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Family offices are rediscovering their risk appetites in search of improved returns as they count the cost of being overweight in cash over the past two years, new global research* from Ocorian...

The scheme of arrangement is a versatile and flexible merger, acquisition or restructuring tool frequently deployed by clients of the corporate department of Appleby, Jersey.

Seven years after he was sentenced to prison for 150 years for frauds worth an estimated $65 billion, the legal repercussions of the Bernie Madoff prosecution rumble on.

The famous case of Salomon v A Salomon & Co established the core principle of company law that a company has separate legal personality distinct from that of its owner(s).

Each Jersey company must keep accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain its transactions and which...

Jersey company law provides a flexible and user-friendly regime for solvent winding up, whether or not the company has assets.

Private equity (PE) secondary transactions have grown significantly in recent years, driven by increasing liquidity needs among investors triggered by geopolitical uncertainties...

For decades, the Limited Liability Company ("LLC") structure has been familiar to US managers and investors, with onshore and offshore options combining desirable features of companies...

On 27 March 2026, the States of Jersey approved the introduction of a statutory corporate administration regime under the Draft Companies (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202‑ (P.49/2026) (Amendment No 2).

The bare statistics would tell you that Luxembourg is the epicentre of the European investment funds industry, with assets valued at an estimated 5.3 trillion euros held in fund vehicles (as at April 2021).

In consequence of these directives, a number of countries including Luxembourg have since 2019 maintained a register of beneficial ownership with unrestricted public access.

The demand for so-called "Asset Protection" trusts has continued in recent years.

Globally there are now over 46 million millionaires and over 2,700 billionaires, collectively owning over $150 trillion.

The power to appoint trustees is often contained in the trust deed and is commonly granted to either the trustee of the trust from time to time, or a third party such as the settlor or protector of the trust.

The Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 (the Law) provides for registration as a means of perfecting security over intangible moveable property.

The Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, (the "Law") gives Jersey companies a considerable degree of flexibility to fund the purchase (or buyback) of their own from any source, including capital.