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The Cayman Islands is the leading jurisdiction for the offshore investment funds industry due to its combination of flexible and appropriate regulation, an approachable and effective regulator...

The changes that have been made to the Cayman Islands anti-money laundering regime are to bring Cayman in line with international best practice and are a welcome update to the financial services landscape in Cayman.

Despite the absence of a formal restructuring regime, the Courts in Cayman (and latterly by way of the Companies Law) have developed a flexible and pragmatic approach...

The recent decision of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) in Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited (Minsheng) v Leed Education Holding Limited (the Education Group)...

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

With the development of legislation in a number of offshore jurisdictions to allow for non-charitable purpose trusts, the Caymans Islands introduced the Special Trusts Law 1997, to allow for the establishment of STAR Trusts.

This Guide discusses the Cayman Islands law requirements when taking security over shares in a Cayman Islands exempted company (a company).

The Cayman Islands have for decades been one of the world's leading banking and financial centres, currently ranking as the fifth largest banking centre worldwide.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) published a document outlining key aspect of the implementation of the EU package on a digital operational resilience framework for the financial sector.

The choice of fund administrator is of paramount importance to the set-up of any hedge fund and in Cyprus there are many reasons to use or establish locally-based operations.

During the last quarter of 2024, several breach notices were issued by the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority's Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) to Cayman Islands.

One of the most important issues in relation to a company being accepted for listing purposes on international stock exchanges is that of shareholder protection.

FinTech lending is a decentralised form of lending which relies on technology and digital solutions to facilitate the process of soliciting applicants...

The following covers the requirements of an investment fund in the Cayman Islands assuming it is a ‘Reporting Financial Institution' under automatic exchange of information legislation in the Cayman Islands.

The Cayman Islands Data Protection Act (the DP Act) governs how a data controller may process, use and retain personal data. Anyone who falls within the definition of a "data controller"...

On 2 December 2014, the US and Cyprus governments signed an intergovernmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

This case, decided in March 2017, represents a fundamental protection for those who invest in or hold interests in the BVI.