01/28/2021
What is a Cayman Foundation Company?
Foundations are well-understood structures from a legal perspective, and the fact that they can effectively ‘bridge’ common and civil law make them particularly attractive.
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01/27/2021
Applebys Hong Kong Office Maintains its Rankings in Legal 500
Legal 500 also highlighted Appleby for its strong Chinese language capabilities.
01/27/2021
Walkers Acts as Cayman Islands Counsel to Taboola
Walkers was instructed by onshore law firm Latham & Watkins and was led by Cayman Islands partner Bicrom Das with assistance from associates Jennifer Sangaroonthong and Daniel Walford.
01/27/2021
BVI Regulatory Sandbox Launched to Support Innovative Fintech
The fee payable for making an application to participate in the Regulatory Sandbox is currently US$2,000.
01/27/2021
Help is at hand: Options for investors in troubled Cayman joint ventures
In many cases, the terms contained in the original agreements such as the shareholders’ agreement or noteholders’ agreement
01/27/2021
Ireland Update – Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 Update
The majority of the provisions of the Act will be commenced on 1 February 2021.
01/27/2021
Cayman DITC Portal Open for Economic Substance Filings
The DITC advises that Outsource Service Providers register on the DITC Portal as soon as possible
01/27/2021
A Perfect and Timely New Year’s Gift from the BVI: Restoration of the Black Swan Jurisdiction
This will be of great practical benefit to parties and their litigation attorneys throughout Asia.
01/27/2021
Momentous Changes Coming Soon to Sark Property Law
As such, the changes are likely to attract more newcomers to the island, which has remained untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic, and shows that Sark is very much open for business.
01/27/2021
ESG for APAC asset managers - navigating climate-related financial risks
For the full webinar recording and slides please get in touch with the Ogier Global ESG team, whose contacts can be found on the right.
01/27/2021
BVI Norwich Pharmacal relief: an international problem now addressed by statut
The policy of the Act is therefore consistent with the policy of the Commercial Court in assisting foreign courts.
01/26/2021
Worldwide Enforcement Effort Allows Jersey Royal Court to Hand Down Landmark Judgement on the Use of Court-Appointed Receiverships
Advocate Sam Williams, a Group Partner in Collas Crill's Jersey office, brought the novel successful application to appoint the Receivers.
01/26/2021
Walkers acts in Kenya energy deal
Due to the success of the structure, Norfund the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries have agreed to become a co-senior lender and to provide BLK1 with USD 15 million of additional senior debt which will enable the expansion of the receivabl
01/26/2021
BVI Company Law Series - Mergers
Mergers can be an attractive option when structuring deals and are by far the most common method for effecting a takeover of a publicly listed BVI company.
01/25/2021
Walkers London Acts as BVI Counsel on OML-17 Acquisition
Described as 'one of the largest and most prominent Oil and Gas deals in Africa for more than a decade', a group of global and regional banks and investors provided US$1.1 billion across the different layers of the capital structure.
01/24/2021
Former Bermuda premier Ewart Brown faces 13 corruption charges
The offences allegedly took place between 2001 and 2010
01/22/2021
Money-laundering in diamond sector: Major trial starts today
One way the traffic works: a diamond dealer takes the profits from diamond sales, and instead of declaring them for tax reasons, transfers the money to an offshore bank account via a number of steps, each intended to muddy the trail.
01/22/2021
Carey Olsen supports Appian Capital on US$775 million launch of second mining fund
Fund II, which has been established as a Jersey Expert Fund, was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap of US$775 million following strong support from both new and existing Tier 1 investors globally.
01/22/2021
Cayman Islands Set to Introduce the Private Funding of Legal Services Act (2020)
The law in relation to litigation funding agreements with respect to civil and commercial litigation in the Cayman Islands is set to change dramatically, with the introduction of the Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 (Act).
01/22/2021
Appleby Bermuda Advised Integral ILS
This is the second cornerstone investment Appleby has advised Integral on.