South African trust law is based on the law of contract and particularly stipulatio alteri. This means the SA Trustee enters into an agreement with a settlor to hold trust assets for the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Walkers partner Caroline Williams and associate Theo Lefkos have recently provided Cayman Islands law advice for the 2016 IFLR Mergers and Acquisitions Report.

Creditors have now been given a proper chance of achieving a better return in the future.

It's official! Walkers (BVI) is now an approved Trade Mark Agent!

In her column for January 2021 (click here), Lucy discusses the UK government's January 2021 consultation on its regulatory approach to cryptoassets ...

Our Global Insolvency and Dispute Resolution practice has had the pleasure in producing the Walkers 2023 Special Issue of International Corporate Rescue...

Funds registered under the Private Funds Law (as amended) (the "Private Funds Law") are obliged to discharge certain custodial obligations related to the safekeeping of the fund's assets.

On 17 October 2023, the Council of the European Union removed the BVI from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (Annex I).

In episode one, Group Partner Zoë Hallam & Senior Counsel Julia Keppe interview Mohith Sondhi, Senior Director - Debt Finance, at OakNorth Bank on trends in the Fund Finance market...

On 2 April 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") launched a COVID-19 hub.

It is expected that the 2019 Act will be generally commenced towards the end of Q4 of 2019.

The rationale for the introduction of compliance statements was to foster a culture of compliance by creating a greater sense of accountability and responsibility among company directors and by developing good systems of internal controls within companies.

Enhancing the global reputation of the IFS industry in Ireland also features as a principal objective.

Partner Dilmun Leach, who is part of our Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, has taken part in Jersey Finance's latest tokenisation podcast.

We Talk Banking & Finance is the new bi-weekly podcast from Walkers in which lawyers from our international banking team discuss the latest themes and trends in offshore finance with industry experts.

On 13 March 2026, Bermuda's Minister of Finance designated Bermuda's Corporate Income Tax Agency (CITA) as the 'competent authority' under the International Cooperation (Tax Information Exchange Agreements) Act 2005 and the U.S.A.–Bermuda Tax Convention Act 1986.

Increased regulatory scrutiny in China and stricter listing requirements in the US have resulted in a reduction in the number of listings of Chinese companies...

In our latest episode, partners Zoë Hallam and Julia Keppe interview Kam Hessling, Managing Director at the Loan Market Association (LMA).

In the episode Sarah speaks with Elliot Refson, Head of Funds at Jersey Finance and Stuart Pinnington, Director at IQ-EQ.

Our team will be attending both the conference and a series of meetings around it, and we look forward to connecting with clients, contacts and others across the fund finance market.