ARTICLE · 29 NOVEMBER 2016

Memorandum On Protected Cell Captives

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A leading captive journal (Captive Review) has published a detailed memorandum prepared by Nigel Feetham on protected cell companies.

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A leading captive journal (Captive Review) has published a detailed memorandum prepared by Nigel Feetham on protected cell companies.

The article can be found here: http://captivereview.com/news/first-legal-memorandum-on-cell-captives-published/

Mr Feetham (a senior partner at Gibraltar law firm Hassans) has worked with cell captives for almost 20 years and has become a global authority on the subject.

He is the co-author of "Protected Cell Companies: a Guide to their Implementation and Use" (Nigel Feetham and Grant Jones, Spiramus Press, 2010, 2nd edition) which was recently cited by the judge in PAC RE 5-AT v. AMTRUST NORTH AMERICA, INC., No. CV-14-131-BLG-CSO (D. Mont. May 13, 2015).

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