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In Aquapoint [2025] UKPC 56, the Privy Council confirmed that the just and equitable ground for winding up a company, or an exempted limited partnership...

This Act may be cited as the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023.

In the recent case of Cybernaut Growth Fund, L.P.1, limited partners accounting for approximately half of the partnership interest petitioned to wind up the partnership on just and equitable grounds, based upon loss of trust and confidence by the petitioning limited partners the in general partner.

The Grand Court has provided useful and important guidance on when an insolvency officer holder will be considered to be independent.

This briefing note provides an overview of the process and legal considerations for a person who is not domiciled in the Cayman Islands to write a will dealing with his or her shareholding...

The Companies (Jersey) Law (the "Companies Law") permits a body corporate incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Cayman company") to migrate to Jersey by way of continuation and to become a Jersey company under the Companies Law (the "Registrant").

With effect from 23 April 2023, directors of Irish Companies will be required to provide their personal public service number ("PPSN") or verified identity number ("VIN") when completing certain...

Ms Dixon, a Customer Services Officer for General Registry, was presented with her certificate on 11 June. The honour is part of the Deputy Governor's Award scheme for all civil servants.

Given the central importance of the discovery process to shareholder appraisal litigation, it is unsurprising that the scope of such disclosure is often a matter of significant debate between the parties.

Two recent decisions of the BVI Commercial Court illustrate some important points in relation to the court's power to stay proceedings in favour of arbitration.

In FGL Holdings, the latest ruling on Cayman Islands merger appraisals (Parker J, 20 September 2022), the Grand Court determined that the merger price represented fair value...

Having seen a surge in dissenting shareholder litigation over the past 18 months, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands continues to release considered judgments concerning the operation of the appraisal process set out in ...

In the Amendment Laws, gazetted on 20 August 2020, certain information relating to Cayman Islands companies and limited liability companies will be publicly searchable from 1 October 2020.

When ShoreLabs, a global venture operating system (VOS) for emerging technologies, made the decision to relocate its headquarters from Switzerland to the Cayman Islands, it marked a significant moment...

The Cayman Islands' Foundation Companies Act (as Revised) (the "Act") came into force in 2017 and introduced a new type of company structure, called a foundation company (the "Foundation Company").

The Supreme Court in England in BTI v Sequana [2022] UKSC 25 has clarified when directors owe duties to the company that should take into account creditors' interests. The decision will be highly persuasive...

When a Cayman Islands company (CayCo) goes into official liquidation, various transactions entered into in the lead up to that liquidation may be set aside, allowing the recovery of assets of the CayCo