07/15/2014
The Many Benefits of BVI Investment Funds by Ayana Hull, Harneys
There are over 2,200 regulated funds and almost certainly a similar amount of unregulated fund vehicles established in the BVI.
07/15/2014
The interview touched on regulatory developments including AIFMD, the BVI's competitive advantages and trends that Harneys is seeing in the offshore funds market. Philip heads up Harneys' British Virgin Islands funds practice.
07/13/2014
This specialist knowledge is backed by the full resources of Ogier Fund Services
07/13/2014
Until you shake the tree you don't know what might fall out
07/11/2014
St Kitts and Nevis’ Citizenship by Investment programme does not recognize the software-based currency Bitcoins as a legal investment currency
07/11/2014
Mourant Ozannes has won the accolade of Offshore Firm of the Year more times than any other firm, picking up the award three times since the category was launched in 2004.
07/10/2014
Please click on the links below to download the latest chapters that we have written for the PLC Multi-jurisdictional Guide
07/10/2014
The charges refer to data passed to Assange during a news conference in London and to alleged attempts by Elmer to pass on confidential client data to German officials in 2009 and 2010.
07/10/2014
Individuals who intend to marry tend not to see divorce as a possibility
07/10/2014
Three brothers who ran one of Gibraltar’s largest law firms were jailed last week for fraud, four years after their firm, Marrache & Co, was put into liquidation.
07/10/2014
Two lawyers have just returned to Bermuda after promoting the Island at a conference in Switzerland.
07/10/2014
At first glance, restrictions imposed by the EU and US seem somewhat mechanical. But many questions arise when considered in the context of a transaction
07/10/2014
Leading offshore legal and fiduciary services provider Scores Hat-Trick of Shortlistings in STEP Private Client Awards
The STEP Private Client Awards, now in their ninth year, highlight excellence among private client solicitors/attorneys, accountants, barristers, bankers, trust managers, and financial advisors. This year saw the highest number of entries yet, according t
07/09/2014
In light of this ruling, managers of offshore funds should now be able to defer certain forms of performance-based compensation without the fear of draconian US income tax consequences.
07/09/2014
The Mauritian government is to set up a Serious Fraud Office for the investigation of corruption, money laundering and financial crimes.
07/09/2014
I'm a strong believer in the rule of law
07/08/2014
Promotions in core practice areas of Investment Funds, Finance and Insolvency.
07/07/2014
Tax Ruling by the Mauritian Revenue Authority on Chargeable Interest Income
The Mauritius Income Tax Act 1995 (Income Tax Act) provides that “any person who derives or may derive any income may apply to the Director-General for a ruling as to the application of the Income Tax Act to that income”. One of the latest Inc
07/07/2014
Senior promotions at offshore law firm
The law firm, which was recently awarded Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the 2014 Lawyer Awards ceremony, employs over 300 people, including 185 lawyers, across its offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Cape Town a
07/05/2014
Jackson v Dear et al - Derivative Claims in Guernsey - Mourant Ozannes
This article discusses the recent decision of the Guernsey Royal Court in Jackson v Dear, which provided clarity to derivative claims in the context of Guernsey company law.