01/09/2020
Further Citywealth award recognition for Mourant
Alongside these shortlistings, Jersey and Guernsey as jurisdictions are both nominated in the IFC of the year category.
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01/09/2020
New BMA Guidelines Require Notification of Outsourcing Arrangements and Ongoing Monitoring
The BMA has issued updated Guidance Notes for these “Relevant Legal Entities” to ensure risks from outsourcing are appropriately managed.
01/09/2020
Carey Olsen remains leading agent for TISE listings
The company also completed more high yield listings than any other listing agent, acting in connection with half of all high yield bonds listed on TISE last year, reflecting its position as the market leader in this area.
01/09/2020
Bahamas Bar Association calls for legislative separation of powers
The three branches of government include the executive, legislative and judicial.
01/08/2020
Lauded as a Leading Firm by Legal 500 Caribbean (2020)
The firm was said to field a ‘highly competent’ team of lawyers that are ‘efficient, professional and responsive to clients’ requests’.
01/08/2020
BKB says money laundering claims are ‘unfounded’
The scandal also implicates Guy Lachappelle, who became president of Raiffeisen in 2018 after eight years at BKB
01/07/2020
A Top Tier Firm for the Last Decade
Clients were impressed with their ability to ‘apply legal knowledge to business situations’ further commenting that ‘very few firms can run the entire spectrum of the gauntlet’.
01/07/2020
Fiona Chan named in China Business Law Journal's Prestigious A-List
Fiona has almost 20 years of offshore and onshore experience in the Asian market.
01/06/2020
First edition of Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 by Mark Dunlop
The book comments in detail on the provisions of the Security Law.
01/06/2020
Recent Amendments to the Regulation of Trust Business in Bermuda
All trustees conducting trust business in Bermuda are required to be licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority
01/03/2020
Swiss bank penalized for undisclosed US accounts
The department imposed a total of more than $1.36 billion in Swiss Bank Program penalties.
01/03/2020
Enactment of the Securities and Investment Business (Amendment) Act, 2019 – new regime for the regulation of close-ended funds in the BVI
In response to the requirements of the European Union that the BVI should also regulate close-ended collective investment schemes
01/03/2020
New opportunities for blockchain use in the insurance industry
Heading into a new decade, the potential this technology has to create significant efficiencies in the handling of payments and customer data is opening up new avenues for opportunity.
01/03/2020
Swiss Firm in Panama Papers Charged in Transatlantic Stock Scam
Firm, executives accused of enabling microcap ‘pump-and-dumps’
01/03/2020
Collas Crill Guiding You Through... Desastre Proceedings for A Jersey Company
This guide looks at the key things you need to know about liquidating an insolvent Jersey company using désastre proceedings.
01/02/2020
The International Stock Exchange - New Listing Rules
OCFL is one of the leading listing agents in the offshore listing market and was a founder member of TISE when it launched over twenty years ago.
12/30/2019
Burning Questions – Grand Court considers the effectiveness of "Firewall Legislation"
The purpose of the Cayman Islands "firewall" legislation is, in essence, to insulate trusts governed by Cayman Islands law from challenges under foreign laws
12/29/2019
Vatican’s million-euro default case: financiers hit back at ‘intrigue’ claims
With millions in euros in Vatican bank cash at stake in a Maltese court case, lawyers for the Holy See are attempting to prevent Futura Investment Management from disposing of its share in a Hungarian property company
12/29/2019
Right of Access under GDPR: Draft Guidance from the UK ICO
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12/29/2019
Retired accountant with a secret past as 'money man for notorious gangsters'
Westminster Magistrates Court heard how Blanchard's involvement began in 1999 when he set up as an "offshore" tax adviser on Tenerife.