Jersey remains one of the leading offshore jurisdictions for cross-border lending transactions and central to many of these arrangements is a robust security package governed by Jersey law.

As the world faces a financial recession of an even larger magnitude than we saw in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-09 and lockdown restrictions begin...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Jersey Courts are giving priority to criminal cases and those involving children and are unlikely to be dealing with matters relating to property...

Appleby's property team recently hosted a well attended videoconferencing session with a number of participants representing the major commercial agents active in the Jersey commercial...

A question we are regularly asked by clients is whether a shareholders' agreement (Shareholders' Agreement) should be filed with the Jersey Companies Registry (the Registry).

Jersey has legislation relating to limited liability companies ("LLC"), which can be registered in Jersey within as little as two hours

You provide goods or services to a company, but the company is unable to pay. You know that the person behind the company, who received the benefit of the contract, has the money to pay – and that he is responsible for the company being insolvent.

This guide explains the steps in a flying freehold transaction.

It is very unlikely that anyone 12 months ago would have predicted that in the first three months of 2020, the world would have seen a new global pandemic resulting in some of the tightest restrictions on social interaction and personal freedom of movement ever implemented, with the majority of Europe and other major countries in some form of lockdown and borders closed.

It is very unlikely that anyone 12 months ago would have predicted that in the first three months of 2020, the world would have seen a new global pandemic ...

There's no escaping the financial impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on most business sectors around the world.

A settlor, when establishing a trust, will typically draw from the following categories of potential trustees:

The Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Law") permits the creation of cell companies and sets out the legal requirements relating to cell companies in Jersey.

On 8 December 2025, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (“JFSC”) published a consultation (“Consultation”) in relation to revising the JFSC’s ‘Guidelines on the interpretation of Article 36 of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999’.

Jersey's trademark regime undergoes a fundamental transformation on August 1, 2026, ending the historical practice of re-registering U.K. marks and establishing an independent national system. The changes introduce a separate Jersey IPO, new application procedures following U.K. legal frameworks, and require specific Jersey designations for international marks.

With a sharp global increase in energy costs, localised inflation at record highs and interest rates trying to offer some counterbalance to the soaring costs of living driven by the...

The Eighth Amendment to the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 came into force today and represents a targeted but significant development in Jersey trust law.

On 16th July 2014 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in FHR European Ventures LLP and others v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [2014] UKSC 45.

Demand for offshore Dispute Resolution services continues to grow across many jurisdictions in Asia, with notable demand in the areas of shareholder disputes, valuation disputes, insolvencies, and schemes of arrangement.

Jersey is a well-established jurisdiction of choice for issuing debt securities in international finance transactions.