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Retired accountant with a secret past as 'money man for notorious gangsters'

Westminster Magistrates Court heard how Blanchard's involvement began in 1999 when he set up as an "offshore" tax adviser on Tenerife.

Client-lawyer email exchange ‘privileged’, says judge

“The court denies the government’s seventh motion in limine and finds that the document is protected by the attorney-client privilege and that Ms. Innes has not waived the attorney-client privilege with respect to the document. Thus, the gove

Walkers' Global Aviation Team acts on Airborne Capital's Inaugural US$637 million ABS

Walkers Professional Services, in both Cayman and Ireland and led by Fiona de Lacy and Elaine Anderson, provided fiduciary and cash management services throughout the warehouse phase of the transaction and will continue to provide fiduciary services throu

The latest trends in philanthropy

The reputation of some of the more prominent charities has been tarnished and coupled with the perceived administration costs of some of these larger organisations, alternative ways of directly benefitting causes are increasingly being explored.

Conyers advises START III Ltd

Similar to the STARR 2018-1 transaction – the first aircraft portfolio purchase to include 144A tradeable equity and a dedicated asset manager for equity investors – and STARR 2019-1, an affiliate of Sculptor will serve as an asset manager and

Bermuda Investment Funds Amendment ACT 2019 Becomes Operative

The definition of investment fund has been amended to include both open-ended investment funds and closed-ended investment funds.

Bedell Cristin partner on International Powerwomen list

This industry recognition comes at a time when Bedell Cristin is celebrating its 80th anniversary and is placing an increased strategic emphasis on expanding its private client offering around the world.

Conyers advises Bosideng International Holdings

Bosideng and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the apparel business, with a developed expertise in down apparel in PRC, in which it has been widely recognised by consumers as an industry leader.

Conyers advises Redco Property Group

Partner Flora Wong and Associate Ryan McConvey of Conyers’ Hong Kong office advised on the matter working alongside Sidley Austin.

Litigation Privilege: When Is the Shield Lowered?

The CICA decided that there is no privilege in a finalised witness statement that has been served on the other party.

Cains Unveil Refreshed Brand

Cains’ marketing manager, Carrie Allen-Snell, explained that the new brand and website are the result of a number of months of collaboration between the firm and a leading creative branding and communications agency based in London.

A Brief Guide to Continuing Companies in to the Isle of Man

Appleby routinely receives instructions to assist foreign incorporated companies

IRELAND UPDATE - New whistleblowing obligations under Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

The Regulations became applicable on 18 November 2019 and so impacted firms should review their AML and whistleblowing arrangements immediately to ensure that these are appropriate.

Lucy Frew's FinTech column: December 2019

In this edition of her column, Lucy considers the legal statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts published by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.

The Court’s inherent jurisdiction to remove trustees? Nothing exceptional

The Court held the jurisdiction to remove a trustee under its inherent jurisdiction does not have an initial threshold of exceptionality and there is no requirement, beyond that which is normal, for a strong case to be made out.

Caribbean regulators sign multilateral Memorandum of Understanding

The MoU intends to, inter alia, enhance the existing working relationship among the competent authorities in the participating jurisdictions.

Exercising voting rights is not “dealing with” frozen assets

The CICA found that the passing of resolutions did not dissipate or affect the value or character of the shares or the value of the underlying assets.

Barbados: Economic substance legislation repealed and replaced - Deloitte

The Director will continue to assess high risk intellectual property companies

Jersey's data protection law reform - new charging model approved

Although the maximum fee under this new model is £1,600, the proposals are based on the assumption that only 0.1% of data controllers or processors would be likely to incur such a charge, with the majority of businesses paying £7

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