The Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014

The Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 (the "ELP Law") came into force on 2 July 2014. The ELP Law is a major re-working of the now repealed Exempted Limited Partnership Law (2013 Revision) following extensive public and private sector consultation. The ELP Law gives partners greater contractual flexibility to determine their affairs and will enhance the overall attractiveness of the Cayman Islands as a domicile for partnership formation.

The amendments brought about by the ELP Law fall into three broad categories:

1. changes which are market and investor driven and which seek to maintain the Cayman Islands as the leading jurisdiction for the formation of private equity and other investment funds;