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The Royal Court has the power to sanction a liquidator's proposed distribution model, subrogation is part of Jersey law and a liquidator must give effect to a netting agreement.

With effect from 2 November 2015 residential leases in Jersey are subject to the residential tenancy deposit scheme.

In the complex landscape of mergers and acquisitions ("M&A"), regulatory challenges play a critical role in the success of transactions.

A company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI") can be placed into insolvent liquidation either by: a shareholders' qualifying resolution; or a court order, following an application to the court...

With trust assets becoming more unusual in nature, beneficiaries establishing careers and family homes across the globe, and the regulatory environment growing increasingly complex...

As part of their remit, trustees of Cayman discretionary trusts can hold a range of assets on behalf of the beneficiaries of the trust.

As noted in our recent article 'Private Lives and Public Interest', the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Grand Court") ...

In our briefing on the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the "TCA") in January 2021, we noted that...

Europe's highest court, The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has declared the EU-US Safe Harbour Agreement ("Safe Harbour") to be invalid as a mechanism to legitimise personal data transfers from the EU to the US.

Purpose trusts have become an increasingly important part of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 (as amended) (the "Trusts Law"). Unlike traditional trusts there is no need for a purpose trust to have a living beneficiary. The

The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) has been developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as the new global standard for the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) to improve tax compliance and counter tax evasion.

The Income Tax (Approved International Agreements) (Implementation) (Mandatory Disclosure Rules) Regulations, 2020 (the "Regulations") were passed by Guernsey ...

The Governments of Jersey and Guernsey have each implemented a loan guarantee scheme which is designed to provide increased access to liquidity for viable ...

Representation of IQEQ (Jersey) Limited re the May Trust Royal Court of Jersey; Bailhache, Commissioner and Jurats Ramsden and Averty, 14 May 2021

The principle that the courts of one jurisdiction will not collect the tax of another is a longstanding tenet of law in many legal systems around the world.

A segregated portfolio company ("SPC") is incorporated under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) (the "BCA").

Entities wishing to carry out regulated investment business in the BVI require approval from the BVI FSC under either SIBA or, in the case of investment managers, the lighter regulatory regime...