11/03/2020
UPDATE Cayman Islands – CRS and FATCA update
The Cayman Islands has extended the CRS and FATCA reporting deadlines to 16 December 2020 and the deadline for filing the new CRS Compliance Form has been extended to 31 March 2021
11/03/2020
Cayman Islands Announces Legal Framework in Bid to Attract Crypto Businesses
A new virtual assets bill to bring in provisions to facilitate the phased rollout of the new rules was published last Thursday and will be presented at the next sitting of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly.
11/03/2020
All our teams work exceptionally hard to put the client at the centre of everything that we do so it is heartening to see that reflected back to us.
11/02/2020
Walkers Bermuda Acts as Counsel to Fleming Reinsurance
Fleming's acquisition provides Sinclair's shareholders with an absolute exit solution, allowing for operating expenses to be completely eliminated and capital to be released.
11/01/2020
The Irish Finance Bill 2020 has now been published and contains the legislation to implement the Irish Budget measures of 13 October 2020 and also certain new measures.
11/01/2020
Update prepared by Justine Lau (Partner, Hong Kong) and Jennifer White (Senior Associate, Hong Kong)
11/01/2020
To the extent this information was not previously required to be submitted at registration or incorporation it will be gathered by the Registrar as part of the annual return filing
10/30/2020
Calls to sack Malta financial regulator CEO
Over all-expenses paid holiday with a suspect investigated for murder of investigative journalist
10/30/2020
COVID-19 and residential tenancies in Jersey: where are we now?
These regulations came to an end on 30 September 2020 and from this date landlords and tenants must manage leases in the normal way under the law.
10/30/2020
Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership and Enforcement of Fines
Guidance, effective from October 2020, has now been released in the form of a Beneficial Ownership Enforcement Manual
10/30/2020
The Ogier team led by partner Bertrand Géradin and senior associate Sarah Verlende acted as Luxembourg legal adviser alongside Latham & Watkins LLP.
10/30/2020
applications. This was the case for the Court’s recent appointment of ‘light touch’ provisional liquidators over Samson Paper Holdings Limited (HKEx Stock Code 731, hearing on 24 July 2020) and Ping An Securities Group Holdings Limited (
10/29/2020
A brief summary of the BVI's economic substance legislations, highlighting some of the most common classifications of business activities and outlining the next steps required for a BVI legal entity to comply with its reporting obligations under the
10/28/2020
Mishcon de Reya files claim against public nature of EU beneficial ownership registers
The LBR rejected this request and so the claim was filed with the district court in Luxembourg with assistance from Luther S.A., a law firm based in the region.
10/28/2020
European Commission opens public consultation to review the AIFMD
The consultation is wide-ranging and covers a broad range of subject areas.
10/28/2020
Conyers shortlisted in the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2020
This annual law awards recognizes the excellence and outstanding achievements of Hong Kong’s leading law firms and in-house legal teams, and celebrates top deals and dealmakers over the last year.
10/28/2020
Hundreds turned out to this year's STEP annual ball - one of the only events the organisation has been able to hold globally in 2020.
10/28/2020
A quasi-partnership, as in this case, may also be wound up on grounds of a breakdown of trust and confidence.
10/27/2020
Privy Council Provides Clarification on the Grounds of a Just and Equitable Winding Up for BVI Quasi-Partnerships: Chu v Lau
The Board considered that, while it is well-established that winding up is a shareholders' remedy of last resort, that does not mean that winding up is unavailable to members if they have any other remedy.
10/27/2020
Walkers Named #1 Global CLO Market Offshore Service Provider in Creditflux's CLO Census
WPS partners with its clients to provide best in class fiduciary and administrative services to a broad range of structured and asset finance vehicles across multiple jurisdictions, all within a competitive cost model.