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Following the recent merger of Ocorian with fellow corporate, funds and fiduciary services business Estera, Farah Ballands, CEO of the combined business, explains how our increased global capability

The Bailiwick of Jersey is one of the three Crown Dependencies of the British Crown that surround the United Kingdom.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were introduced in the UK under the Finance Act 2006 on 1 January 2007 as globally recognised tax efficient structures for investment in UK real estate.

Non-charitable purpose trusts ("Purpose Trusts") have become an increasingly important part of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984, as amended (the "Trusts Law"). Unlike traditional trusts, Purpose Trusts do not have beneficiaries.

The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (the Law) came into force on 1 July 2008.

Recent weeks and months have seen regular coverage on the growing trend of large UK based companies exploring listings on US stock exchanges such as New York Stock Exchange...

"Unprecedented" has become the word of 2020; used to describe many of the challenges now facing the world it is a common feature of the year's news reports, but it is also a word though that aptly describes the present state ...

Taking Stock, our sector-specific newsletter, offers fresh perspectives and updates on the private equity market.

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Court of Final Appeal) has delivered its highly anticipated judgment in Zhang Hong Li and others v DBS Bank (Hong Kong)

Jersey is a highly-rated jurisdiction in which to incorporate companies for a wide range of purposes, including investment funds, private equity, structured finance and securitisation transactions...

A limited partnership established pursuant to the Limited Partnerships (Jersey) Law 1994 provides the benefit of limited liability to investors, but remains an unincorporated association with no separate legal personality or perpetual succession vested in the partnership.

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).

The Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026 significantly relaxes COBO requirements, reducing the need for JFSC consent across many structures. It simplifies unit trust...

In this briefing, we explore some common features and advantages of a buyout structure involving Jersey companies.

From the start of 2022, Jersey has found favour as an alternative jurisdiction for securitisation and other securities issuance in 2022.

The Policy published by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the JFSC) on 1 March 2017 achieves much by doing away with the distinction between delegation and outsourcing...

After a lengthy consultation period, Jersey's legislature recently passed the Companies (Amendment No.8) (Jersey) Regulations 2022 (Amendment No.8) amending the Companies...