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CIMA undertook a public consultation during the course of 2012 on certain corporate governance proposals that were intended to enhance and clarify corporate governance standards.

The statutory test for appointing receivers over a segregated portfolio (‘SP') under part XIV of the Companies Act (2022 Revision) was recently considered by Kawaley J in the Cayman Islands Grand Court...

In a costs ruling delivered on 12 March 2021, the Honourable Justice Ramsay-Hale provided welcome clarity on the circumstances in which the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands will make a costs award...

In Global Capital Partners LLC v Alpha Carta, Ltd [2026] CIGC (FSD) 72, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the Court) clarified the scope and purpose of asset disclosure orders...

A freezing order (sometimes referred to as a freezing injunction) is an interim measure granted by a court to prevent a person from being able to dispose of or deal with their assets before a judgment has been enforced.

Sir Andrew concluded that the ground for refusing a stay in matters referred to arbitration is that the matter is of such public interest that it cannot be delegated to a private contractual process.

The passing of the Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 (the "Act") sounded the death knell of the torts of maintenance and champerty in the Cayman Islands, ...

The rules of court in the Cayman Islands control shareholders' entitlement to issue proceedings in the name of their company.

Cayman partner Bernadette Carey and associate Ardil Salem look at the implications of the recent In re XYZ Limited ...

The Privy Council has ruled that Cayman Islands law does not permit a liquidator of a Cayman Islands based open-ended investment company in solvent liquidation to rectify the company's register so as to alter the members' legal

The use of investor side-letters to vary the offering terms of an investment fund is perceived to be part and parcel of the private fund industry.

As a jurisdiction that currently has no formal restructuring regime, the appointment of a provisional liquidator has long since been utilised for the purpose of facilitating a corporate restructuring...

In its recent judgment in Wuhu Ruyi Xinbo Investment Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership) v GLAS SAS (London Branch), the English Court of Appeal has explained techniques...

In Cayman Islands litigation, there is no general obligation upon a party to disclose their asset position, and publicly available information is limited.

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the Court) has again endorsed the adoption of standard directions in section 238 fair value proceedings.

In a recent case the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has refused to grant leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee

This article looks at the policy rationale behind both decisions and analyses the current state of the law in respect of this critically-important area of legal practice.

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA")[1] has allowed an appeal against the February 2019 Grand Court judgment of Mangatal J...