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Clarity in comity: Cayman schemes of arrangement capable of discharging New York law debt
Summary In In re Modern Land (China) Co Ltd (Modern Land) the United States Bankruptcy Court recognised proceedings comm...
Insight 26/07/2022- Cayman
- Global Reach
Act now if you are thinking of closing your Cayman fund this year
If you are thinking of winding down your fund during 2022, it is important to start the formal solvent voluntary liquida...
Insight 15/07/2022- Cayman
Crypto funding now possible for acquisition of Cayman property
Property transactions in Cayman can now be funded in cryptocurrency through Parallel Limited, which has obtained its VAS...
Insight 08/07/2022- Cayman
Under the influence? A review of a recent Cayman Islands decision that finds care for the entire beneficial class is the pivotal factor in determining undue influence
This article was first published in STEP's Trust Quarterly Review in June 2022. This article will cover the recent judg...
Insight 24/06/2022- Cayman
Green bonds: For us it's personal
A green bond is a debt finance instrument used to raise funds specifically for a "green" purpose such as a renewable ene...
Insight 10/06/2022- Cayman
- BVI
Where there’s smoke there’s a fire(wall)
We discuss the difficulties of enforcing onshore judgments in offshore jurisdictions in an article published in the late...
Insight 08/06/2022- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Cayman
- BVI
- London
Re Porton Capital: Applications to set aside company dissolutions obtained by fraud
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands' recent judgment in Re Porton Capital Inc and Porton Capital Limited provides usef...
Insight 07/04/2022- Cayman
In the matter of the Poulton Family Trust: Mental incapacity and undue influence
On 18 February 2022, Justice Ian Kawaley of the Cayman Islands Grand Court delivered an extensive 250-page judgment in a...
Insight 04/04/2022- Cayman
Freezing crypto-assets in the Cayman Islands: Practical considerations
In Philip Smith v Torque Group Holdings, the courts of the British Virgin Islands adopted the position of the English Co...
Insight 31/03/2022- Cayman
A scheme for one, a scheme for ALL? English High Court develops thinking on alternative scheme of arrangement options
In a recent judgment of the English High Court in Re ALL Scheme Limited [2022] EWHC 549 (Ch), Lord Justice Snowden appro...
Insight 22/03/2022- Cayman
Pitfalls of the homemade will from a Cayman perspective
This article was first published by STEP Cayman on 15 February 2021 As a longstanding wills and estate practitioner I ha...
Insight 09/11/2021- Cayman
Cryptocurrencies in liquidation: Perspectives from Cayman and the BVI
This article was originally published in Global Restructuring Review in September 2021. In this article, we consider how...
Insight 20/09/2021- Cayman
- BVI
