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THE CAYMAN ISLANDS’ ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS (2018 REVISION) – HOW WILL IT AFFECT CAYMAN FUNDS?
Insights | 15 November 2024

THE CAYMAN ISLANDS’ ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS (2018 REVISION) – HOW WILL IT AFFECT CAYMAN FUNDS?

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Top Ten Best Practices for an ICO Founders’ Team: A View from the Cayman Islands
Insights | 15 November 2024

Top Ten Best Practices for an ICO Founders’ Team: A View from the Cayman Islands

In a research paper on initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) published in December 2017 , it was noted that fewer projects had reached their financing goals in November 2017 than in the previous months. It was also noted that most ICOs lacked a clear reason for using tokens and…

Legal Alert – Economic Substance requirements for Cayman Islands companies
Insights | 15 November 2024

Legal Alert – Economic Substance requirements for Cayman Islands companies

The Cayman Islands International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Law, 2018 (the “Economic Substance Law”), which is part of the OECD’s global Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative, was passed on 17 December 2018 and came into effect on 1 January 2019. The Economic Substance Law will be…

Fireside Chat with Robert Farrell
Insights | 15 November 2024

Fireside Chat with Robert Farrell

Robert Farrell is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investment Funds Groups in the Cayman Islands practicing British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and Cayman Islands law. We have invited him to provide some background to himself, his practice, and his insight on recent market developments and trends in the legal market.

Register of Beneficial Ownership of Cayman Islands’ Companies and LLCs
Insights | 15 November 2024

Register of Beneficial Ownership of Cayman Islands’ Companies and LLCs

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…

Facilitating Corporate restructurings in the Cayman Islands “The new Restructuring Officer”
Insights | 15 November 2024

Facilitating Corporate restructurings in the Cayman Islands “The new Restructuring Officer”

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…

CIMA Rules and Guidance for Corporate Governance for Regulated Funds
Insights | 15 November 2024

CIMA Rules and Guidance for Corporate Governance for Regulated Funds

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…

Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Law comes into force on 30 September 2019
Insights | 15 November 2024

Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Law comes into force on 30 September 2019

The Cayman Islands Data Protection Law, 2017 (“DPL”) which will regulate the future processing of all personal data in the Cayman Islands or by any entity established in the Cayman Islands will come into effect on 30 September 20191. Cayman Islands’ entities that handle any individual’s personal information…