Offshore region records busiest start to the year for M&A activity over past five years
The offshore region recorded more M&A transactions in the first half of 2019 than in the same time p...
Jersey Schemes of Arrangement: Is it now time to decapitate the headcount test?
Practitioners in Jersey and many other commonwealth jurisdictions who advise on creditors’ and mem...
The Inequality of Equality Legislation in the Channel Islands
This summer Guernsey launched its public consultation in relation to proposals to introduce a compre...
4 Potential Structuring Options for BVI Acquisitions
With onshore M&A procedures often cumbersome and time consuming, the British Virgin Islands cont...
Hong Kong - Asia’s premier destination for FinTech investment
While Hong Kong has long been the jewel in the crown of Asia’s financial sector, the city is now p...
Bermuda responding to needs of fintech industry
Bermuda’s emergence as the offshore jurisdiction of choice for fintech companies seeking to operat...
Show Me the Money: Identification and Preservation of Assets in the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands has long had a developed arbitration framework providing for the recognition and ...
Purpose-built ISAC a boon for Bermuda
The long-awaited Incorporated Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2019 was tabled in the House of Assembly on September 27.
Transparency and the Crown Dependencies
Transparency of beneficial ownership information has been a political issue since June 2013 when Bri...
Maternity/Paternity Leave – Anticipated Amendments to the Employment Act
The Employment (Maternity Leave Extension and Paternity Leave) Amendment Act 2019 (Bill) (2019 Amend...
Introduction of the new Collateralised Insurer class
Members of the ILS Bermuda Market Intelligence workstream hosted a roundtable to discuss the Bermuda Monetary Authority's introduction of the new Collateralised Insurer class.
Fund bye-laws and payments-in-kind
Typically, a Bermuda fund is incorporated as an exempted mutual fund, formed as an exempted limited ...