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This Q&A gives an overview of the key issues in establishing a business in the Cayman Islands, including an introduction to the legal system; the available business vehicles and their applicable formalities; ...

The decision as to where to incorporate an offshore company can only be made based on the specific features of the transaction in question.

The deadline to respond to the public consultation regarding beneficial ownership of Cayman Islands-registered companies has been extended to Friday, 28 February 2014.

Further to our updates of 18 December 2015 and 9 June 2016, Maples and Calder is pleased to announce that the Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 came into force on 8 July 2016.

After an extensive industry consultation process in which Appleby was a participant, the Exempted Limited Partnership Bill 2014 was gazetted on 21 February.

This webcast reflects on the impact of Foundation Companies in the month since the first available registration date of Tuesday, 19 October 2017.

On 5 June 2017 the Data Protection Law, 2017 (Law) was published in the Cayman Islands Gazette.

On 8 June 2016, the Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 (the Law) was enacted. It is expected that the Law will come into force later this month.

From 2005 until the first phase of the credit crisis hit the capital markets in August 2007, the volume of issuance of structured finance instruments generally, and Collateralised Debt Obligations ("CDOs") in particular, rose dramatically: from US$158 billion in 2004 to US$521 billion in 2006, according to data published by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

Our client release of January, 2016 reported on the proposed introduction of a limited liability company structure in the Cayman Islands.

An Order of Cabinet was gazetted recently to bring the Law into force effective 1 August 2017.

We will be contacting our clients in order to advise as to the applicability of the new laws and regulations and any next steps that will need to be taken.

Business owners in the Cayman Islands will get their first glimpse of a new online tool for submitting company information to the Registrar of Companies.

21 October 2016 marked 100 days since the introduction of the Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies Law.

The Cayman Islands is the world's top hedge funds domicile, with more than 10,500 registered funds to date.

Further to our eAlert published in April of this year, we are pleased to advise that the Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 is now in force.