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HSM Celebrates Another Gold-Winning Year at Best of Cayman 2026
The HSM Group is proud to announce its outstanding success in the 2026 Best of Cayman Islands awards, achieving Gold medals across multiple categories: Law Firm Immigration Law Estate Law Corporate Services The Best of Cayman Islands is a vote-based Read more +
HSM Welcomes Three Interns to 2026 Summer Internship Programme
68 Fort Street, Grand Cayman (27 July 2026): The HSM Group is proud to continue its summer internship programme with three young professionals: Dimitri Seymour (Corporate/Compliance), Diego McLaughlin (Intellectual Property) and Alicia Allen (Intellectual Property). HSM’s Summer Internship Programme commenced Read more +
Trump v Barbara: Why Birthright Citizenship Still Matters in Cayman
A U.S. case with a Cayman history behind it At first glance, Trump v Barbara looks like a purely American case. It concerns President Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship under the United States Fourteenth Amendment. Cayman does not have Read more +
Cayman Islands Immigration Update – June 2026: An Act of Unintended Consequences, New Work Permit Conditions and Statistics
When the Cayman Islands Government proposed changes to the Immigration Law, released last year, there was one change that stood out and that was the proposed changes to Section 64 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision). This was the Read more +
HSM Property Lawyer Called to Cayman Islands Bar
HSM is proud to welcome Associate Oscar DaCosta to their law firm in the Cayman Islands.
Oscar has worked with several local law firms across Grand Cayman and has gained a wide-range of experiences in Litigation, Employment, Banking/Commercial and Property Law.
Oscar obtained an LLB (Hons) Degree from the University of Liverpool (Truman Bodden Law School) in 2014 and also received a Commendation in the Professional Practice Course in 2017. Oscar is also an Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator by the ADR Group – Civil Mediation Council (CMC) in London.
Addressing the court, Oscar shared his passion for the law and his desire to make a positive impact in the community.
Oscar is a qualified lawyer in the Cayman Islands and will be assisting HSM’s property team with development transactions, acquisitions and disposals as well as landlord/tenant matters across residential and commercial properties.
Managing Partner, Huw Moses, OBE notes, “We are thrilled to have Oscar on our team and with Cayman’s enticing property market, we are equipped to provide a high quality of service to this industry.”

(L-R): Oscar DaCosta (HSM Associate) and Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale