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Caroline Williams, a partner in Walkers' Global Investment Funds Group, explores how Cayman Islands private equity products have held up in 2022 and what can be expected over the course of 2023.

One of the reasons why the Cayman Islands is a leading offshore jurisdiction is the flexibility of its companies and partnership legislation.

Changes to the beneficial ownership reporting regime took effect on 31 July 2024, with enforcement relating to the new requirements commencing in January 2025.

Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) has officially released the 2024 Socio-Economic Impact Assessment, independently prepared by leading Caribbean economist Marla Dukharan.

Further to the Grand Court's (the "Court") decision on 20 September 2022, where it found that the fair value of the Kingstown Dissenters' shares in FGL Holdings ("FGL") was the merger price...

Introduced in the jurisdiction in the 1990s, Cayman Islands STAR trusts are widely known as a unique and innovative form of statutory trust which offer great flexibility...

ESMA has announced that its advice will not treat all non-EU countries as a single block, and instead will distinguish between non-EU countries to extend the benefit of the passport.

Post-economic crisis the industry standard terms for private equity are being re-evaluated by all parties and many are looking to new geographic horizons to seek out the best returns.

Unprecedented swings in the financial markets in recent weeks and the ongoing uncertainty surrounding how long the COVID-19 pandemic may last has had, and continues to have,...

The attractions for international managers, sponsors and investors of the Cayman Islands as the jurisdiction in which to domicile such funds include the stable political environment.

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA") in Adamas Global Alternative Investment Management Inc v The Public Institution for Social Security for the State of Kuwait

In this Q&A, investment funds partner Joanne Huckle, who was recently a guest speaker at GAIM Ops 2022 in the Cayman Islands, discusses different structuring models for private equity firms...

1.1 Formalities. In order to create an enforceable debt obligation of the obligor to the seller: (a) is it necessary that the sales of goods or services are evidenced by a formal receivables contract..

From our vantage point as advisers to many of the world's top investment fund managers and financial institutions, broad market forces flow through to our instructions, and ultimately drive many of the terms of the funds we advise.

On 12 February 2015 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal handed down its long-awaited judgment in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd v Peterson and Ekstrom.

The global Ogier R&I team have been involved in many of the most complex and high-value offshore schemes and restructurings in recent years including Ocean Rig, QGOG/Constellation Overseas, Shire, Rangold Resources, Abraaj Group and Action Real Estate.

The objective of a scheme of arrangement is to allow the company to enter into an agreement with its shareholders and/or creditors (or any class of them) to either