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
01/28/2015
Leading offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised Praxis Holdings Limited in connection with its merger with Jersey-based IFM Group.
01/27/2015
Cains Advocates has been named as Law Firm of the Year in the Isle of Man at the Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards.
01/27/2015
A Montreal accountant who lives in the Bahamas is allegedly at the centre of a $77-million tax-evasion scheme
01/26/2015
Publicly available ultimate beneficial ownership registers appear to have been restricted to 'taxable' trusts in the EU's Fourth Money Laundering Directive.
01/25/2015
Some environmental groups and residents have said the expansion may damage the surrounding ecosystem and beaches.
01/25/2015
Convicted fraudster, David Smith, has been arrested by Turks and Caicos police on a provisional warrant to be extradited to the United States to continue a prison sentence.
01/23/2015
The Chief Minister of Jersey, Senator Ian Gorst, and the Chief Minister of Guernsey, Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, will travel to France on Thursday 22 January to sign a cooperation agreement with La Manche and Lower Normandy
01/23/2015
The Appleby team was led by Kyle Sutherland, Counsel in the Corporate & Commercial department.
01/23/2015
Appleby Associate Vincent Chan has recently received the 2014 Hong Kong Deal Maker of the Year Award presented by Finance Monthly.
01/23/2015
Appleby has had an active start to 2015 in the capital market sector, advising on three initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January, including the year’s first HKEx listing.
01/22/2015
The proposed changes, which were put out for public consultation this week, would give the Economic and Statistics Office the ability to send voluntary surveys to exempt corporations.
01/22/2015
The government of Seychelles has said it will assist with all formal requests for an investigation into the assets of Sri Lanka’s former president.
01/22/2015
Those familiar with the Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company will note that an SPC is one legal entity irrespective of the number of segregated portfolios created.