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
- Series financing transactions
- Cross border joint venture transactions
- Solvent group reorganizations via scheme of arrangement and share for share exchanges
- Acquisition and disposal of shares and business assets
- Re-domiciliation of corporate vehicles from other jurisdictions to the Cayman Islands the BVI.
- Application for regulatory licenses relating to VASP, Captive Insurance and Securities Investment Business
- Migration of corporate vehicles from the Cayman Islands or the BVI to other jurisdictions
- Shareholders' rights, including derivative actions and class actions
- Fiduciary issues for directors of Cayman companies/BVI companies and general partners of limited partnerships
- Equity Capital Markets
- Real estate structuring, acquisitions and disposals

Related Publications

27 Aug 2024 Voidable Transactions in the British Virgin Islands In certain circumstances, the liquidator of a British Virgin Islands company may be able to set aside certain transactions which took place in the lead up to the company’s liquidation. It is important for those concerned... Read More

19 Aug 2024 Unfair prejudice claims in the British Virgin Islands All shareholders of a company incorporated in the BVI have certain rights and protections. However, the imbalance of voting powers within a company can result prejudice to the rights of the minority shareholders. Read More

13 Aug 2024 Cayman Islands’ new beneficial ownership regime is now in effect The new beneficial ownership regime of the Cayman Islands, which aims to streamline the Cayman Islands’ beneficial ownership framework became effective on 31 July 2024 Read More

6 Aug 2024 Advising on Cayman Islands Trusts or British Virgin Islands (BVI) Trusts The laws relating to trusts and equity in the Cayman Islands and in the British Virgin Islands are derived directly from English law but have been modified in each jurisdiction... Read More

18 Jul 2024 Guide to STAR Trusts in the Cayman Islands The Special Trusts regime for Cayman Islands STAR trusts (now incorporated into Part VIII of the Trusts Act (As Revised)) provides the legal basis on which private purpose trusts can be established in the Cayman Islands. Read More

15 Jul 2024 Insolvent Liquidations in the BVI This Briefing Note sets out some of the key points in relation to insolvent liquidations in the BVI. Read More

22 Mar 2024 Key factors for launching a virtual assets business in the BVI The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) continues to attract virtual assets businesses seeking to capitalize on its status as a leading offshore financial centre. Read More

29 Feb 2024 GDPR and the Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Act, 2021 – a comparison The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) applies to offshore investment funds with European investors. The Cayman Islands Data Protection Act, 2021 (“DPA”), regulates the processing of all personal data. Inspired... Read More