Managers of Wealth Offshore

End of Life Options for Solvent Entities

When solvent entities reach the end of their life, a key question regarding the management of this process is whether it should be effected by way of a voluntary liquidation or a simple strike off.

JOIC Data Protection Audit Programme commences

The goals of these audits are to assist businesses to discover the strengths and weaknesses in their data protection management programmes.

Granting, Perfection & Enforcement of Security over Shares in British Virgin Islands

The registered agent will need to be instructed to make the necessary amendment to the original register of members of the BVI company.

15 lawyers from Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands teams recognised by Legal 500

The other ranked practice areas for Bermuda comprise banking, finance and capital markets; corporate and commercial; insurance/reinsurance; and regulatory and compliance.

Crypto-certainty comes to the Cayman Islands

The Law defines "virtual assets" as a digital representation of value that can be electronically traded or transferred and used for payment or investment purposes.

Walkers (London) maintains top tier ranking for BVI and Cayman law in Chambers 2020/21 edition

Walkers does not practise English law and instead works alongside leading international law firms to provide integrated offshore and onshore support.

Disability discrimination in Jersey: considerations for workplaces, landlords and tenants

Compliance with the law involves taking 'reasonable' steps to avoid that disadvantage. How a given space is accessed or otherwise used is dependent upon a range of factors that will differ between premises.

Ministry launches appeal in panama papers case

Luxembourg’s finance ministry is appealing a verdict by the administrative tribunal which said in September that the tax office could not seek information about clients from lawyers involved in Panama Papers deals.

Mogul in Record Tax-Fraud Case to Seek Competency Evaluation

Unfavorable decision could delay or derail U.S. prosecution

Bedell Cristin advises AXA IM - Real Assets with the acquisition of Dolphin Square

The estate provides 795,990 sq ft of residential accommodation, commercial and amenity space spread across 13 individual houses centred around a 3.5 acre landscaped garden square.

Stuck in the Middle With You

This judgment gives excellent guidance for liquidators caught between a rock and a hard place, when the Court will 'wrap its arms around them', and how to go about things to ensure it does.

Ogier advises Valor Real Estate Partners on €1billion urban logistics joint venture

Partners Emily Haithwaite, Niamh Lalor and Katrina Edge led the Ogier Jersey team assisted by senior associate Tara Kapur.

Ogier advises PizzaExpress group on landmark restructuring

The use of the new restructuring plan procedure incorporating Jersey entities both at a holding and operational level reinforces Jersey's commercially minded and flexible corporate and finance regime.

Mandatory disclosure rules (DAC6): A look at private equity investment in Luxembourg

Diogo Duarte de Oliveira and Olivier dal Farra of Baker & McKenzie Luxembourg analyse the DAC6 hallmarks and consider how intermediaries may encounter them in the context of private equity investment structuring in Luxembourg.

Carey Olsen advises VinaCapital

The Carey Olsen team advising VinaCapital on all Guernsey aspects of its migration was led by corporate partner Ben Morgan and senior associate Gemma Campbell.

New Juan Carlos investigation widens to Jersey bank account

Intelligence about the account, with a reported balance of nearly €10 million, was promptly passed on to Spanish prosecutors.

In the matter of the Arpettaz Settlement [2020] JRC 161

The introduction of so-called firewall provisions has, if anything, only reinforced that general position.

Carey Olsen advises Kape Technologies on cash box placing to raise US$115 million

The funds will allow Kape to consolidate previous acquisitions in the digital privacy market and enable it to exploit other potential acquisition opportunities which may arise as a result of current market conditions.

Res Judicata and Privity - Torchlight GP Limited v Millinium Asset Services Pty Limited et al

Background The Plaintiff, Torchlight Fund LP, brought claims against Millinium Asset Service Pty Ltd and others, the 1st to 3rd Defendants (the MAS Parties) alleging conspiracy and other economic torts (the Conspiracy Proceedings). The Plaintiff was the R

Chappell tax evasion conviction shows nobody beyond HMRC's reach

The offshore, corporate and wealthy unit was established by HMRC at the time of the 'Panama Papers' scandal in April 2016.