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Harneys wins Citywealth IFC award

The winners are those judged to have excelled in achievement, innovation, expertise, and service.

Lawyers who look beyond the law

An example of this is the team's understanding that, despite the modern nature of Jersey's trust law allowing a broad range of powers to be reserved to the settlor or granted to a protector, taking advantage of these provisions may have adverse

Hat-trick for Ogier at the Citywealth IFC Awards

Global senior partner Rachael Reynolds QC was also named Lawyer of the Year – Litigation at the event, the second time she has received this accolade.

Conyers Recognised in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022 With Three Ranked Lawyers and Five Key Lawyers

The Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.

Dissenting shareholder claims in the Cayman Islands – the fair value date debate

The date at which fair value is assessed would seem to be pretty fundamental to the whole assessment.

Guernsey's New Discrimination Law- What will it mean in practice?

Others are less enthusiastic, fearing that the new law goes too far and places an unduly high burden on employers.

Managing and responding to a CIMA on-site inspection

Ogier's Regulatory team has extensive experience of regulatory inspections in the Cayman Islands and this briefing is designed to address key FAQs we receive in relation to CIMA on-site inspections.

Jersey's Bank Recovery and Resolution Law

The Law aims to ensure the continuity of critical banking functions to preserve financial stability and to protect public funds by mitigating the use of public finances to support failing banks.

The offshore advantage: M&A in the BVI

The BVI’s modern and flexible corporate statute, the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (the Act) has been tailored to facilitate, and the ease of exit continues to be a key factor driving the use of BVI structures for global investments.

Mourant BVI assists Stillfront on acquisition

The deal signed on 19 January 2022 and is due to complete on 31 January 2022.

Walkers Acts for Our Kettle Inc.

Kettle Re's proprietary technology is part of a digital renaissance in re/insurance and is paving the way towards Bermuda establishing itself as the 'Silicon Valley of the Mid-Atlantic' - at the intersection of the technology and risk-trans

Harneys advises BMR Energy

The transaction spanned multiple territories within the Caribbean and the loan proceeds refinanced the outstanding debts of wind and solar independent power producers in several countries in the Caribbean and Central America.

Snapshot: the continuing rise of Jersey Private Funds

JPFs also cater well for co-investment and pooled private wealth investments, and are capable of being marketed under European and UK private placement regimes.

Reappraising section 238 "fair value" proceedings: an update on recent developments

As we begin 2022, it is helpful to take stock of the current appraisal landscape in this relatively new, but rapidly evolving, area of law.

BVI Court clarifies dissenter and statutory appraisal rights of shareholders

The Court rejected the Defendant’s argument that a member is entitled to dissent and be paid fair value in respect of shares held at the merger effective date but acquired after the deadline for providing the statutory notice to dissent.

Private Fund Regimes in Guernsey and Jersey - A Comparison

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) introduced the Private Investment Fund Rules 2016 (PIF Rules) which created a new class of private fund under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 (as amended) (POI Law).

Collas Crill Explains... Termination of a Trust

The above methods of termination are all relatively self-explanatory

Nancy Chien, Partner, is recognised in the eprivateclient 50 Most Influential list for the second year running

Earlier this week eprivateclient published the 2022 edition of the 50 Most Influential list – the definitive rankings of the key players in the UK and global offshore private client practitioner sector.

Full steam ahead: the Bank (Recovery and Resolution) (Jersey) Law 2017 - Carey Olsen

The Bank (Recovery and Resolution) (Jersey) Law 2017 (the “Law”) comes into force on 31 January 2022.

Jersey to Modernise its Limited Partnership Legislation

The limited partnership structure is mostly used by Jersey’s financial services sector for its international fund, private finance, property holding or private venture capital structures.

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