Tana’ania is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica. She has twenty-four (24) years in practice having been admitted to the Bar of Jamaica in 1992 and to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court - British Virgin Islands in 1999, St. Kitts and Nevis in 2003 and Anguilla in 2008.

Tana’ania's main practice areas are Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and International and Domestic Arbitration. She has considerable experience in preparing and conducting complex multi jurisdictional litigation in the areas of shareholders’ disputes, breach of contracts, and asset tracing and recovery which often involves urgent interim relief by way of freezing orders, orders for disclosure of documents and information, search and seizure orders and injunctions.

Tana’ania is a member of the Jamaican Bar Association and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration. Tana’ania is also a member of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (BVI) and the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL), the world-wide federation of national associations for accountants and lawyers who specialise in turnaround and insolvency. She is a past President of the British Virgin Islands Bar Association and Vice President of the OECS Bar Association.

Email: tsmall@lival.co