03/14/2023
Cayman Islands SVB update for startups and founders
It has also been heartening to see so many industry participants offering assistance and information to those impacted.
Legal
03/10/2023
CCJ dismisses claim by British American policyholders
They alleged that the bailout measures were taken to rescue CLF and CLICO, CIB and BAT, all subsidiaries registered in Trinidad and Tobago but this same protection was not offered to them as policyholders of BAICO.
03/10/2023
Maples Group's London Funds Team wins Hedgeweek Award
The Group's London office recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and has a strong reputation as market leader in legal and professional services providing top-tier expertise and knowledge.
03/09/2023
Fresh guidance on company director disqualification issued by Jersey’s Attorney General
The guidance has been issued in the run-up to the Moneyval inspection of Jersey’s financial services regulatory apparatus, which is due to begin later in 2023.
03/09/2023
Mourant advises on Cayman law aspects of US$120m hybrid facility for R-Bridge Healthcare Fund
On the transaction, Mourant worked in close collaboration with Reed Smith LLP, as lead onshore counsel advising Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking.
03/08/2023
Conyers Wins Two CBLJ Deals of the Year 2022
The awards recognise firms for their outstanding legal service throughout the year, as nominated by China-focused in-house counsel, corporate executives and legal professionals around the world.
03/07/2023
Companies - Just and Equitable Winding Up
It was an unusual case in that it was in respect of a solvent company.
03/07/2023
Conyers Advises Lexasure Financial Group Limited on its Proposed Merger with Nasdaq Listed Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp
The transaction, which is still subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, will reflect a pre-money equity value of $250 million for Lexasure with CEMAC currently having approximately $234.6 million in trust.
03/07/2023
Central Bank of Ireland: Key Areas of Supervisory Focus for 2023
The Central Bank has determined its supervisory priorities for the coming year with reference to these key risk areas.
03/06/2023
An Uncertain Future? Assessing the Hong Kong Court's Reception of Cayman Insolvency Proceedings
There is optimism within the Cayman Islands legal and insolvency community that recognition of and assistance to a restructuring officer will be forthcoming from the HK Court.
03/03/2023
Conyers Advises GLAAM Co. Ltd
The product allows buildings to be transformed into huge digital art canvases, transmit real-time event broadcasts, and become interactive experiences through sensors and smartphone connectivity.
03/03/2023
Maples Group Earns Top Rankings in 2023 Chambers Global Guide
The firm's lawyers were described as "incredibly responsive", who are "pragmatic and operate well under pressure" and are "commercial and come up with innovative solutions to complex problems".
03/03/2023
Carey Olsen advises Brydell Partners on latest real estate fund
The Carey Olsen team advising Brydell Partners on the Jersey law aspects of the fund launch was led by partner James Mulholland and assisted by senior associate Arindam Madhuryya and associate Niamh Murphy.
03/03/2023
Action required following changes to Jersey's proceeds of crime legislation
Entities should now take action to assess whether they are in scope and therefore subject to relevant obligations under the AML/CFT/CPF regime.
03/02/2023
The Privy Council Clarifies the Law on default Judgments in the Eastern Caribbean
The Privy Council also held that the court should refuse to enter a default judgment where it was evident that there may be good grounds for ultimately setting it aside.
03/02/2023
Former Maldives president gets 11 years for corruption, slapped with $3 million penalty
The Criminal Court concluded that the entire amount has to be paid back to the State within six months.
03/02/2023
Swiss bank employees indicted in connection to Russia president’s vast fortunes
The charges stem from bank accounts linked to Vladimir Putin’s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin, whose web of offshore companies was first revealed in the Panama Papers.
03/01/2023
Walkers Advises Capital Square Partners on the Close of a c.US$700 Million Fund
Founded in 2014 and based in Singapore, Capital Square Partners is a private equity firm investing across technology and business services across Southeast Asia and India.
03/01/2023
Grand Court grants leave to enforce a foreign interim arbitration award
Whilst the application was made ex parte, and dealt with on the papers without an oral hearing, Kawaley J nevertheless issued a full ruling setting out his reasons for the decision, there having been no published Cayman Islands case dealing with the enfor
02/28/2023
Carey Olsen shortlisted for offshore law firm of the year in Asia Legal Awards
The awards cover a range of practice areas and disciplines and identify the most significant deals and transactions that took place during 2022.