11/18/2019
Upturn in arbitrating BVI corporate disputes
The BVI Arbitration Act is now some 6 years old and parties comfortable with dispute resolution in the BVI are increasingly seeing the benefits of opting for ad hoc BVI arbitrations
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11/18/2019
Walkers Leads Legal 500 Caribbean Guide 2020 with Lawyer Rankings
The guide also ranked 16 practice areas from Walkers' offices in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
11/17/2019
Ogier Cayman team achieves strong results in Legal 500 directory
Ogier's Cayman Private Wealth team has retained its tier one status, praised for providing "a very personalised service to clients" with partner Anthony Partridge listed as leading individual and managing associate Fraser Allister as rising
11/15/2019
Recognition for Appleby lawyers in the latest Legal 500 Caribbean rankings
Appleby gained notable rankings across their offices in many sectors
11/15/2019
Richard Laignel takes home gold at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards
Richard was recently promoted to Managing Associate.
11/15/2019
Maples Group Maintains Top Tier Global Ranking In IFLR1000
The firm continues to achieve high rankings in both practice group and individual lawyer categories, with 56 global lawyers recommended in the directory this year.
11/15/2019
The Maples Group Celebrates 2000 Employee Milestone
Alasdair Robertson, Global Managing Partner of Maples and Calder, the Group's law firm, commented: "2019 has certainly been a memorable year for us.
11/15/2019
Jersey: Downstream Structuring For Top Sponsors
Paul Burton and Simon Hopwood discuss features of Jersey holding companies that are attractive from a global private equity acquisition/structuring point of view.
11/15/2019
Continuing Requirements under the Securities Investment Business Law
A currently registered excluded person cannot continue to carry on securities investment business after 15 January 2020
11/15/2019
Upturn in arbitrating BVI corporate disputes
The awards and subject matter are important as they deal with two key aspects of BVI commercial disputes, interim relief and shareholder remedies.
11/15/2019
Walkers Named #1 Global CLO Market offshore service provider
Walkers Partner, Garry Ferguson commented, "Walkers is delighted to receive this award for the second year running in recognition of our market leading and fully-integrated legal, taxation, corporate and listings services.
11/15/2019
Estera expands AML services in the Cayman Islands
In the Cayman Islands, Estera has an enviable reputation for delivering a full range of corporate, fund and fiduciary services.
11/15/2019
Estera Crowned Best Employer - Career Progression in Citywealth Future Leaders Awards
Estera’s teams of highly-qualified experts have wide-ranging experience in corporate administration, funds administration and services, private client and trusts, and regulatory oversight.
11/14/2019
Appleby Advises Ascent Capital Partners On Education-Related Investment
The secured convertible and exchangeable bonds to be issued by Best Assistant to ACP can be converted into the ordinary shares of Best Assistant
11/14/2019
Strong endorsements for Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands practices in Legal 500
A leading directory for the legal industry, Legal 500 grades law firms following a thorough and independent research process, which includes interviews with clients and peers as well as information provided by the firms themselves.
11/14/2019
Appleby Mauritius Advises and Secures the Legitimate Interests of the Founder of the Vuna Group Before the Supreme Court of Mauritius
The team are experts in the resolution of every type of commercial and civil dispute, whether through litigation or arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
11/13/2019
Ogier tops IFLR 1000 for Jersey ranked lawyers
Client feedback on the firm and for individual lawyers was extremely positive and focused on the responsiveness and technical knowledge of the team and the careful and pragmatic advice received.
11/13/2019
Corporate Investigations - Keeping Your Cards Close to Your Chest
The company appealed.
11/13/2019
Trust punch ups
Litigation has seen a sharp rise since the credit crunch with beneficiaries questioning their trustees and investment consultants providing context to UHNW clients on investment returns.
11/13/2019
Pubs, Privilege and Improper Purposes
Shell argued that both the conversation in the pub and the email were subject to legal professional privilege and could not be relied upon by Mr Curless.