03/17/2016
Ogier is named top offshore law firm in Alpha Awards 2016
Ogier’s specific expertise is in working with closed-ended funds and much of its work is with private equity firms and their portfolio companies.”
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03/17/2016
Law firms to merge
A Jersey solicitor with over 25 years’ experience advising Jersey businesses and individuals, she specialises in employment law, commercial property, planning, and corporate and commercial law.
03/16/2016
Final opportunity to regularise your unauthorised foreign assets by Mmangaliso Nzimande and Jerome Brink, ENS Africa
Automatic exchange of information between tax authorities
03/16/2016
SEC Charges Operator of Ponzi Scheme That Claimed to Offer “Bridge Loans” to Jamaican Businesses
The SEC complaint charges former Boston resident Mark A. Jones, who now lives in Miami and has a second home in Jamaica.
03/16/2016
FIFA files for compensation in U.S. as victim of corruption
FIFA announced on Wednesday it was also seeking repayment of salaries and a full audit of a former top official it says has continued to live an "extravagant lifestyle" while on bail from a New York Court.
03/15/2016
Guide to Public Offering of Companies in Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey - Appleby
This Guide is a summary of the law and procedures relating to private trust company (PTC) structures in Guernsey.
03/15/2016
Guide to Private Trust Companies (PTC) Structures in Guernsey - Appleby
This Guide is a summary of the law and procedures relating to private trust company (PTC) structures in Guernsey.
03/15/2016
Harneys: The absence of a modern restricting regime and how to get around it
Absence of a modern restricting regime and how to get around it.
03/15/2016
GUIDE TO Limited partnerships in guernsey - Appleby
Limited partnerships are flexible business vehicles, used in a wide range of business transactions and which do not suffer from the prescription too often associated with companies.
03/15/2016
Guide to Asset Freezing Injunctions in Guernsey - Appleby
It also summarises the principal considerations relevant to defendants and third parties affected by such orders.
03/15/2016
SFIO to probe 2 offshore accounts in Mallya case: Sources
There are two offshore accounts— in Isle of Man and Panama—used in the acquisition of Shaw Wallace Distilleries which are part of Vijay Mallya's US expansion plans.
03/14/2016
UK Companies: Beneficial Owners Register/Persons with Significant Control
Important update for all directors, trustees and beneficial owners of UK companies and Limited Liability Partnerships.
03/11/2016
Hedge Fund Billionaire Says Clothing Mogul Plotted Murder Over Beach House
Among the claims—physical attacks, firebombing cars, home and office break-ins, vandalism, and paying people to throw anti-Bacon rallies that claimed he was a racist, a murderer, and stock crook.
03/11/2016
Lawsuits allege overseas investors missing millions
Overseas investors from Canada to Bermuda to Central America seeking the return of millions of dollars, in some cases, from a Cayman Islands-registered investment bank and its apparent successor company have been stonewalled, according to claims filed in
03/09/2016
The EU Succession Regulation: Spotlight on Cyprus - Harneys
In a Union where persons and capital are increasingly mobile and free movement forms a basic right, succession laws of the various Member States have not done a good job of keeping apace.
03/09/2016
The BVI Commercial Court Considers Worldwide Freezing Orders in Support of Foreign Proceedings
The Judge went on to clarify that the Black Swan jurisdiction is not directed at parties but rather at the property of the defendants to the relevant foreign proceedings. The WFO was accordingly discharged.
03/09/2016
Walkers awarded 'Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2016
It has been a great start to the year for Walkers' Asian offices
03/09/2016
Walkers' Jersey office has advised Gama Aviation on the acquisition of Aviation Beauport Holdings
Walkers had previously acted for Gama Aviation Plc in relation to its reverse takeover of AIM listed Hanger8 Plc in 2014.
03/09/2016
Charitable and philanthropic structures in Jersey by Josephine Howe, Ogier
Whilst benevolent giving is generally done from the heart, it is of increasing importance to donors that it is also done with their head.
03/09/2016
Deutsche Bank and UBS lose bonus tax case
The UK Supreme Court has ruled Deutsche Bank and UBS should pay taxes on bonuses paid to their investment bankers over a decade ago. The bonuses were paid to staff via offshore accounts in the form of shares to avoid attracting income tax and national ins