05/27/2016
Isle of Man Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year
The department was also named Isle of Man Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year in the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2015 which were announced in October last year.
05/27/2016
They can also issue “bearer shares”, a legal instrument banned in most countries because of the ease with which they can be used for tax evasion and money laundering.
05/26/2016
It has been 92 years since rugby last featured in the Olympics, so 2016 marks a true milestone in the history of the sport.
05/25/2016
The line between the legal and illegal establishment of offshore companies can be blurry, but it doesn’t mean it’s always wrong.
05/25/2016
FG to Repatriate Stolen £300 Million From Jersey
05/23/2016
The spotlight of the international community is shining more brightly than ever on International Financial Centres and those who use them in an effort to reduce aggressive tax avoidance, tax evasion and other practices which are perceived to be practiced
05/23/2016
Law firm ordered to close down wealth management services
The firestorm that has flared over the Panama Papers disclosures threatens to consume the credibility of country's lucrative offshore financial centre
05/20/2016
While many of those listed may have engaged in perfectly lawful and properly reported offshore activities, the disclosures will inevitably lead to new criminal investigations and civil and regulatory proceedings around the world.
05/20/2016
The Mourant Ozannes team advising O3b Networks was led by Partner James Hill and Counsel Jon Woolrich.
05/19/2016
When looking at the offshore jurisdictions as a whole, the broadly flat figures recorded for 2015 reflect a continuing levelling off in the number of filings since the high point of 2013.
05/19/2016
On January 16 2016 the European Union implemented the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which scaled back sanctions on Iran and marked the country's return to international capital (and other) markets. Investment in Iran through Cyprus-based compan
05/19/2016
In today’s difficult economic climate, countries need more than ever to ensure that they collect all the tax revenues that are due to them in order to fund public expenditure and reduce public debt. The arrival of new technologies has made it easier
05/17/2016
The Panama Papers is the name of a large collection of confidential documents from the Panamanian legal and business services Mossack Fonseca, which was leaked.
05/17/2016
“Panama is committed to cooperate and exchange of information but these can be only on bilateral terms,” Navarro said during an interaction here adding “the country which takes the information should be prepared to take it and use it acc
05/17/2016
Bermuda law provides its courts the power to vary beneficial interests and administrative powers of trusts where it is in the interests of the beneficiaries to do so.
05/17/2016
The Cayman Islands legal professionis committed, alongside its colleagues in the UK, to fight against corruption in all forms.
05/16/2016
The Government of the Cayman Islands has this week gazetted a bill to repeal the statute that has frequently – and mistakenly – been described as Cayman’s banking secrecy law.
05/13/2016
Plaintiffs often seek freezing orders to prevent defendants taking steps to thwart the enforcement of their judgments. However, a plaintiff can sometimes struggle to prove a real risk of dissipation or to provide very substantial security to fortify a cro
05/13/2016
A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, sent on Monday 9 May, confirmed that Jersey would actively participate, as it had done in the past, in the work on the development and assessment of compliance of the standard.
05/13/2016
Dar says highlight of renegotiated treaty is replacement of Article 26 on exchange of information with a new one; exchange of tax info to help catch tax dodgers and corrupt