02/06/2023
Bedell Cristin advises Arq on combination with ADES
Arq is a Jersey incorporated environmental technology company founded in 2015 that has developed a novel process for producing specialty carbon products from coal mining waste.
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02/03/2023
Fang Ankong and Hwh Holdings Limited v Green Elite Limited
The case concerned a BVI company that had been established for the sole purpose of giving effect to an employee share scheme for the benefit of three employees to reward them for service upon the public listing of Chiho-Tiande Group Limited (a Cayman Isla
02/03/2023
Carey Olsen advises Transocean on US$1.175 billion senior secured notes offering
The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Transocean Ltd.
02/03/2023
Conyers Shortlisted for IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2023
We are pleased to be nominated as “Law Firms of the Year – Offshore firm“
02/01/2023
Carey Olsen supports JR Capital on launch of latest logistics fund
The five-year life fund expects to target industrial, warehousing and urban logistics assets in the UK and was launched as a joint arrangement by JR Capital and property developer and asset manager Chancerygate.
02/01/2023
Property owner sues ICWI and Cayman Insurance Centre
Lawsuit alleges breach of contract by ICWI and negligence by Cayman Insurance Centre
01/31/2023
Strike off, dissolution and restoration under the BVI Business Companies Act
This guide examines procedures by which the name of a company may be struck off, or restored to, the Register under the Act.
01/31/2023
Taking security over shares in a Cayman Islands exempted company
This guide examines the creation of security over shares in a Cayman Islands exempted company.
01/31/2023
Conyers advises Sanders Re III Ltd. on its offering and listing of US$287,500,000 Series 2022-2 Notes
Conyers’ role included assisting with the preparation of documents, facilitating the listing of the notes on the Bermuda Stock Exchange and providing Bermuda law advice to the company up to closing.
01/30/2023
Four Carey Olsen partners named 'Top Recommended Offshore Experts' in Spear's 500 2023
The rankings are the product of research carried out by the Spear's Research Unit, and comprises in-person and telephone interviews, peer reviews, analysis from subject matter experts and information gathered from clients, advisers and firms themselv
01/27/2023
Withers tech advises on £8m seed investment into Concretene
The seed financing was led by leading European venture capital fund, LocalGlobe.
01/27/2023
Freightos Limited Completes Business Combination with Gesher I Acquisition Corp.
Freightos Limited operates a digital marketplace for the international freight industry, offering a digital platform which allows for real-time global rate comparisons and booking and shipping management services.
01/26/2023
Global Legal Insights: Fund Finance 2023 – Updates to sanctions and restructuring regimes in the Cayman Islands
The chapter provides an overview of the sanctioning process (including related penalties and exemptions), outlines the new restructuring regime and the proper procedure for a creditor to commence winding up of a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
01/26/2023
Bedell Cristin achieves key ranking for its Singapore office for the first time
Rankings reflect the results of analysis of law firm submissions and interviews undertaken by their team of experienced researchers.
01/25/2023
Court of Appeal finds that judge wrong to threaten insurance agent over legal costs award
The termination came after Bain informed the company that she was pursuing tertiary education in the United States; a decision the insurer claimed constituted a breach of contract.
01/25/2023
Bedell Cristin lawyer Sonia Shah admitted as Jersey Advocate
She works across numerous cases and advises onshore law firms, fiduciaries and high-net-worth individuals on trust, commercial, insolvency and regulatory matters on a wide range of international disputes.
01/24/2023
Conyers Announces Recipient of Annual Hong Kong Commercial Law Prize 2021-2022
Leslie recently completed his Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law at The University of Hong Kong.
01/24/2023
Carey Olsen confirmed as the leading legal adviser to Jersey domiciled funds
Carey Olsen has the largest team of dedicated funds lawyers in the Channel Islands and are instructed by both nascent investment managers and the largest alternative investment firms worldwide, many of whom have structures based in Jersey.
01/23/2023
Cayman specialist tracking Bermuda IP developments
The Bermuda Government intends to submit to the UK formal requests for extension of several treaties governing the protection of IP rights.
01/23/2023
Green Elite: The Duomatic Principle, s.175 and directors’ liability for unauthorised payments
The company subsequently went into liquidation and its liquidators alleged that those payments – which comprised the sale proceeds of assets previously owned by Green Elite – had been made by the directors in breach of their fiduciary duties.