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This article considers the range of vehicles available in the Cayman Islands for alternative investment fund structures designed for financial institutions, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and (U)HNWs.

The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the "BOT Act") introduced by the Cayman Islands mark significant changes to the beneficial ownership regime, aiming to enhance transparency...

A foundation company is a vehicle unique to the Cayman Islands. It has features akin to a company, retaining separate legal personality and limited liability...

Following extensive consultation with businesses, associations and government entities, the cost of local companies control license...

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

This includes companies operating under the Companies Management Act, Banks and Trusts Companies Act, Mutual Funds Act, and the Insurance Act.

In the Cayman Islands, all directors must swear a Declaration of Solvency (DofS) in a voluntary liquidation.

In what seems the blink of an eye, the world around us has changed beyond recognition. On 11 March, 2020 the World Health Organisation officially declared COVID-19…

When a majority shareholder sought to remove directors through an extraordinary general meeting, the board attempted to postpone the vote indefinitely using broadly drafted powers in the company's articles of association. The Cayman Grand Court was asked to determine whether such procedural mechanisms could be deployed to effectively neutralise fundamental shareholder rights, and whether directors could entrench themselves by blocking the very votes intended to remove them.

The Grand Court has handed down its ruling in eHi Car Services Limited, roundly rejecting an attempt by eHi Car Services Limited to re-write the procedural framework for s.238 proceedings.

In Tianrui (International) Holding Company Limited v China Shanshui Cement Group Limited & Ors [2026] CIGC (FSD) 74 (Tianrui), the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the Court) considered...

Minority shareholders often query whether a jurisdiction's laws afford them a level of comfort or protection. Although there is no standalone statutory remedy under the Cayman Islands Companies Act...

The Cayman Islands Director Registration and Licensing Act (the Act) requires directors of Cayman "covered entities" to register or become licenced by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).

An exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands may apply to be deregistered by way of continuation pursuant to section 206 of the Companies Act.

Cayman, historically known in the Middle East as a private banking and corporate jurisdiction, has transitioned over the years to being recognised as a preeminent private client jurisdiction.

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has provided further helpful guidance to insolvency practitioners as to the circumstances in which leave will be granted to commence or continue proceedings...

A recent decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands1 considered the principles upon which a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership may be wound up by the Court under its 'just and equitable' jurisdiction2, the Court's power under section 95(3) of the Companies Law to grant alternative remedies when hearing a winding up petition and to admit evidence after the release of a judgment but before the order is sealed.

Entities subject to the economic substance test (ES Test) contained within the Cayman Islands Economic Substance Regime are required to file an economic substance...