation attorney at Wakefield Quin.
Well done! Congratulations!