10/14/2019
Purpose-Built ISAC a Boon for Bermuda
The long-awaited Incorporated Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2019 was tabled in the House of Assembly on September 27.
Legal
10/14/2019
Estera launches legal services in Cayman and Bermuda
Estera said the move gives clients the option of a one-stop-shop for legal, corporate and fiduciary services, and broadens relationships with clients in the Americas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
10/11/2019
Wife claims Maples and Calder partner arrested for beating her on his birthday is innocent
Great bodily harm is categorised as injuries which are not slight, minor or trivial and greater than bruises.
10/11/2019
Suspect in Operation Dirty Oil moving €2.8 million to wife’s offshore company
Gordon Debono’s wife used Cypriot court to enforce two 2017 loan agreements for €2.8 million to trafficking suspect, using offshore companies
10/11/2019
Considerations for terminating registration of your Cayman Islands entity before 2020 fees and filings are due
An entity may be voluntarily terminated by voluntary winding up or strike off.
10/11/2019
Chambers UK 2020 Guide confirm leading status for Appleby Isle of Man
Released on Thursday 10 October, the Chambers UK Guide 2020 ranks Appleby’s Isle of Man office as Band 1
10/11/2019
Appleby Bermuda To Sponsor And Speak At Inaugural Bermuda Tech Week
Bermuda Tech Week is a five-day programme of events
10/11/2019
Record results for Ogier's Guernsey team in Legal 500 and IFLR legal directories
In the Legal 500 there have been 11 new individual rankings.
10/11/2019
Ogier "head and shoulders above the competition" in Chambers UK 2020
Ogier has the highest number of ranked individuals in Employment in Jersey
10/10/2019
Collas Collas Explainsnon Non Court Approved Reductions Of Capital
The Law has a simple procedure for a company to reduce its capital accounts without the need to get court approval.
10/10/2019
Carey Olsen Bermuda crowned Bermuda's Best Employer for 2019
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the RG Business Top Ten Employers programme is the island's most prominent awards event recognising organisations for their excellence as employers.
10/10/2019
Ireland - Update – CBI Issues Prohibition Notice for Breach of the Fitness & Probity Regime
The Fitness and Probity regime requires individuals performing control functions in RFSPs to meet the CBI’s Fitness and Probity Standards.
10/10/2019
Top Takeaways from our Zurich and Geneva Trust and Private Client Seminars
Foundations emerged as a new type of incorporated entity in Jersey and Guernsey
10/10/2019
Recognition For Appleby Lawyers In The Latest Chambers And Partners Guide
The directory recognises 23 Appleby lawyers from their Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey offices.
10/09/2019
Mourant advises The Rank Group plc on £115 million acquisition of Stride Gaming plc
Corporate partner James Hill, litigation partner Stephen Alexander and Counsel Andrew Salisbury provided Jersey legal advice on all aspects of the acquisition, working alongside English counsel CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang.
10/09/2019
Cayman commits to public beneficial ownership register
The government had previously said it would only make this type of information public if it became an international standard.
10/08/2019
Carey Olsen's Guernsey trusts conference urges caution over reliance on 'Anti-Bartlett' clauses
The nature of the high level supervisory role will always be fact-specific and dependent.
10/08/2019
Collas Crill Advises £20M Finance Facility For Raw Mortgage Fund
The transaction was led by Group Partner Paul Wilkes and Senior Associate Gareth Morgan.
10/08/2019
OFAC's Case Against British Arab Commercial Bank and Offshore Use of the US Dollar
This is a complex and novel case, but one worthy of careful analysis by non-US banks engaged in potentially higher risk transactions in USD that rely on a determination that the arrangements are outside of OFAC’s jurisdiction.
10/08/2019
Don't Turn a Tax Debt Into a Prison Sentence
In addition to evading the payment of these taxes, Dr. Russell failed to timely pay the taxes due for the years 2013 through 2015."