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Deferral of payment deadline for annual fees and annual filing and submission deadlines in the Cayman Island
News | 15 November 2024

Deferral of payment deadline for annual fees and annual filing and submission deadlines in the Cayman Island

As of 26 March, the Cayman Islands Government has deferred the obligation to pay annual fees for all companies (including limited liability companies (LLCs) and foundation companies) and exempted liability partnerships (ELPs) until 30 June 2020. The annual return filing deadline for these entities has also been extended…

Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list
News | 15 November 2024

Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list

By way of an update on our recent publication (which can be found here) that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had determined that the Cayman Islands has substantively fulfilled its action plan, and following completion of a recent on-site visit by the FATF, the Cayman Islands has now…

Cayman Legal Update: Virtual Asset Service Provider Registration/Notification Requirements
News | 15 November 2024

Cayman Legal Update: Virtual Asset Service Provider Registration/Notification Requirements

With the coming into effect of the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act, 2020 (the “VASP Act”), the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) announced that the regulatory framework for the VASP Act would be implemented in two phases. Phase one focuses on anti-money laundering (“AML”) and countering the financing…

Now hiring
News | 15 November 2024

Now hiring

The Companies (Amendment) Law, 2016 which came into force on 13th May 2016 has abolished the ability of Cayman Islands exempted companies to issue bearer shares and other forms of negotiable shares.

Cayman Islands removal from EU AML List to be effective on 7 February 2024
News | 15 November 2024

Cayman Islands removal from EU AML List to be effective on 7 February 2024

The Cayman Islands was removed from the FATF Grey list in October last year (see related publication here (Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list – Loeb Smith)), which was then followed by the UK on 5 December 2023 which removed the Cayman Islands from the UK list…

Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list
News | 15 November 2024

Cayman Islands removed from FATF Grey list

Hong Kong (November 26, 2024) Loeb Smith Attorneys, one of the leading offshore corporate law firms with a strong growing presence in the APAC region, advises in the going private merger transaction of First High-School Education Group, an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western…

Abolition of Bearer Shares in the Cayman Islands
News | 15 November 2024

Abolition of Bearer Shares in the Cayman Islands

The Companies (Amendment) Law, 2016 which came into force on 13th May 2016 has abolished the ability of Cayman Islands exempted companies to issue bearer shares and other forms of negotiable shares.

Register of Members of Cayman companies: The new requirements
News | 15 November 2024

Register of Members of Cayman companies: The new requirements

Hong Kong (November 26, 2024) Loeb Smith Attorneys, one of the leading offshore corporate law firms with a strong growing presence in the APAC region, advises in the going private merger transaction of First High-School Education Group, an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western…