Under the Incentives for Job Makers Act 2013, employers can apply to the Minister of Home Affairs to obtain the concession of having their senior executives, who are responsible for the continued presence of jobs for Bermudians in Bermuda, exempt from needing a work permit.

On 25 May 2007 the Assessment and Licensing Committee (ALC) of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) commenced operations.

In the recent Bermuda case of Up Energy Development Group Limited, the debtor Company sought to resist a creditor request to appoint Joint Provisional Liquidators...

Appleby has recently acted as Bermuda counsel for both Peak Reinsurance Holdings Limited and the International Finance Corporation in relation to the issuance of shares in Peak Re to IFC and Spinel Investments Limited of approximately US$550 million.

The global insurance-linked security (ILS) sector continued to grow in 2015, with 49 ILS transactions completed during the year, a new market high.

Please find attached our latest report which provides a snapshot of data in relation to petition filings in six of our offshore jurisdictions during the first three quarters of 2014.

A trust is not a legal person. An express trust is a fiduciary relationship whereby a person, the settlor, transfers property a trustee to hold and apply for the benefit of one or more persons...

The Bermuda Court of Appeal yesterday handed down its eagerly awaited decision in the appeal against the decision in In the matter of Saad Investments Company Limited [2013] SC (Bda) 28 Com (15 April 2013) in which the Chief Justice reaffirmed Bermuda’s common law jurisdiction to assist foreign liquidators in accordance with the principles laid down in Cambridge Gas Transportation Corp v Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Navigator Holdings plc [2006] UKPC 26.

A new development to Company Law in Bermuda will place additional requirements on all companies whether local or exempted.

Legislation was recently put before Parliament to introduce Bermuda's newest form of commercial vehicle: the limited liability company ("LLC").

By way of background, pursuant to the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act, 2009 (operative from 1 August 2009) Bermuda abolished the Rule Against Perpetuities for all trusts established after that date.

The European Securities Market Authority is currently considering which non EU jurisdictions or ‘third countries', may be granted passport rights under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.

This transaction is the first merger between a Bermuda NASDAQ-listed company and Taiwan TWSE-listed company.

From 9 July 2018, derivative actions commenced in Bermuda may not be continued without leave from the Supreme Court. Until now the right to pursue claims derivatively was governed exclusively...

The Government has tabled amendments to the 'Incentives for Job Makers Act' which, if passed, will make it simpler and more affordable for non-Bermudian senior executives to be granted permanent residency and be exempt from requiring work permits.

Bermuda's Life Insurance Amendment Act 2014 became operative on 24 June 2014 and makes two key amendments to the Life Insurance Act 1978.