05/10/2016
The Rise of DIFC SPCs
A Special Purpose Company is one type of legal entity that may be incorporated under DIFC law and is similar in some respects to the ordinary DIFC company limited by shares
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05/10/2016
Trusts and Estates Lawyers Need To Manage The Client Experience To Build Exceptional Practices
Highly satisfied wealthy clients translate into returning to the attorney and the law firm for additional legal services and referring other people to the trusts and estates lawyer.
05/06/2016
Ogier advises on US$100 million offer for global sports marketing and event management company
Commenting on Ogier’s involvement, partner Simon Schilder said: "We are delighted to be advising Atlantic again and look forward to assisting the company throughout the offer process towards a successful outcome.
05/05/2016
Maples and Calder Recognised for Seven Airfinance Deal of the Year Awards
As a testament to the strong performance and unrivalled expertise of the Maples and Calder Finance practice, Airfinance Journal has recognised seven transactions on which the firm advised in 2015 for Deal of the Year awards.
05/04/2016
Republic makes offer to buy out Grenada bank
In April 2006, it was renamed Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd, in a move designed to unite the two banks and greater capitalise on competitive advantages from systems and processes alignment.
04/28/2016
Appleby Counsel Speaks At Key Insurance Events
As a starting point, Samuel’s presentation provided a history and overview of the Cayman’s legal framework with emphasis on the cooperative efforts it has made to lead by example in the international financial community.
04/28/2016
What happens in Panama stays in Panama? A short review of the law of confidence by Nigel Adams
The law of confidence exists in English law to protect confidential information from publication and/or other unauthorised use.
04/28/2016
Hatstone News
This newsletter brings news from our three offices in Jersey, Panama and South Africa and announces our new office.
04/28/2016
Senior promotion for Offshore law firm
He has worked on a number of high profile transactions in his career to date and his practice has a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, international listings of Jersey companies and Jersey schemes of arrangement.
04/28/2016
Fighting firewalls by Carey Olsen
An examination of two judgments on a conflict between the firewall provisions of Jersey and Cayman trust laws.
04/27/2016
Make no mistake: Cayman Courts will uphold contractual arrangements: Mourant Ozannes
This approach reflects the importance of upholding commercial contracts and providing certainty.
04/27/2016
Ogier announces senior management team changes
Named recently as one of the top ten contentious trusts lawyers across the UK and Crown Dependencies by Citywealth
04/27/2016
Trump’s campaign chief is questioned about ties to Russian billionaire
The lawyer’s comments came in response to an earlier story by Yahoo News about the Cayman officials’ efforts to track down Manafort for his testimony.
04/27/2016
Carey Olsen part of winning team at IFLR European Awards
Mr Marks said: "Being part of the winning deal team for this award reflects Carey Olsen's strong track record in advising on high yield deals."
04/27/2016
Clues to Jailed Fund Manager's Millions Sought in Panama Leak
Getting access to the papers will be a challenge.
04/27/2016
Draft regulations for the implementation of Country-by-Country reporting published in South Africa by Arnaaz Camay
The OECD’s recommendation under Action Plan 13 was that all countries should adopt a standardised approach to transfer pricing documentation which follows a three-tiered structure consisting of a master file, a local file, and country-by-country (&l
04/27/2016
BVI Automatic Exchange of Information Registration and Reporting Deadlines
The government of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") has recently clarified the filing deadlines under the various automatic exchange of information regimes in a number of bulletins and press releases.
04/26/2016
Appleby Cayman Partner Receives Lee Freeman Award
In order to assist further with their programmes, Appleby has donated a new laptop to the Centre and continues to offer its support in various ways.
04/26/2016
Appleby acts for Get Nice & Luen Wong on HKEx Listings
The Appleby team on both IPOs was led by Judy Lee, a corporate partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office, assisted by Counsel Chris Cheng.
04/25/2016
Panama Papers implicate Pacific Island states
The micro-states are targeted by financial sharks because of the impoverished Pacific islands’ desperate need for foreign “investment.”