On 28 February 2024, the Cayman Islands Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the Virtual Asset Service...

Last month I joined several of my Cayman colleagues in the bright lights of New York for the Funds Finance Association's snappily named 6th Annual Global Funds Finance Symposium. And yes – we did remember to pack our thermals!

It should be stressed that new companies are largely unaffected by the decision, since they are expressly permitted by the Law to deal with the issue in the drafting of their articles.

In the case of Canterbury Securities Ltd (In Official Liquidation) v Wincura, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands addressed the issue of granting...

Sir Anthony Smellie KCMG KC, former Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, has received the prestigious honour of being appointed a Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and a member of the Judicial.

The Cayman Islands government announced this week that the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) portal has re-opened, allowing Cayman Islands financial institutions to submit their 2017 FATCA and CRS returns.

The Cayman Islands recently published draft legislation to introduce the limited liability partnership (LLP) as a new partnership vehicle in the Cayman Islands.

When Raul Castro took over from his brother as President of Cuba in 2008, he began a long-anticipated process of political and economic reform. As a result of his strategy, the stagnant economy has been gradually coming to life, galvanised by a fledgling private sector

On 28 February 2024, the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (the Registrar) issued a press release urging all companies, including those registered under the Companies Law...

On January 30 2014 the board of directors of the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd approved two important decisions.

The purpose of the above initiative is to assist physical persons and legal entities that are characterised as "retail clients" who suffered losses, as a result of resolution measures...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a circular requiring that entities under its supervision investigate any connections they may have with the so-called Panama Papers leak.

On 12 December 2024, the Cyprus House of Representatives approved the implementation of a global minimum tax law in Cyprus (the GMT Law) for multinational enterprise groups (MNEs)...

At present, Cyprus-based crypto exchanges that wish to provide services both in relation to spot crypto products and financial instruments such as crypto...

Amendments to the Cyprus citizenship by investment program in September 2016 have amplified the appeal of the already investor friendly Cypriot citizenship program...

The treaty for the avoidance of double taxation between Cyprus and Qatar was signed in November 2008, ratified in March 2009 and entered into force on 1 January 2010.

On 18 January 2024, the European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on an anti-money laundering package to protect the EU and its financial system.

In the recent English decision of Shovlin v Careless and Ors, concerned the enforcement in the English High Court of a default judgment granted against defendant companies...

On 11 February 2025, the UK government issued a press release announcing new sanctions against ZSERVERS...

In a recent decision of the King's Bench Division of England and Wales the Court set aside an order (O2) that extended time for compliance with an earlier disclosure order (O1).