Legal Insights

The Cayman Islands continue to be the leading offshore jurisdiction for the establishment of both hedge funds and private equity funds. Typically, private equity funds are structured in Cayman as exempted limited partnerships (“ELPs”) and the introduction of the Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 (the “New ELP Law”),…

Licence and Registration, please! – The new licensing and registration regime for Directors of Cayman Islands companies. Cayman Islands introduce new regime for registration and licensing of Directors On 4th June 2014, the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “ Law ”) came into force in the…

The Cayman Islands (Cayman) continue to be the leading offshore jurisdiction for the establishment of hedge funds, private equity funds, and investment funds focused on other asset classes. A large number of Cayman funds are structured as exempted limited partnerships (ELPs) where the affairs of the ELP are…

The risks of back-dating Cayman Islands law governed documents. Overview of Cayman Islands law governing hedge funds. FATCA Update – Cayman Islands agree Model 1 IGA with the United States. FATCA Update – Cayman Islands agree FATCA Type IGA with the UK.