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Currently, the only creditor-driven insolvency process for a Jersey company are désastre proceedings, where the Viscount (the head of the executive arm of the courts of Jersey)...

In light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, many of us are having to implement measures that see all or a majority of our workforces transition to working remotely.

In a news cycle that can seem relentlessly gloomy, there are some positive stories to be told and the increased activity in private equity is one of them.

A Jersey fund can be established as:...

Establishing a Jersey company is an excellent choice for Indian businesses wishing to set up a company outside India as a listed vehicle or a holding company for non-Indian assets, or to raise debt capital.

There is no doubt that the incidences of bank account fraud are on the rise. In 2023 UK Finance reported 116,324 cases of push payment fraud where a payer is deceived or defrauded into authorising a payment...

A recent study by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has found that the number of cohabiting couples in England and Wales is rising, with around 3.6 million cohabiting couples...

In giving its reasons for setting aside transfers into a Jersey trust on grounds of mistake, the Royal Court of Jersey has provided a helpful distinction between the law of mistake as it is applies in Jersey as against its English law counterpart ...

The enactment of the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 (the 'SIJL') marked a watershed moment for secured finance in Jersey.

The Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC") recently published feedback from its 2022 thematic examination on the extent to which supervised persons complied...

Jamal Demachkie acted for Together Commercial Finance Limited (Together), the successful Defendant. This case concerns a dispute as to priorities between two lenders...

You can read the infographic version of our guide here. Ogier's top-tier Investment Funds team has specific expertise in institutional and professional investor funds.

Draft regulations were published in June for the establishment of a depositor compensation scheme for accounts held in banks in Jersey.

Some may think that in the current global economic climate, investment funds practitioners in the Island would be too busy dealing with issues arising from falling net asset values, credit and liquidity restrictions, compliance with banking covenants, portfolio company and tenant insolvencies, investor redemption requests, counterparty insolvency risk and the like to consider the further development of Jersey’s fund regulation regime.

The size of Jersey’s financial services industry compared to other sectors of the economy is not exceptional, when comparisons are made elsewhere in the UK, according to the recent study into Jersey’s value to Britain.