07/07/2014
Tax Ruling by the Mauritian Revenue Authority on Chargeable Interest Income
The Mauritius Income Tax Act 1995 (Income Tax Act) provides that “any person who derives or may derive any income may apply to the Director-General for a ruling as to the application of the Income Tax Act to that income”. One of the latest Inc
07/07/2014
Senior promotions at offshore law firm
The law firm, which was recently awarded Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the 2014 Lawyer Awards ceremony, employs over 300 people, including 185 lawyers, across its offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Cape Town a
07/05/2014
Jackson v Dear et al - Derivative Claims in Guernsey - Mourant Ozannes
This article discusses the recent decision of the Guernsey Royal Court in Jackson v Dear, which provided clarity to derivative claims in the context of Guernsey company law.
07/04/2014
Changes to the Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership Law 2014
The ELP Law is a welcome addition to Cayman Islands legislation and will be of particular interest to the financial services industry.
07/04/2014
More TIEAs: First Challenge under Judicial Review regime by Justin Harvey-Hills Mathew Cook, Mourant Ozannes
This case is the first appeal under the new 'Judicial Review' regime. Whilst the challenge failed, it raises some interesting questions for future challenges.
07/04/2014
Private Equity Funds made easier in the Cayman Islands by Mourant Ozannes
The Cayman Islands has once again shown itself to be an innovative and responsive jurisdiction in terms of providing user-friendly and practical legislation. This will come as a welcome relief to an industry post-global financial crisis otherwise sufferin
07/04/2014
The impact on a trustee of potential holding of criminal proceeds by Mourant Ozannes
This article looks at the implications for a trustee in Jersey faced with the difficult situation where it is suspected that trust assets may be, or indeed have been confirmed as being, the proceeds of crime and/or a civil fraud.
07/04/2014
Jersey insolvency laws: ancient and modern
One particular criticism has been the lack of flexibility under the Jersey system
07/03/2014
Cayman Islands: St-Cyr changes plea to guilty
The former founder and managing director of Cayman Islands-based Clover Asset Management, Eric St-Cyr, has pleaded guilty to charges that he conspired to launder the proceeds of a purported bank fraud.
07/03/2014
Mourant Ozannes has won the accolade of Offshore Firm of the Year more times than any other firm, picking up the award three times since the category was launched in 2004.
07/03/2014
Mourant Ozannes advises Emerald Technology Ventures in welcoming new investors
We are proud of our longstanding relationship with Emerald Technology Ventures
07/02/2014
Finance Offshore is designed to bring you up to date with latest changes to the law, trends and useful information in relation to the finance industry.
07/02/2014
Withers has announced the appointment of seven new partners across the firm's international offices and practice areas. The appointees' new roles took effect from 1 July 2014.
07/02/2014
Hong Kong's new Companies Ordinance came into force on 3 March, 2014, and is designed to modernise Hong Kong companies and make them easier to operate. Historically, certain aspects of the Hong Kong company law regime have encouraged the use of BVI c
06/30/2014
The Mourant Ozannes team which advised Heritage Oil was led by partner James Hill and senior associates Jon Woolrich and Andrew Salisbury.
06/30/2014
Cayman offers a well-regulated and internationally respected, tax-neutral, offshore business environment.
06/27/2014
For the third successive year, Bedell Cristin partner Zillah Howard has been awarded ‘Best in offshore’ at the Europe Women in Business Law Awards organised by the Euromoney Legal Media Group.
06/27/2014
On Wednesday 9th July, the authors of the fourth edition of the revised 160-page ‘Guidelines for Jersey Directors’ book, Advocates Anthony Dessain and James Campbell of Bedell, will outline the key changes to the guidelines to a Jersey audie
06/27/2014
Bedell has received regulatory approval from the Jersey Financial Services Commission to provide depositary services from its Jersey office to all JFSC regulatory categories of investment funds, provided that the particular fund is either a closed-ended
06/27/2014
It outlined key features of the AIF Law in terms of available products and supervision