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This is the first article in a series that will focus on issues that are commonly encountered by Cayman Island companies listed in Hong Kong.

A BVI Business Company (BC) has a separate legal personality from its members.

The Foundation Companies Law, 2017 (Law) introduces a new type of corporate vehicle in the Cayman Islands, the Foundation Company (FC).

Under Cayman Islands beneficial ownership legislation1 (the Legislation), certain Cayman Islands companies are required to maintain details of their beneficial owners and relevant legal entities...

In this article, we will discuss some of the tools available to a party in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to seek to recover property, or proceeds of property, which have been misappropriated.

We have created this guide to cover frequently asked questions on how the courts here in the British Virgin Islands operate.

The Cayman Islands' statutory merger regime is set out in the Companies Law (the Companies Law) and the Limited Liability Companies Law (the LLC Law)...

The use of off shore companies in Islamic finance is driven by many of the same factors as in conventional banking, as tax efficiency, bankruptcy-remoteness and privacy are considerations common to most cross-border transactions.

In a recent interview with HFM Week, Harneys Partner Ian Gobin compared Cayman and US funds and discusses how Cayman continues to lead the market.

On 25 October 2013 the States of Jersey introduced never before seen statutory provisions which seek to clarify, as a matter of Jersey law, the existence and nature of the Hastings-Bass principle and the doctrine which allows the partial or complete set-aside of dispositions of property into trust and the exercise of trust powers which are made under a 'mistake'.

Currently, Cyprus-based crypto exchanges that offer both spot crypto products and crypto derivatives must be licensed under both the national crypto-asset...

This Guide provides a high level summary of the main obligations and action points under Cayman Islands automatic exchange of information legislation for Cayman Islands investment funds.

Arbitrability is a question of considerable importance – it is the question of whether a particular issue in dispute is capable of being resolved by arbitration as opposed to litigation...

Given the share volume of British Virgin Islands Business Companies (BCs) in existence, there is at any given time in some part of the world a transaction involving a BC.