The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Gibraltar

• Private Equity

  Richard is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Middle East Transaction & Restructuring Services practice. Though based in Dubai since 2008 Richard has responsibility not only for UAE but also for all GCC and other Middle Eastern countries.
  - Hassans

• Gibraltar’s new fund regulations

  Gibraltar introduced its new Experienced Investor Fund Regulations on the 12th April 2012 with the aim of continuing to develop the jurisdiction as an alternative EU Fund Domicile and further enhance the list of incentives which makes Gibraltar, in our view, the European domicile of choice for Alternative Investment Funds.
  - ISOLAS

• It’s good but it’s not quite right – The OECD and the UK Bribery Act

  On 30th March 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (‘OECD’) released its report evaluating the UK Bribery Act 2010 (‘the Act’) and its enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (‘the Convention’).
  - Hassans

• Justice So Requiring: The Emergence and Development of a Legal System in Gibraltar

  A series of recent events led you to wanting to uncover the history and development of the legal system locally. Have you been surprised at the far reaches of our history in this area taking into account the first civil court was set up as early as 1720?
  - Hassans

• Changes to the Gibraltar Experienced Investor Fund Regime

  The new Financial Services (Experienced Investor Funds) Regulations 2012 (the ‘Regulations’) took effect in Gibraltar on the 12th April, and represent a significant step forward for Gibraltar as a European Fund Domicile.
  - ISOLAS

• Company Formations - Gibraltar

  What is the process of company formation in Gibraltar? 
  - Hassans

• How the UK Bribery Act Affects Overseas Corporates and Individuals

  Article by Scott Simmons, Associate, and Tito Garro, Barrister
  - Hassans

• Gibraltar – Regulatory changes

  After nearly seven years, Gibraltar’s Experienced Investor Fund regime is being updated and modernised in a continuation of the partnership between the industry, the Financial Services Commission (the FSC or Regulator) and the Government of Gibraltar.
  - Hassans

• Contemplating your future?

  by Samantha Grimes
  - ISOLAS

• Update of fund legislation brings UCITS IV to Gibraltar

  Anthony Jimenez, fund lawyer at Hassans Law Firm, reports on behalf of GFIA to review the recently enacted Financial Services (Collective Investment Schemes) Act 2011 (CIS Act 2011) and its key provisions with regards to the UCITS IV regime.
  - Hassans