Legal Insights

The protection of intellectual property (IP) rights in the Cayman Islands and in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) depends on the type of IP right (e.g. trademarks, patents and designs). The Cayman Islands and the BVI are British Overseas Territories and so the nature of IP protection in…

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. It is important for those concerned with the affairs of a Cayman company in the twilight of…

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) published a new Rule – Corporate Governance for Regulated Entities (“Rule”) and a new Statement of Guidance relating to Corporate Governance – Mutual Funds and Private Funds (“Statement of Guidance”) on 14 April 2023. In essence, both the Rule and the Statement…

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) published a new Rule – Corporate Governance for Regulated Entities (“Rule”) and a new Statement of Guidance relating to Corporate Governance – Mutual Funds and Private Funds (“Statement of Guidance”) on 14 April 2023. In essence, both the Rule and the Statement…

What impact has the introduction of the new Cayman LLC had since it was introduced in 2016? The Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 (the LLC Law) introduced a new Cayman Islands limited liability company (the Cayman LLC) in June 2016. Since then there has been an increasing number…

In the third issue of our series of legal insights on owning intellectual property (IP) through a Cayman Islands corporate structure, we discussed the new Cayman Islands Trade Marks Law published on 19th December 2016, pursuant to which a stand-alone comprehensive trademark protection regime was created in the…

New Developments Regarding Dissenters’ Rights under Cayman Merger Law In our recent publication Cayman Merger Take-Privates from NYSE and NASDAQ in 2016 – Year in Review, we discussed some developing trends and lessons that can be learned from merger take-private acquisitions from U.S. stock exchanges completed1 in 2016…

Learn about public mergers and acquisitions in the Cayman Islands, including deal structures, take-private transactions, and shareholder approval processes.