05/20/2021
Swiss Trader Accused of Laundering Mafia Money With Diamonds
The case dubbed “Cambio Veloce” -- Italian for Quick Exchange -- by prosecutors has been run out of Lugano, an Italian-speaking financial hub in Switzerland.
Legal
05/20/2021
Carey Olsen retains best offshore law firm title at WealthBriefing European Awards
Winning this award for the second successive year is testament to the hard work of our teams
05/19/2021
Walkers London Celebrates 20th Anniversary
In recognition of London's key role in the global financial services economy, Walkers has placed its London offering at the heart of its strategic offering.
05/19/2021
Carey Olsen advises Genius Sports on New York Stock Exchange listing
The deal also represents the first NYSE-listed SPAC transaction to involve a Guernsey company.
05/19/2021
Bedell Cristin advises FTSE 250 company on high profile, multi billion pound transaction
The company will use the proceeds of the notes to repay its existing Reserves Based Lending Facility, to redeem its senior notes due 2022, and to repay its convertible bonds due 2021.
05/19/2021
Progress Press files legal bid to recoup $5 million from Keith Schembri
Allied Newspapers company starts legal proceedings to recover $5 million from Keith Schembri and former directors
05/18/2021
AML/CFT Independent Audits for Entities Regulated in the Cayman Islands
The regulations were explicitly extended in 2020, giving CIMA the power to impose administrative fines for non-compliance for a wider range of acts, regulations and rules.
05/18/2021
Banker: Bar’S ‘Bad Apples’ Leading To Attorney Controls
The Fidelity chief warned that “a few bad apples could spoil the entire bunch” when it came to the Bahamian legal profession, which on Friday railed against a practice that it says undermines consumer choice and effectively acts as a restraint
05/18/2021
Snapshot: enforcement against real property in Guernsey - Saisie
Creditors who utilise the saisie process can only recover debts by enforcement exclusively against realty.
05/18/2021
Conyers Named Best Offshore Law Firm Once Again by China Business Law Journal
Conyers has a wealth of experience in the education sector. In the past five years, the firm has advised over 10 educational institutions on their IPOs and on a number of mergers.
05/18/2021
Harneys wins Best Offshore Law Firm among five 2021 China Business Law Awards
The China Business Law Journal Awards are presented annually and are based on hundreds of nominations from in-house counsel, corporate executives and legal professionals, in addition to research conducted by its editorial team.
05/18/2021
Mourant listed as a 2021 eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firm
This latest accolade is the result of a survey which recognises the leading offshore law firms across the globe that specialise in forming trusts, foundations and other private wealth structures and advising on international wealth planning.
05/18/2021
Cyprus files first prosecution in passports scandal
Parliament speaker Demetris Syllouris and an opposition MP were secretly filmed allegedly trying to facilitate a passport for the fugitive investor.
05/18/2021
Appleby Acts as Seychelles, Cayman Islands and Jersey Counsel for Allied Gold Corp’s USD80 Million Acquisition of Agbaou Mine from Endeavour Mining
Endeavour Mining is one of the world’s top ten senior gold producers and the largest in West Africa, with operating assets across Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso and a strong portfolio of advanced development projects and exploration a
05/18/2021
Carey Olsen advises Genius Sports on New York Stock Exchange listing
The Carey Olsen team advising Genius Sports on the Guernsey legal and regulatory aspects of its NYSE listing comprised Christopher Anderson, Rachel de la Haye, John Scanlan, Alexandra Hehir and Nickie Pickernell.
05/18/2021
Non-fund Partnerships to be brought within scope of Jersey's economic substance requirements
In response to commitments made to the EU Code of Conduct Group, the Jersey Government has confirmed that economic substance requirements which currently apply to certain Jersey companies will shortly be extended to include certain partnerships.
05/17/2021
Harneys advises on the US$335 million SF Real Estate Investment Trust IPO
The Harneys team was led by co-global head of Corporate Raymond Ng and Legal Manager Nicholas Fong, with support from Paralegal Alkafe Lam.
05/16/2021
Keith O. Major, Jr. Named in the 2021 Project Bahamas Top 48 Millennials
With 200 submissions and 100 finalists, Keith was chosen by his peers to be included in the top 48.
05/14/2021
Conyers Wins Finance Deal of the Year
The Asia Legal Awards honour the year’s most complex and outstanding legal work in the region, and the lawyers and firms that excelled in Asia’s most competitive and promising practice areas.
05/14/2021
Collas Crill Ranked Tier 1 in 2021 Eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firms Listing
Collas Crill's International Private Client and Trusts team was recognised in the multi-jurisdictional firms section of the ranking, with lawyers based in Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey.