Real estate, Infrastructure and Energy

Our specialist teams based in Cayman, BVI and Hong Kong working for clients across a range of services. We provide advice and services that span the entire lifecycle of the real estate sector – from development and planning, to projects and construction, financing, securitisation, real estate investment fund formation, M&A and joint ventures.

We regularly advise on real estate holding structures and have experience working with sovereign wealth funds, real estate firms, fund managers, private clients , third party financers, property finance (including real estate acquisition and development finance), acting for both lenders and borrowers, and we advise on the full spectrum of real estate funds, offering ongoing commercially focused regulatory.

Our works include the large complex commercial and residential property transactions, creation and management of ownership structures, managing the real estate aspects of corporate transactions, identifying and recording real estate holdings, arranging and structuring appropriate finance, and coordinating the review and execution of property specific contracts.

We work for landlords, tenants, developers and financiers as well as institutional investors of international repute.

Services:
- Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy Funds
- Relocation
- Real Estate Structuring, Acquisition and Disposals
- Property Law - Buy, Sell, Leasing, Development, Financing, lettings of large scale commercial and residential projects and construction project advice, Property Securitization, Joint Ventures, Property disputes and insolvency
- Real Estate Administration
- Formation and company secretarial
- Registered Office/ Registered Agent
- Regulatory and compliance
- Outsourced Finance and administration support for fund managers
- Fund structuring and formation
- Seed investment deals and side letters for established hedge funds
- Regulatory compliance, including fund registration and licensing, AML advisory, economic substance compliance, beneficial ownership regime requirements, tax information exchange matters and responding to regulatory inspections and investigations
- Downstream acquisitions and disposals and holding structures
- Cross border distribution restrictions and data protection matters
- Investment manager establishment and ongoing compliance, including JV ownership considerations and fee/allocation mechanics
- Advising on side letters
- Ongoing advisory services on corporate governance matters
- Full spectrum of wind-down scenarios, including contentious and non-contentious restructuring, solvent and insolvent liquidations, illiquid asset disposals, suspensions, and termination alternatives

Related Publications

3 Nov 2023 Cayman Islands: an overview of Foundation Companies The Foundation Companies Act 2017 (the “Act”) introduced a novel corporate vehicle to the Cayman Islands – the “Foundation Company”. Read More

30 Oct 2023 Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list By way of an update on our recent publication the Financial Action Task Force had determined that the Cayman Islands has substantively fulfilled its action plan, and the Cayman Islands has now been de-listed from the so-called “Grey list”. Read More

26 Oct 2023 Cayman Islands: Key dates to terminate a Cayman company to avoid unnecessary fees for 2024. If you are considering terminating a Cayman company by way of voluntary liquidation or strike-off, it is crucial to adhere to specific deadlines and procedures to avoid unnecessary fees for the year 2024. Read More

20 Oct 2023 Cayman Islands: Proposed Legislation to expand Cayman Islands’ beneficial ownership framework The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Bill, 2023 (the “Bill”), which aims to streamline the Cayman Islands’ beneficial ownership framework and to enhance transparency. Read More

19 Oct 2023 British Virgin Islands: BVI REMOVED FROM EU LIST OF NON-COOPERATIVE JURISDICTIONS FOR TAX PURPOSES The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been removed from the European Union (EU) list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. Read More

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Cayman Islands: Updated AML Guidance on use of e-KYC, Digital ID, and remote onboarding and ongoing monitoring of business relationships

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