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The Attorney General has released helpful guidance relating to applications for director disqualifications pursuant to Article 78 of the Companies Law 1991.

A recent judgment of the Guernsey Royal Court provides comprehensive guidance on the duties of directors. In Carlyle Capital Corp Limited (in liquidation) and ors v Conway and ors there is extensive consideration of the duties owed by a director to the company and the standard of care to be expected. The judgment will be of great interest to the wider offshore financial services market.

Ogier partner James Angus advised, in consultation with the Government of Jersey, on the form and ambit of the Criminal Justice (Deferred Prosecution Agreements) (Jersey) Law.

The Jersey limited partnership structure is used extensively for international fund structures, especially in the private equity and venture capital asset classes.

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.

Put simply, a merger results in two or more merging entities combining to become a single merged entity, with all the assets and liabilities of the merging entities becoming the assets and liabilities...

The introduction of Jersey LLCs significantly enhances the structuring options available to US advisers and their clients who understand the advantages of using investment...

This note provides an overview of Jersey Separate and Incorporated Limited Partnerships. This note explains the common features of these Limited Partnerships and the key advantages to using them.

The Trusts (Jersey) Amendment Law 2026 came into force on 20 March 2026 (Trusts Amendment). The Trusts Amendment amends the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 (Trusts Law) to clarify and further develop certain existing provisions...

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’.

The obvious statement that 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges needs no explaining.

If the directors of a company defraud its customers, the proceeds can belong to the company. This is what the Supreme Court decided in Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2021] UKSC 49...

It has been another twelve months in which the extraordinary has become the norm, the unthinkable the mundane. Lockdowns have oscillated between full, partial and non-existent.

John Félicité, Director explains how supply chain disruption in the wake of Covid-19 might well open doors for African nations and businesses who have previously struggled to take advantage of global trade.

Businesses across the globe are facing an unprecedented cash flow crisis given the extraordinary measures governments are imposing to combat the Covid 19 pandemic.

In its recent decision in In the matter of the 1964 Settlement [2020] JRC 140B[1], the Royal Court (the Court) has – for the first time – considered whether it can exercise a...

Practitioners in Jersey and many other jurisdictions who advise on creditors' and members' schemes of arrangement, will be very familiar