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Updates to Cayman's Beneficial Ownership Regime: Access Restrictions and Legitimate Interest Regulations

Introduction The Cayman Islands has recently introduced two regulations under the Beneficial Ownership Regime which rela...

Insight 17/02/2025
  • Cayman
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Updates to Cayman's Beneficial Ownership Regime: Access Restrictions and Legitimate Interest Regulations

Tianrui v China Shanshui: Privy Council cements the position regarding direct shareholder claims

In the recent decision of Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2024] UKPC 36, ...

Insight 06/02/2025
  • Cayman
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Tianrui v China Shanshui: Privy Council cements the position regarding direct shareholder claims

Crypto-asset investment structures: A primer

The world of crypto-assets has evolved rapidly, offering innovative investment opportunities as an alternative to tradit...

Insight 30/01/2025
  • BVI
  • Cayman
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Crypto-asset investment structures: A primer

Ritchie, Lancelot and the limitation game

The moratorium on legal proceedings, commenced or continued, against a company in liquidation, is a tenet of an equitabl...

Insight 19/11/2024
  • Cayman
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Ritchie, Lancelot and the limitation game

Updates to the Cayman Islands beneficial ownership regime

The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the Act) and the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 (t...

Insight 07/10/2024
  • Cayman
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Updates to the Cayman Islands beneficial ownership regime

Legal Business offshore report: On sure footing – offshore leaders see reasons for optimism

Group Managing Partner Jason Romer has been quoted in the latest offshore report from Legal Business. Published on 3 Sep...

Insight 11/09/2024
  • BVI
  • Cayman
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Legal Business offshore report: On sure footing – offshore leaders see reasons for optimism

Podcast: On the sofa with... Ellie Crespi and Jo Hossack

In the second episode of their Banking & Finance podcast series, Local Managing Partner Ellie Crespi (BVI)...

Insight 25/07/2024
  • BVI
  • Cayman
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Podcast: On the sofa with... Ellie Crespi and Jo Hossack

Podcast: On the sofa with... Ellie Crespi, Jo Hossack and Eli Han

In the first episode of their Banking & Finance podcast series, Local Managing Partner Ellie Crespi (BVI) and Senior...

Insight 25/06/2024
  • Cayman
  • BVI
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Podcast: On the sofa with... Ellie Crespi, Jo Hossack and Eli Han

60 seconds with... Annalisa Shibli

This article first appeared in issue 17 of of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE magazine: FIRE International Vilamoura Edition: 2024 ...

Insight 04/06/2024
  • Cayman
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60 seconds with... Annalisa Shibli

Chabra-cadabra: The magic of freezing injunctions against third parties

One can't help but pity the plaintiff with an ironclad claim against a defendant with apparently no assets to their name...

Insight 03/06/2024
  • Cayman
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Chabra-cadabra: The magic of freezing injunctions against third parties

Unlocking the secrets of enforcement and asset recovery in the Cayman Islands

There are likely to be very few claimants who would argue with the proposition that the real value in bringing proceedin...

Insight 29/05/2024
  • Cayman
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Unlocking the secrets of enforcement and asset recovery in the Cayman Islands

Planning for the 'silver tsunami'

Although much has been said about the 'great wealth transfer' in recent times, there has been less focus upon the genesi...

Insight 08/05/2024
  • Cayman
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Planning for the 'silver tsunami'