Corporate Advice

Our Corporate Practice Group provides expert legal advice on a full range of corporate matters including:

  • Tall office building
    • Legal due diligence reports
    • Issuing Legal Opinions
    • Series financing transactions
    • Cross border joint venture transactions
    • Solvent group reorganizations via scheme of arrangement and share for share exchanges
    • Acquisition and disposal of shares and business assets
    • Re-domiciliation of corporate vehicles from other jurisdictions to the Cayman Islands the BVI.
    • Application for regulatory licenses relating to VASP, Captive Insurance and Securities Investment Business
    • Migration of corporate vehicles from the Cayman Islands or the BVI to other jurisdictions
    • Shareholders' rights, including derivative actions and class actions
    • Fiduciary issues for directors of Cayman companies/BVI companies and general partners of limited partnerships
    • Equity Capital Markets
    • Real estate structuring, acquisitions and disposals

Related Publications

GDPR and the Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Act, 2021 – a comparison 29 Feb 2024 GDPR and the Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Act, 2021 – a comparison The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) applies to offshore investment funds with European investors. The Cayman Islands Data Protection Act, 2021 (“DPA”), regulates the processing of all personal data. Inspired... Read More
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority publishes AML/CFT Activity Report for 2022 26 Feb 2024 Cayman Islands Monetary Authority publishes AML/CFT Activity Report for 2022 The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has recently published its annual AML/CFT Activity Report for 2022. This brief covers a few points worth noting. Read More
Legal Insight: Avoiding BVI law and Cayman Islands law pitfalls in banking & finance and corporate transactions 22 Feb 2024 Legal Insight: Avoiding BVI law and Cayman Islands law pitfalls in banking & finance and corporate transactions There are certain notorious pitfalls to avoid in the context of British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and Cayman Islands banking & finance and corporate transactions. In this article, we examine five such pitfalls. Read More
Legal Briefing: Creation of a security interest by a Cayman Islands exempted company and registering it in the Cayman Islands 19 Feb 2024 Legal Briefing: Creation of a security interest by a Cayman Islands exempted company and registering it in the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands exempted companies are widely utilized in structuring cross-border finance transactions. Read More
 Legal Briefing: Creation of a security interest by a BVI business company and registering it in the British Virgin Islands 14 Feb 2024 Legal Briefing: Creation of a security interest by a BVI business company and registering it in the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands business companies are widely utilized in structuring cross-border finance transactions. One of the key reasons for this is that the BVI provides a flexible, well-tested and attractive regime for borrowers and lenders. Read More
Side-letter perspectives in Cayman subscription financing 13 Feb 2024 Side-letter perspectives in Cayman subscription financing The subscription finance market has grown substantially in recent years, driven by growth of private capital funds (including private equity, credit and real estate) and the funds’ wider adoption of subscription facilities Read More
Cayman Islands removal from EU AML List to be effective on 7 February 2024 24 Jan 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 which was then followed by the UK on 5 December 2023 Read More
Aubit International: Guidance on the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the Cayman Islands 10 Nov 2023 Aubit International: Guidance on the Appointment of Restructuring Officers in the Cayman Islands In August 2022, the Cayman Islands introduced the restructuring officer regime (the “Regime”) by amending the Cayman Islands Companies Act (the “Act”). Read More

Legal Expertise

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