Corporate Advice

Our Corporate Practice Group provides expert legal advice on a full range of corporate matters including:

- Legal due diligence reports
- Issuing Legal Opinions
- Cross border joint venture transactions
- Solvent group reorganizations via scheme of arrangement
- Acquisition and disposal of shares and business assets
- Re-domiciliation of corporate vehicles from other jurisdictions to the Cayman Islands or to the British Virgin Islands.
- Migration of corporate vehicles from the Cayman Islands to other jurisdictions
- Shareholder disputes, including derivative actions and class actions
- Fiduciary issues for directors of Cayman companies or BVI companies and general partners of limited partnerships

Related Publications

1 Sep 2023 Key Features and Requirements of BVI Private Investment Funds In December 2019, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) introduced a new regulatory regime for closed-ended funds in the BVI by requiring closed-ended funds (e.g., private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds). Read More

23 Aug 2023 Advantages of Using Cayman Islands Exempted Companies for Investment Purposes and to Facilitate Finance Transactions The Cayman Islands exempted company (including the segregated portfolio company) is the corporate vehicle of choice for series financing and more. Read More

20 Jul 2023 Derivative Claims in the Cayman Islands In this Briefing Note, we provide a brief overview of the principles governing derivative actions in the Cayman Islands, both in a company and in a limited partnership setting. Read More

14 Jul 2023 Legal Alert: Persons carrying on Business as Virtual Assets Service Providers Act in the BVI. The Virtual Assets Service Providers Act 2022 (the “VASP Act”) was enacted in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) on 1 February 2023. Read More

13 Jul 2023 Insolvency in the Cayman Islands – setting aside antecedent transactions. In certain circumstances the official liquidator of a Cayman company may be able to take action to recover assets which have been transferred in the run up to the company’s insolvency. Read More

5 Jul 2023 De-Registration of a Cayman Islands Exempted Company and Transfer by Way of Continuation Under the revised Cayman Islands Companies Act, the Registrar of Companies will de-register a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and with a share capital which proposes to be registered by way of Read More

The Features and Ongoing Requirements of Exempted Limited Partnerships and their popularity for structuring Cayman Islands’ Private Equity Funds and Venture Capital Funds

4 Jul 2023 The Features and Ongoing Requirements of Exempted Limited Partnerships and their popularity for structuring Cayman Islands’ Private Equity Funds and Venture Capital Funds The most common structure for a Cayman Islands domiciled private equity fund or a Cayman Islands domiciled venture capital fund is as an exempted limited partnership but there are reasons for different choices Read More

12 Jun 2023 CIMA Rules and Guidance for Corporate Governance for Regulated Funds The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority published a new Rule - Corporate Governance for Regulated Entities and a new Statement of Guidance relating to Corporate Governance - Mutual Funds and Private Funds on 14 April 2023. Read More