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The Cayman Islands Government has published the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Bill) which will introduce welcome amendments to the Companies Act (2021 Revision) (Act)...

This article follows our previous commentary on the English High Court's decision in May 2023 to sanction the Adler Group's restructuring plan and the Court of Appeal's reversal of that decision in February 2024.

A compromise or arrangement between a company and any class or classes of its creditors (and/or shareholders). The process broadly mirrors an English scheme of arrangement...

Frequently obtained, but rarely challenged, dissolution orders are an important final step in the process of liquidation. Dissolution represents the end of an official liquidation...

The Cayman Islands Grand Court (the "Court") has consistently taken the position in recent years that where: (i) a winding up petition has been presented by a creditor...

In the matter of Ren Ci & Ors (FSD 210 of 2022), the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands granted a stay of proceedings in favour of a HKIAC arbitration pursuant to section 4 of the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act.

Due to the timing of the redemption payments, it was the construction of the Companies Law (2007 Revision) (the "Law") that fell to be considered.

Partner Denis Olarou and counsel Tim Baildam analyse the Cayman Islands' perspective in contrast to the English view on Norwich Pharmacal disclosure...

Setting up an offshore business requires careful planning and consideration. One key aspect to understand is how special economic zones (SEZs) in the Cayman Islands can support your business growth and help establish an international presence

Start-up crypto companies frequently look to raise early stage capital by offering investors the right to receive tokens that will be issued by the company in the future.

Partner Anthony Partridge recently spoke at the STEP Cayman conference on effectively managing relationships with settlors. One of the recurring points of discussion

The Cayman Islands beneficial ownership regime (Regime) came into force on 1 July 2017.

Public access to information on the beneficial owners of companies and certain other entities ("In-Scope Entities") in Luxembourg (and other EU member states) will be greatly restricted after...

Japanese institutional investors have been allocating increasing amounts to alternative asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and private debt...

The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands has confirmed that once it has been established that a solvent liquidation will be more "effective", "economic" or "expeditious"…

As the world takes notable and promising steps forward out of the pandemic, Walkers is pleased to see strong positive trends in aviation transactional activity in recent months.

Mr Jude Scott, CEO of Cayman Finance said the Cayman Islands financial services industry welcomed the Cayman Islands limited liability company (LLC) regime which became operational, following the 8 July publication of the Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016, and the publication of underlying related regulations