Dentons Delany, a 13 Caribbean jurisdiction full-service legal practice is proud to announce the advancement of two partners with multijurisdictional oversight to senior leadership roles within the Firm. Effective 3 June 2024, Joia W. S. Reece assumes the position of Dentons Delany Co-Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Office Managing Partner – Barbados, while Michael John Koeiman has been named Dentons Delany Co-Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Head of Employment and Labor. A testament to Dentons Delany’s ethos, these elevations signify our devotion to cultivating and acknowledging exceptional local young talent.

In Reece’s new role as Office Managing Partner of Barbados, she will extend her scope of leadership and mentorship whilst championing transformation initiatives. Illustrating her vision for the Firm, Reece commented, “The Dentons Delany team is truly a melting pot of vibrant minds and energy across the Caribbean. I am invigorated by the dynamic approach which we share and welcome this opportunity to nurture our strengths which inspire and drive this Firm.”

Reece a highly skilled litigator, assumed the position of Partner and Vice Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution in 2023. Koeiman has served as Partner and Head of Employment and Labor since 2023. In their joint role as Co-Head of Dentons Delany’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, they will coordinate our cross-functional disputes practice with a strategic focus on complex and cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration proceedings, class actions, labour disputes, white-collar crime, and insolvencies, restructuring and enforcement.

Koeiman shared: “I am humbled and deeply honoured by the opportunity to lead this impressive, cross-border team of practitioners in our globally recognized International Arbitration, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice groups. We have had an amazing year, and I look forward to building on our successes.”

Dustin Delany, Dentons Delany Chair and Chief Managing Partner stated: “Our firm transitioned into 2024 committed to the continued improvement of overall operations to afford our clients unceasing quality of service and quality of work product. Leadership is a key component of this exercise. Earlier this year, we announced the appointment of Shalini as our Dentons Delany Deputy Chief Managing Partner. Today, we are elated to announce that both Joia and Michael have welcomed the assumption of these enhanced leadership roles for our team. It’s been a year of positive change for us, and I look forward to working with Joia and Michael in these new roles, as well as with our wider leadership across the Caribbean.”

“Having worked closely with both Joia and Michael over the past 4 years, it comes as no surprise that they have both achieved this well-deserved elevation. They are both brilliant legal minds centred on excellent client service. They will continue to steward the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team as the leading and only fully integrated pan-Caribbean LDR practice,” expressed Shalini Rose Campbell, Dentons Delany Deputy Chief Managing Partner.

On Joia’s elevation to Office Managing Partner of Dentons’ Delany Barbados Office, Campbell shared: “Joia’s track record in leadership and her intentional, measured and authentic approach to all things, makes her an excellent fit to lead our highly motivated team in Barbados and I look forward to her continued success in this new role.”

In line with the firm’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Reece joins three female office managing partners while becoming the second female partner in the Firm’s history to embrace the role in Barbados.

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