07/29/2021
Harneys advises Etsy
Harneys Cayman Corporate Partner, Matthew Taber, advised Etsy.
Legal
07/29/2021
Corbett Le Quesne nominated for ‘Boutique Law Firm of the Year’
The winners will be announced at a cocktail event with a celebrity host on the 26th of January 2022, in London.
07/28/2021
Higgs & Johnson Maintains Top Ranking in Chambers High Net Worth
The firm received the highest ranking (Band 1) and is recognized for having ‘decades of experience in trust and estate law, both locally and internationally.’
07/28/2021
The Cayman Lawyer
The next generation of Caymanian lawyers
07/28/2021
Walkers Advises Kitopi on US$415 Million Series C Funding Round
Kitopi will also continue to innovate and expand its tech stack, grow its strategic restaurant partnerships and build a best-in-class team across the organization.
07/28/2021
Appeals to the Privy Council: 21 days does not mean 21 days and 13 hours
In the case before the Court of Appeal on 12 July 2021, the question for the panel was how the twenty-one day period, set out at section 4 of the 1967 Order, should be calculated.
07/28/2021
Bedell Cristin lawyer receives global recognition in the STEP Excellence Awards
The individuals announced represent the best and the brightest practitioners, many of whom will be names to watch out for in the years ahead and Sonia is unquestionably one of them.
07/28/2021
BVI Commercial Court hands down judgment in long-running dispute concerning Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Limited
From 2011, the shares in Endushantum were held by a BVI trust for the benefit of the founder of Lunan, Mr Zhao Snr (the “Zhao Trust”).
07/28/2021
Ogier advises PizzaExpress
Ogier also advised PizzaExpress on the Jersey aspects of its successful restructuring in 2020
07/28/2021
Harneys ranked Band 1 in the Chambers HNW guide for fifth consecutive year
Chambers High Net Worth ranks the leading and most dedicated lawyers and law firms for international private wealth.
07/27/2021
Mourant trusts team achieves top position
In total, ten Mourant lawyers [across the Channel Islands and Caribbean] have been ranked in the trust and private client practitioner tables.
07/27/2021
Cross-border distribution of investment funds – the Luxembourg law of 21 July 2021
THE LAW TRANSPOSES INTO LUXEMBOURG LAW THE TERMS OF THE CBDF DIRECTIVE AND WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 2 AUGUST 2021, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TIMING FOR IMPLEMENTATION PROVIDED FOR BY THE CBDF DIRECTIVE
07/27/2021
Mourant achieves most shortlistings at Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Asia
The awards recognise leading women for their contributions to the practice of business law along with the firms that have developed the most progressive initiatives towards diversity and inclusion from throughout the continent.
07/26/2021
Court of Appeal confirms that only fees incurred by BVI enrolled legal practitioners are recoverable
The Appellant appealed the order made by the Commercial Court on the basis that the combined effect of sections 2 and 18 of the BVI Legal Professions Act meant that costs incurred by a person practising BVI law who is not on the roll of legal practitioner
07/26/2021
Maples Advises On Cayman Island Stock Exchange Listing
A team based in the international law firm's London office acted as Cayman Islands counsel
07/26/2021
Ogier's market-leading Cayman trusts team ranked top tier in Chambers HNW Guide
Global senior partner and global head of trust disputes Rachael Reynolds and partner Anthony Partridge were also promoted in the individual categories
07/26/2021
Collas Crill Recognised in Chambers High Net Worth Guide for 'Solid' Private Client Team
The rankings are based on independent research including interviews with lawyers, family offices, tax advisers, accountants, investment managers and bankers for a comprehensive view of the private wealth sector.
07/26/2021
Walkers Ireland LLP advises Hertz on successful financial restructuring
Following the successful completion of a Chapter 11 restructuring in the US last month, Hertz has emerged as a financially and operationally stronger company that is well-positioned for the future.
07/26/2021
Dark web fraud uncovered
“This type of fraud is certainly becoming more sophisticated than what we have seen in the past and we do recognise that this is directly linked to the pandemic.”
07/26/2021
Hanging on by a (golden) thread: Modified universalism and cross border insolvency in the BVI
Until the recent decision in Net International Property, there had been little substantive judicial consideration of this point, but obiter remarks had questioned whether the common law powers of recognition and assistance survived.