08/15/2018
Carey Olsen shortlisted for 2018 China Law & Practice Awards
Carey Olsen has been shortlisted for Offshore Firm of the Year at the 2018 China Law & Practice Awards.
Legal
08/14/2018
Lumiere Wealth fraud trial kicks off in Jersey
Chris Byrne is accused of losing £2.7m in client money via high-risk investments
08/14/2018
Private equity deals and debt listing driving TISE growth for Ogier team
There is a growing interest in REITs listings, but the key driver remains the Quoted Eurobond Exemption for the volume of listings under TISE's specialist debt listing regime.
08/14/2018
UK committee opens inquiry into relationship with OTs
The Overseas Territories have a special place in our constitution.
08/10/2018
Nuix founder cops seven years jail sentence for offshore tax fraud
Ministers savage fraud detection software founder.
08/09/2018
Cayman Court considers relevant ‘gateways’ for accessing a confidentiality order in relation to a non-contentious trust application
The Court also provided some helpful guidance on the correct procedure for seeking confidentiality orders in trust administration cases
08/09/2018
Trends in Corporate Jet Financing in Asia: an offshore perspective
In this article Ms. Roman looks at recent trends in financing corporate jets in Asia, as well as where aircraft are being registered offshore.
08/09/2018
General duties of a director of a Jersey company
Since the directors' duties are owed to the company, generally only the company may enforce them.
08/09/2018
Cross-border estate planning – where a Jersey grant is needed for international assets
A common scenario where cross border estate planning can go wrong is when the situs (where property is treated as being located for legal purposes) of an asset is not properly understood.
08/09/2018
Privy Council upholds Court of Appeal ruling in long-running trusts dispute
The case was particularly noteworthy for its re-statement of how Courts of equity should approach identifying the interests of parties to gifts.
08/09/2018
Collas Grill Shortlisted For Two Private Client Awards
We're very pleased with this shortlisting
08/09/2018
Collas Crill acts in New York property deal
Collas Crill is known as one of the leading offshore legal advisers on US real estate transactions
08/09/2018
Collas Crill acts in Generali acquisition
The transaction is subject to, inter alia, the approval of the relevant competition and regulatory authorities and is expected to be finalized by Quarter 1 2019.
08/08/2018
Two extradited to face fraud charges in Jersey
Bahrain and the UK cooperated to ensure the men stand trial over an alleged multi-million pound fraud
08/08/2018
Irish AML Requirements Facing a Shake-Up
A significant aspect of these reforms is that certain industry sectors will find themselves within the scope of AML/CFT legislation for the first time and will be subject to direct supervision for AML/CFT purposes by competent authorities.
08/08/2018
Reflections from the Hong Kong SPOT conference 2018
One of the salient issues that most blockchain and crypto based companies face is not knowing how the jurisdiction they are domiciled in will regulate digital assets and not knowing how they will be governed.
08/08/2018
Carey Olsen lawyers make Citywealth Leaders List
15 Carey Olsen lawyers appear in the latest edition.
08/08/2018
Manafort ex-business partner Rick Gates testifies they committed crimes together
The witness, who is cooperating with prosecutors, claimed he assisted Paul Manafort in filing false tax returns
08/08/2018
Former Barbados Government Minister Indicted in US for Money Laundering
The charges stem from his acceptance of bribes from a Barbadian insurance company in 2015 and 2016 when he was a public official.
08/08/2018
The Cayman Islands adopt a global approach to cross border communication and co-operation
The JIN Guidelines were designed primarily to enhance communication between courts, insolvency representatives and other parties in the context of global restructurings and insolvency.