11/25/2014
Leading Channel Islands law firm announce Cayman merger
The merger creates the first and currently only law firm with offices in Singapore, the Cayman Islands, London and each of the Channel Islands.
11/25/2014
The unstoppable Hydra: The tentacles of trust and tax reporting obligations are spreading by Withers
UK resident non-domiciliaries (RNDs), who have interests in non-UK structures, are currently not required to provide any information about those structures to HMRC, provided that they claim the remittance basis of taxation in the UK and nothing is remitte
11/24/2014
After a decade at the helm of dispute resolution in Guernsey, Simon Davies and Mathew Newman discuss the main trends of the past ten years in the field of litigation.
11/24/2014
Ansbacher whistleblower left 'frustrated' in efforts to appear in front of PAC
Civil servant Gerard Ryan has told TDs that the investigation into a series of offshore bank accounts, allegedly held by a number of former politicians, is far from completion.
11/24/2014
The Office of the Ombudsman has asked a special court to order the seizure of $2 million in alleged illegal assets amassed by a cabinet official and close political ally of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
11/21/2014
ANZ removed itself as one of the gatekeepers of Trio Capital's fund in February 2009 and was replaced by National Australia Trustees Ltd
11/21/2014
Cayman Islands: Banned FIFA official charged with fraud, money-laundering
The 43-year-old is due in Summary Court on Tuesday and the commission added "it is anticipated further charges will follow".
11/21/2014
Elian group director, Philip Le Cornu, has been included in eprivateclient’s ‘50 Most Influential’ list for the fourth time.
11/21/2014
The liquidators of Gibraltar firm Marrache & Co are suing the local branch of accountancy firm Baker Tilly for negligence, breach of duty, conspiracy and dishonest assistance for audit advice given prior to Marrache’s collapse in 2010.
11/21/2014
The Cayman Islands currently has in place an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with each of the United States and the United Kingdom and has passed domestic legislation to make compliance with the IGAs a matter of Cayman Islands law (Cayman FATCA).
11/20/2014
'Anti-offshore' law to bring billions back to Russian economy
Russia’s upper house of parliament has approved an “anti-offshore” law requiring individual and corporate taxpayers to report foreign profits.
11/20/2014
Top Tier Rankings For Conyers Dill & Pearman
One of the Island’s leading law firms has been recognized with top-tier rankings in two prestigious industry publications.
11/20/2014
Cayman Islands: Freezing orders and other relief in aid of foreign proceedings now permitted in the Cayman Islands
The Grand Court (Amendment) Law, 2014 (Amendment) will come into force on 24 November 2014.
11/20/2014
Appleby Finance Offshore Q4 2014
Welcome to the latest Offshore Finance. Our newsletter is designed to bring you up to date with latest changes to...
11/20/2014
Until now, barely a week could go by for finance lawyers and trust company directors in Jersey without someone entering...
11/20/2014
Why Offshore Corporate Structuring Needs to be on the Agenda by Oliver Lawson, Appleby
From the fast paced and cash constrained environment of start-ups to the expansion challenges experienced by more established growth companies,...
11/20/2014
BVI's FATCA implementation continues by Ross Munro, Harneys
The Minister is expected to make further Orders providing further details of the reporting regime in the near future.
11/19/2014
More Madoff money brings total to $10.3 billion going back to investors
Trustee Irving Picard on Monday announced a settlement with two “feeder funds” that are being liquidated in the Cayman Islands.
11/19/2014
Guernsey's insolvency regime set to reform
On 24 October 2014, the Commerce & Employment department published its consultation paper on various options for reforming Guernsey’s insolvency regime, both for personal and corporate insolvency.
11/18/2014
Useful guidance on the Bermudan courts' approach to assisting foreign liquidators
In view of this limited disclosure, the liquidators tried to invoke the jurisdiction of section 195 of the Companies Act 1981 in Bermuda