Cayman Islands Legal Expertise

Investment Funds

Formation, structuring, launch, re-organisation and on-going issues relating to:

• Mutual Funds
• Private Equity Funds
• Real Estate Funds
• Distressed Funds
• Other Asset Classes

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advising acquisition groups, minority shareholders, and financiers in relation to mergers or consolidations under the Cayman merger law regime.
• Merger takeovers.
• Merger take-privates of listed Cayman Islands companies.

Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring

• Enforcement of security.
• Corporate Restructurings.
• Asset tracing.
• Insolvent Liquidation.
• Schemes of arrangement and other Court driven restructurings.

Banking and Finance

• Syndicated loan agreements.
• Private placements.
• Inter-creditor agreements and debt subordination.
• Registration of security and enforceability of security documentation.
• Parent and sister company guarantees and first demand guarantees.
• Asset-backed and receivable financing.
• Establishment of STAR Trusts / Irrevocable Trusts / Exempted Trusts.
• Formation of Private Trust Companies.

Capital Markets/IPOs

Medium-term note programs.

• High-yield bonds.
• Convertible and exchangeable bonds.
• Tender offers.
• Asset-backed, mortgage-backed and esoteric securitizations.
• Structured products (including collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, and other credit- and equity-linked notes).
• Sovereign debt offerings.
• Loan participation notes.
• Variable funding notes.

Corporate

• Cross border joint venture transactions.
• Solvent group re-organisations via scheme of arrangement.
• Acquisition and disposal of shares and business assets.
• Redomiciliation of corporate vehicles from other jurisdictions to the Cayman Islands.
• Migration of corporate vehicles from the Cayman Islands to other jurisdictions.
• Shareholders' rights, including unfair prejudice, derivative actions and class actions.
• Fiduciary duty issues for directors of companies and general partners of limited partnerships.

Private Equity Transactions

• Co-ordinating cross-border deals for our PE clients in line with the fund investment strategy and compliance requirements.
• Management buy-out (MBO).
• Leveraged buy-out (LBO).
• Assisting PE clients plan their exit strategies.
• Sale of portfolio positions to strategic/financial buyers.
• Negotiating limited warranties and related insurance coverage.
• Assisting PE clients in their financing negotiations with mezzanine and senior lenders.

Corporate and Liquidation Services

• Incorporation of exempted companies and segregated portfolio companies (SPCs).
Registration of exempted limited partnerships.
• Registration of LLCs.
• Appointment of directors and officers, managers or general partners.
• Providing registered office services.
• Providing corporate secretarial services.
• Voluntary liquidation of Cayman companies.
• Solvent liquidation limited partnerships.

Commercial Litigation

• Cross-border corporate insolvency and restructuring.
• Minority shareholder disputes.
• Derivative actions.
• Taking action to preserve property and restrain unlawful dealings in assets (e.g. by obtaining or defending freezing and disclosure injunctions).
• Merger disputes.
• Joint Venture Disputes.
• Trust litigation.
• Asset tracing.
• Mediation and arbitration proceedings.