02/10/2015
Daughter of ex-China premier held millions in secret Swiss bank account
Li Xiaolin, daughter of a former Chinese premier known for his support of the bloody military crackdown on the 1989 democracy movement, held as much as $2.48 million in a secret HSBC account in Switzerland
02/09/2015
SEC Goes After a Cayman Islands Bank
Cayman Islands-based Caledonian Bank and four other companies took more than $75 million from unregistered sales of "virtually worthless" penny stocks
02/09/2015
Prominent Australian political and business figures are among thousands of people identified as Swiss bank account holders
02/06/2015
Voisin law firm has made two senior internal promotions in Jersey
02/04/2015
Appleby's insolvency and restructuring team in Guernsey have been involved in a number of high value corporate insolvency matters in 2014.
02/04/2015
Bedell Cristin Guernsey has been named Offshore Law Firm of the Year in the UK Captive Services Awards 2015
02/04/2015
Changes and appointments at Guernsey law firm
Guernsey law firm has made a number of appointments and changes to its team
02/04/2015
Ogier has appointed David Cooney and Bradley Kruger as Partners in the Cayman office and Michael Killourhy (pictured) as a Partner in the BVI office.
02/03/2015
The BVI for Financing of Corporate and Private Aircraft
The British Virgin Islands is becoming an increasingly popular jurisdiction for aviation finance transactions in both the commercial and business jet sectors.
02/03/2015
Collas Crill senior associate Ben Havard , and Bryon Rees and Christopher Jones, Managing Associates of Ogier , were all sworn in as Guernsey Advocates today
02/03/2015
Bryon Rees and Christopher Jones, managing associates of Ogier, were called to the Guernsey Bar on Monday 2 February 2015.
02/02/2015
Hawksford employee contributes to international legal textbook
The chapter explains Jersey’s law relating to vulnerable adults and will be an important aid for worldwide practitioners representing adults, who may have a reduced mental capacity, with financial affairs in the Island.
02/01/2015
A practical guide to corporate governance: Complying with the spirit of regulation
Corporate governance has remained a hot topic of discussion for sophisticated and institutional investors and industry professionals alike
01/30/2015
Guidance on the approach to trust mistake cases based on popular tax planning schemes - Appleby
This is a decision which will be of particular interest to lawyers and other advisors considering the possibility of such applications succeeding.
01/30/2015
Leeds United: Sport Capital sues GFH for £33m over failed Leeds takeover bid
The Sport Capital group - a consortium featuring ex-Leeds managing director David Haigh and Andrew Flowers, MD of United shirt sponsor Enterprise Insurance - spent almost three months attempting to push the buy-out through but saw the deal fall apart in J
01/30/2015
The Nolan v Minerva case served as a sharp wake up call to professional service providers who may find themselves liable by failing to act independently or question a client's motives.
01/30/2015
Principality judge says no proof exists that money in Pujol’s alleged accounts is illegal
01/30/2015
Premium financing has eased the process of obtaining life insurance for wealthy parties. Appleby Group advises on its technicalities
01/28/2015
In a move that is likely to be well-received by the offshore financial sector, the Anguillan government has published a draft bill for a new Insolvency Act.
01/28/2015
Jordi Pujol testifies before judge investigating money he kept hidden in Andorra