01/28/2021

What is a Cayman Foundation Company?

Foundations are well-understood structures from a legal perspective, and the fact that they can effectively ‘bridge’ common and civil law make them particularly attractive.

01/27/2021

Walkers Acts as Cayman Islands Counsel to Taboola

Walkers was instructed by onshore law firm Latham & Watkins and was led by Cayman Islands partner Bicrom Das with assistance from associates Jennifer Sangaroonthong and Daniel Walford.

01/26/2021

Walkers acts in Kenya energy deal

Due to the success of the structure, Norfund the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries have agreed to become a co-senior lender and to provide BLK1 with USD 15 million of additional senior debt which will enable the expansion of the receivabl

01/26/2021

BVI Company Law Series - Mergers

Mergers can be an attractive option when structuring deals and are by far the most common method for effecting a takeover of a publicly listed BVI company.

01/25/2021

Walkers London Acts as BVI Counsel on OML-17 Acquisition

Described as 'one of the largest and most prominent Oil and Gas deals in Africa for more than a decade', a group of global and regional banks and investors provided US$1.1 billion across the different layers of the capital structure.

01/22/2021

Money-laundering in diamond sector: Major trial starts today

One way the traffic works: a diamond dealer takes the profits from diamond sales, and instead of declaring them for tax reasons, transfers the money to an offshore bank account via a number of steps, each intended to muddy the trail.