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Jersey applies the "Recommendations" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which are recognised as the global standard in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.

Vistra Jersey has grown significantly in the last five years. Clive Wright, Managing Director of Vistra Jersey, recently shared with Business Brief his views of the business and the industry overall.

We are facing an unprecedented period of adversity. The offshore financial services industry and the local communities that we serve, like the rest of the world, are not immune to the impact of the Coronavirus.

The Royal Court judgment on 5 November, in Kidd and Ors v All Service Group Holdings Limited became our second judgment in six months on the issue of enforcing security interests created under the ...

Under the Taxation (Partnerships – Economic Substance) (Jersey) Law 2021, an economic substance test will apply to a Jersey resident partnership in each relevant financial period...

Jersey's new LLC law strengthens the Island's offering to US managers to build on the £169 billion of US assets and funds already administered here, says Ogier partner Matthew Shaxson.

The Plaintiff, a Cayman Islands company, alleged that the three Defendants had conspired to prevent an IPO it was pursuing in order to force the Plaintiff to comply with a put option.

On 19 October 2021, changes to the definition of "prospectus" in the Jersey Companies Law will come into force. These changes will exclude certain categories of debt and equity invitations...

James Willmott, partner in our Jersey corporate practice, provides a Q&A on the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (Jersey Companies Law), the principal Jersey companies legislation...

In the recent decision of the Master of the Royal Court in Patel & Ors v JTC Trust Company Limited [2022] JRC089, the Court confirmed that it does not possess the power under Article 46 of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 (the Trusts Law)...

We've produced a series of filmed podcasts about Jersey's new Limited Liability Company (LLC) structure. The Jersey LLC is a familiar vehicle designed for sophisticated investors and modelled on the Delaware and Cayman LLCs.

In an article taken from our Guide to Family Offices [download here], Executive Director, Richard Joynt shines a spotlight on the reasons why the diverse array of businesses falling under the...

Ogier's newest associates Graeme Loarridge, Melanie McKernan and Richard Parrish have all been admitted to the Cayman Bar.

Until now, barely a week could go by without someone entering into a long-standing debate about whether an "upstream" guarantee could be a distribution for the purposes of Jersey Law.

Moore Stephens Jersey has launched its new Board Evaluation Service, primarily aimed at Jersey funds affected by the new Codes of Practice, which provides the opportunity for boards to create a virtuous circle of sustained improvement and competitive advantage by promoting best leadership practice for company strategic and operational decision-making, oversight, risk management and accountability.

Article 115 of the Companies Law deals with restrictions on distributions made by a company and makes clear that the Companies Law only restricts or seeks to control distributions which reduce the net assets...

A draft Bill establishing a new central register of beneficial owners, controllers and significant persons has been tabled by the Government of Jersey.

Jersey has always sought to achieve an attractive platform for supporting cross-border corporate activity and firms here have continued to report strong pipelines of work in 2018.