In terms of key trends for Irish funds in 2022, we expect to see continued interest in the investment limited partnership with a number of managers establishing Irish funds...

Developments during 2021, such as the EU Capital Requirements Directive updates and the new Investment Firms Directive... and Regulation will continue to be bedded in.

Advisors will want to ascertain whether SCARP will offer SMEs a viable, lower cost process to reach consensual restructurings with creditors.

The Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (the "Act") was signed in to law on 6 August 2020 with most provisions commenced on 21 August 2020.

Wealthy clients supporting charitable and philanthropic endeavours is nothing new.

In 2021 we saw an increasing stream of instructions relating to the establishment of new unit trust structures in the context of real estate transactions.

We are increasingly being asked to advise on money transmission services, and the licensing regimes in Jersey and Guernsey.

This could be the year in which Luxembourg's position as a European funds jurisdiction comes under some challenge.

There is a growing trend of families looking at ways to restructure their wealth, or divide interests between branches of the family.

As with other areas of debt and capital markets, we expect ESG considerations and sustainability linked lending to be a prominent feature in leveraged financings.

2021 was a bumper year for public and private M&A activity regionally and we expect that 2022 will follow suit. On the public front, a further increase in private equity-backed privatisation activity...

Looking ahead to 2022, from our position as primarily offshore lawyers, we have identified some specific trends on the horizon for the benefit of all our clients.

There are other macro-economic issues too: the threat of conflict in Ukraine, elections in Brazil and France, and economic rumblings in China.

In 2022 we expect to see an increase in the use of Master Trust structures in premium insurance financing. The Master Trust structure was historically set up as a quick way for high net worth individuals...

An exempted limited partnership (an "ELP") is the most commonly used Cayman Islands partnership for international transactions.

Investment Funds partner Tamsin West explains the new rules released by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as it pertains to marketing materials for Cayman Funds and how do they apply to clients.

In the latest episode of We Talk Banking and Finance, partner Julia Keppe is joined by Walkers partner and co-host Kim Paiva to talk to Sid Sharma, Director: Commercial & Legal at 2-REG, Guernsey's aircraft registry.

The obligation to report to a central register is unlikely to come into effect until 4MLD is fully transposed which is expected to occur in June 2017.

On 5 September 2018, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform published Ireland's Corporation Tax Roadmap.

2021 was the year of the SPAC, with over 800 SPAC IPO filings globally. Despite regulatory and geopolitical headwinds, we expect this upward trend to continue through 2022...