The first Japanese owned reinsurance company to set up business in the Isle of Man has just received its licence to operate from the Insurance and Pensions Authority.

The launch of the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006 - developed from accepted international business company principles - marks the biggest change in Isle of Man company law for seventy-five years.

The Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission (the "FSC") has recently issued for consultation a proposed new Company Officers Disqualification Bill (the "Bill").

For high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and family offices, the choice of jurisdiction is no longer purely a technical or tax-driven exercise.

At times it must be fun being a judge. Last month, Mr Justice Peter Smith, an English judge, found himself telling His Royal Highness Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud – one of the world's richest men – that it is not OK to lie when selling an aircraft. Even when the buyer was Colonel Gaddafi.

Before the Foreign Companies Act 2014, companies incorporated outside the Isle of Man carrying on business in the Island were registered under Part XI of the Companies Act 1931.

Good, because that's how long it took me to read through all the detail on the Information Commissioner's web site about the new EU General Data Protection Regulation.

The Isle of Man is able to offer an impressive variety of options for institutional and other clients seeking to create or restructure corporate vehicles to minimize risk to, and liability of, underlying assets.

DQ Advocates is a leading Isle of Man-based law firm with an international reach, offering a full range of legal, regulatory and tax services to a local and global client base.

The trend of consolidation in the trust, fund and corporate services sector has shown no sign of abating over the last 18 months.

Following the successful introduction of ‘failure to prevent' offences in the areas of bribery and tax evasion, the UK government is priming another possible corporate offence with a call for evidence launched on 13 January 2017, to end on 24 March 2017, on ‘corporate liability for economic crime'.

The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2020 has passed through Tynwald and has been sent for Royal Assent.

The Isle of Man advocate instructed to act would usually review any transaction documents being entered into by the Isle of Man legal entity from an Isle of Man law perspective.

The Isle of Man's new director notification requirements came into effect on 1 April 2025. Under these new provisions, the first appointment of directors, or any subsequent changes to the register of directors, must be notified to the Registrar of Companies within one month.

In the latest in our Trusts in 2 Minutes series, Donna Matthews looks at protecting protectors.

The Isle of Man has published its latest sectoral risk assessment for Trust and Corporate Service Providers (TCSPs), confirming that the sector’s money laundering risk remains rated Medium High. The assessment highlights strengthened regulatory controls, ongoing AML obligations and the importance of risk management across the Island’s international financial services sector.

The Island recently played its part in concluding a long running legal case in respect of an insolvent group of companies. In doing so the Manx Court (in the guise of the Privy Council) has rendered a landmark decision in clarifying the law of international cross border insolvency.

The Isle of Man is famous for many things, but nothing defines it quite like the TT: a motorbike race so fast, so technical, and so unforgiving that even veteran riders describe it as a test of absolute precision.

In an era of increasing global transparency and rapidly evolving tax regulations, the traditional perception of trusts as purely tax planning vehicles is outdated.

Crociani v Crociani: A bitter family dispute was finally brought to an end after 5 years following the Royal Court of Jersey's finding in favour of daughter Cristiana who alleged a series of breaches...