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ARTICLE · 24 JULY 2018

Jersey Regulatory Changes Aim To Provide Enhanced Environment For M&A Activity

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Jersey has always sought to achieve an attractive platform for supporting cross-border corporate activity and firms here have continued to report strong pipelines of work in 2018.

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A new set of regulatory amendments to Jersey's company law will add greater flexibility to the jurisdiction's corporate environment and enhance its appeal for corporate restructuring and M&A activity, according to the CEO of Jersey Finance.

The new regulations, Companies (Demerger) (Jersey) Regulations 2018 were approved by Jersey's government last week (10th July) and aim to provide a better, clearer and more flexible framework for 'demerging' companies.

In particular, the regulations will enable the undertaking, property, rights and liabilities of a Jersey company to be divided amongst two or more companies, and to transfer their assets and liabilities.

Commenting on the new regulations, Geoff Cook, CEO, Jersey Finance, said:

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