04/19/2016
Park Square Capital raises €1.2 bn for latest Guernsey debt fund
Investment fund specialists Carey Olsen advised on the Guernsey elements of the final close
04/19/2016
Investment fund specialists Carey Olsen advised on the Guernsey elements of the final close
04/19/2016
The Luxembourg team, which was established in 2012 and is the only office of a Channel Island law firm in the City, has a ‘very commercial and client-oriented approach’, Legal 500 notes in its 2016 rankings for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
04/19/2016
Eye-popping revelations in the Panama Papers have fanned concerns that the so-called 'tax havens' lie at the centre of a giant web of criminal conduct.
04/18/2016
In a recent case, the Bombay High Court has dismissed the writ petition filed by an NRI
04/15/2016
With more than 500,000 active entities and unrivalled assets held (by value), the British Virgin Islands leads as the global domicile of companies.
04/15/2016
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04/15/2016
Strict duties imposed on directors must be discharged, even if they are nominee directors. The Central Bank of Ecuador v Conticorp [2016] 1 BCLC 26 decision illustrates the dire implications for a director who merely follows instructions and by so doing f
04/15/2016
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04/15/2016
Despite the popular myth of the secrecy of BVI companies, the reality on the ground paints a different picture.
04/15/2016
The BVI court has jurisdiction to grant “stand-alone” injunctions in support of foreign proceedings. These are “stand-alone” in the sense that an injunction order can be made where no other substantive relief is sought within the j
04/15/2016
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and as a result implementation of the Convention in the Cayman Islands required the Convention to be ratified by the United Kingdom.
04/14/2016
Firms with the most nominees who have received the most votes from those canvassed for their opinion are named winners in each category.
04/14/2016
This new set of proposed amendments aims to ensure the legislation remains world-leading and continues to place Jersey as the trusts jurisdiction of choice.
04/14/2016
That could lead to any fines being paid to American authorities and HSBC could even lose its right to operate in the country.
04/14/2016
The company, Aabar Investment PJS Ltd or Aabar BVI, based in the British Virgin Islands, had received US$3.5 billion from 1MDB.
04/13/2016
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04/12/2016
Both firms said yesterday they had never received payments from the company with the almost identical name, nor assumed any liabilities on its behalf, Reuters reported.
04/12/2016
Mauritius: As easy as GBC 1,2,3
04/12/2016
The Trade Marks Act, which came into force on 1 September 2015, was recently amended to permit entities established as general partnerships to register as trade mark agents.
04/12/2016
One of Canada’s leading lawyers who specializes in tax havens isn’t impressed by the revelations from the Panama Papers thus far.