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Insights | 15 November 2024
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS’ ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS (2018 REVISION) – HOW WILL IT AFFECT CAYMAN FUNDS?
Question: What are the key features of a Cayman LLC?
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…