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Please find attached our latest Appleby report which provides a snapshot of data in relation to Petition Filings in Cayman during 2013, reviewed against the backdrop of the prior five years.

The Cayman Islands Data Protection Law, 2017 (DPL) comes into force on 30 September 2019 and will regulate the future processing of all personal data in the Cayman Islands.

The report highlights "Best Practices" for regulated entities' record keeping arrangements. The report also identifies expectations with respect to the retention, maintenance, security...

Former Appleby partner and head of litigation, Nigel Clifford QC, and Nick Segal, a partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, have been appointed as part-time judges to the Financial Services Division of the Cayman Islands Grand Court.

The Mutual Funds (Amendment) Law 2006 came into effect on 14 November 2006 and amended certain provisions the Mutual Fund Law (2003 Revision) ("Law"). Set out below is a brief summary of the key amendments

Blockchain has been widely touted as the most significant technology of the last 20 years, with the potential to revolutionise the financial services industry across a range of applications, from crypto-currencies to smart ...

From 2005 until the first phase of the credit crisis hit the capital markets in August 2007, the volume of issuance of structured finance instruments generally, and Collateralised Debt Obligations ("CDOs") in particular, rose dramatically: from US$158 billion in 2004 to US$521 billion in 2006, according to data published by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

An Order of Cabinet was gazetted recently to bring the Law into force effective 1 August 2017.

There were more than 200 offshore initial public offerings (IPOs) announced or completed in 2015, with the majority of those businesses coming from the Cayman Islands, according to our new research.

With 2017 having drawn to a close, it makes sense to look back briefly at the work which has driven the offshore restructuring world in the past year.

Companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands usually conduct operations and hold assets elsewhere than in the Cayman Islands and Cayman Islands corporate insolvencies therefore commonly have a significant international dimension.

The Cayman Islands is the world's top hedge funds domicile, with more than 10,500 registered funds to date.

Further to our eAlert published in April of this year, we are pleased to advise that the Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 is now in force.

The judgment in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (In Liquidation) v Peterson and Ekstrom (2011) that was delivered at the end of August 2011 has refocused the offshore hedge fund industry on the role of directors of offshore hedge funds.

As from 7th November 2023, the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Convention) was brought into force in China...

Appleby has provided five chapters to the Legal 500 M&A Guide. The aim of the Guide is to provide readers with a pragmatic overview of Merger & Acquisitions laws and regulations across...

Appleby has contributed five chapters to the Mondaq M&A Comparative Guide. The Guide provides an overview of key points of law and practice and allows you to compare regulatory environments...

It is once again time for Appleby's round-up of significant decisions handed down by the courts of our various jurisdictions in the preceding year.