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Guernsey's most recent States of Deliberation meeting has approved a detailed policy letter setting out proposals for new legislation which will affect banks...

The 'Trust Me' series from Collas Crill's International Private Client and Trust team is intended to highlight key considerations and provide practical pointers for professional trustees and corporate

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has published its Feedback Paper outlining amendments to the Lending, Credit and Finance Rules and Guidance...

40 Successful Years – Guernsey’s fund industry has successfully grown over nearly four decades. This has developed experience, infrastructure and accumulated intellectual capital which ensures the Island remains at the forefront of fund centres conducting cutting-edge fund business.

The 'Trust me' series from Collas Crill's Guernsey International Private Client and Trust team is intended to highlight key considerations and provide practical pointers for professional trustees...

One of the impacts that we are seeing at this stage of our emergence from the Global Pandemic is a notable increase in enquiries regarding potential changes of trustee – this trend appears to be driven by three key factors:

British Virgin Islands ("BVI") companies regularly provide security over their assets (both located within and outside of the BVI) as part of financing transactions.

Corporate governance is not just about conformance – in fact it’s rather about performance and is an indicator of a strong and well-managed company.

In the offshore domain, trusts have their origin in the common law of England and have, for many years, been used by wealthy families in the Middle East to create long-term structures to address tax and succession planning. Trusts can be crafted so as to comply with the specific family requirements of Islamic law.

There is no doubt that second ranking security can be taken under the Security Interests Law, 1993.

The Guernsey Aircraft Registry (the "Aircraft Registry") was established in 2013 with the coming into effect of the Aviation Registry (Guernsey) Law (the "Aircraft Registry Law").

Section 1 of the Companies (Financial Assistance for Acquisition of Own Shares) Ordinance, 1998 restricts the giving of financial assistance by a Guernsey company or any of its subsidiaries which is a Guernsey company, for the purpose of the acquisition of shares in GCo or in reducing or discharging a liability incurred for the purpose of the acquisition.

The Trading Standards (Fair Trading) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2023 (the "Trading Standards Ordinance") is due to come into force on 2 October 2023. From this date, businesses in Guernsey...

This briefing is the second in a series of briefings by Walkers' on the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 (the "LCFL"), and provides an overview of the licensing regime...

At a time when COVID-19 has overtaken Brexit in column inches, we are reminded that the show must go on.

This briefing is the second in a series of briefings by Walkers on the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 (the "LCFL"), and provides an overview of the licensing...

Companies list securities as an efficient means of raising capital: investors choose listed securities because of the additional shareholder protection and liquidity. Investors looking for liquidity turn naturally to London. In the recent past smaller exchanges in Dublin and Luxembourg have developed niche markets but over the next year legislative and regulatory changes in the EU and the Channel Islands will significantly enhance the advantages of listing outside of the EU on the Channel Island