ArticleSTEP Cayman: Providing A Global PerspectiveA key component of the effective operation and continued growth of the local financial services industry is the promotion of the Cayman Islands for what it is: a modern and sophisticated...Cayman IslandsCorporate/Commercial LawConyers
ArticleVideo: Cayman Islands Portfolio Insurance CompaniesDue to the dynamic nature of the insurance industry, insurers or reinsurers established in the Cayman Islands as Segregated Portfolio Companies might look to leverage the added risk...Cayman IslandsCorporate/Commercial LawConyers
ArticleCayman Islands Monetary Authority Issues Guidance On The Application Of The Anti-Money Laundering Regulations To FundsBy Notice of 20 July 2018 CIMA has responded to a number of frequently asked questions by confirming that all funds (regulated and unregulated) that conduct relevant financial business...Cayman IslandsFinance and BankingConyers
ArticleIndemnity Costs Awarded Based On The Contractual Terms Of A Contract Providing For "All Reasonable Costs"In a recent decision of the English Commercial Court, in Alafco Irish Aircraft Leasing Sixteen Ltd v. Hong Kong Airlines Ltd [2019] EWHC 3668 (Comm), it was ordered that costs of proceedings are to be assessed ...Cayman IslandsFinance and BankingConyers
ArticleCayman Islands Restructuring – Recent CasesRestructuring of insolvent companies in the Cayman Islands is implemented by a flexible regime comprising the appointment of provisional liquidators coupled with an adjournment of the winding-up petition. Cayman IslandsInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringConyers
ArticleHolt The Press! Developments In SPC RestructuringIn late 2023, in the case of Holt Fund SPC, the Grand Court ordered the first appointment of Restructuring Officers over particular segregated portfolios of a segregated portfolio company (SPC).Cayman IslandsInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringConyers
ArticleCalling All Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) – The Cayman Islands Needs You!The old saying that "Independent Directors are like parsley on a fish: technically they are there, but they are largely decorative" is now very much defunct in the context of the Cayman...Cayman IslandsInsuranceConyers
ArticleSociety Of Actuaries Report: An Independent Validation Of Cayman’s Role In The Global Reinsurance LandscapeThe release of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute’s Report on the International Reinsurance Landscape for U.S. Life & Annuities has provided a timely, independent affirmation of what many of us in the reinsurance market have observed: the Cayman Islands has become an indispensable and legitimate international reinsurance domicile for U.S. life and annuity writers.Cayman IslandsInsuranceConyers
ArticleDepartment For International Tax Cooperation Portal ServicesConyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited offers a full suite of directorship, administration, regulatory compliance and liquidation services to a diverse portfolio of global financial institutions...Cayman IslandsTaxConyers
ArticleNovel Issues Facing Cayman Insolvency Professionals Dealing With Crypto AssetsThis year marked the tenth anniversary of the world's first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency emerged as a by-product of digital cash with the goal of creating Cayman IslandsTechnologyConyers
ArticleCayman Islands AML RequirementsThe MLRO may be the same person as the AMLCO, so long as the individual is competent and is able to perform both roles efficiently.Cayman IslandsTransportConyers
ArticleSuperyacht Investor: Next Big ThingLondon Counsel Barnabas Finnigan provides insight into the importance of ESG and sustainability for the new generation of yacht owners in the below edition of Superyacht International's Next Big Thing series.Cayman IslandsTransportConyers
ArticleThe Importance Of Collaborative Legal Strategy: China Medonline Inc.'s Withdrawal Of Winding Up Petition And Sale Of Material AssetsConyers' litigation and corporate teams were recently pleased to assist China Medonline Inc. (the "Company") in relation to the withdrawal of a winding-up petition against the Company...ChinaCorporate/Commercial LawConyers
ArticleThe Private Funds Law And The Cayman Islands' Status With The EUIn February 2020 the EU included the Cayman Islands on its Annex 1 list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes; the so-called "black list". European UnionFinance and BankingConyers
ArticleCompanies Re-Domiciling To (And From) Bermuda, Cayman And BVIBermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) are among the most prominent offshore jurisdictions. All three enjoy a strong global reputation...GlobalCorporate/Commercial LawConyers
ArticleFirst Cayman Company IPO And Listing On SGX-ST In Over Four YearsOn 18 December, 2020, GHY Culture & Media Holding Co., Limited (GHY) was officially listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST)GlobalCorporate/Commercial LawConyers
ArticlePrivate Client & Trust Bulletin: Fall 2023Welcome to the festive edition of the Conyers Private Client & Trust Bulletin, where we update on recent matters of interest from our jurisdictions of Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands.GlobalFamily and MatrimonialConyers
ArticleRevamped Cayman Islands Restructuring Regime Takes ShapeRecent amendments to part V of the Cayman Islands Companies Act have updated the domestic restructuring regime and introduced the new role of a court‑appointed restructuring officer...GlobalInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringConyers
ArticleThe Use Of Offshore Structures In The Hong Kong Family Office Tax Concession SchemeNever content to be left out of the competition for wealth management of ultra-high-net-worth families from Singapore and Dubai, Hong Kong recently enacted a new tax concession regime ...Hong KongWealth ManagementConyers
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