Managers of Wealth Offshore

VG Boosts Business with New Joiners

Lucinda Gouveia, Trust Officer, recently joined VG from a large global firm.

Crypto-currency and ICOs in the British Virgin Islands

As a result, ICOs offer an efficient and cost effective means of accessing mass capital for start-up or early stage enterprises or technology entrepreneurs which might not otherwise have access to capital markets.

International law firm launches strategic citizenship and residence consultancy

Helping clients interested or needing to secure additional citizenships, or residency rights through investment programmes, will be an area of particular focus

Conyers becomes latest to exit Middle East region after a decade

For over a decade Conyers’ Dubai office has serviced the needs of an international client base that has included financiers, corporate groups, asset managers and onshore firms. C

Bermuda Segregated account companies

In order for a company to achieve legal separation of its general account and its segregated account(s) it must be registered as an SAC with the Registrar of Companies

Carey Olsen Advises on the Liquidation of Carillion Finance (Jersey) Limited

The Court indicated that in an urgent case such as this, the speed of the just and equitable process meant it should be preferred if it could avoid the potential for parallel cross border processes which might disrupt the main centre proceedings.

Carey Olsen Advises Capco Trust in Acquisition by Ocorian

The Carey Olsen team advising Capco Trust on all aspects of the transaction was led by partners Siobhan Riley and James Willmott, who were assisted by associate Natasha Lyons.

Mourant Ozannes receives China Business Law Journal 'Deal of the Year' recognition

Mourant Ozannes provided BVI law advice in connection with a bank and lease financing of The Antikeros, The Shonoussa, The Polyaigos and The Strofades vessels.

Carey Olsen Bermuda is open for busines

A new law firm has entered the market in the international finance centre of Bermuda.

Dublin-listed IFG says legacy claims could cost it over £20m

Shares down 17% to €1.72 in Dublin after it also warns of possible sale of one of its units

Bermuda: "Gimme Shelter" - Offshore Asset Protection Trusts And Firewall And Fraudulent Transfer Legislation

There is no legal definition of an asset protection trust under the law of Bermuda or in most other jurisdictions.

Carey Olsen advises on A$1.2 billion restructure of Bis Industries

The transaction is notable because it was the first time a creditors' scheme of arrangement had been used in the Australian market as an interim stabilising step in a broader restructuring process.

The Cayman Islands Welcomes Third Party Litigation Funders - Conyers Dill and Pearman

Third party litigation funders, once seen as “strangers to litigation”, have recently been welcomed with open arms by the Grand Court.

In the Courts in 2017: an Appleby review of offshore court decisions

Even on that selective basis we cover some 50 decisions, ranging from first-instance interlocutory decisions, all the way through to decisions of the Privy Council.

CSSF on-site inspections - Ogier

The Regulation increases the single lump sum for the examination of a license application request from a new AIFM

Cost For Securing A Second Passport from the Caribbean

Shortly after that, the government of St Kitts & Nevis, the first in the Caribbean region to launch a Citizenship By Investment Program in 1984, announced they would be setting a Hurricane Relief Fund with a portion of monies received from their progr

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