The Government of the Republic of Mauritius has ratified double taxation agreements (DTA) with Guernsey and several African countries.

Divorce for the older couple will no doubt become a hot topic once again in the wake of the Chancellor's 2016 autumn statement...

Appleby has acted as British Virgin Islands ("BVI") and Isle of Man counsel to Playtech Limited in its redomiciliation from the BVI to the Isle of Man and subsequent move from AIM to a Premium Listing on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Main Market.

Welcome to the latest issue of Appleby's annual "In The Courts" publication, a round-up of the most interesting decisions handed down by the courts of our offshore jurisdictions in 2018.

In July 2014 the Bermuda legislature enacted the Trustee Amendment Act 2014. The effect of this statutory reform was to insert a new section 47A into the Trustee Act 1975.

The Government of Bermuda recently announced that Signature Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in New York, has expressed its willingness to consider applications for banking services from digital asset businesses

Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, savvy investor or an established company, look no further than a Bermuda digital assets licence to get your tech business or platform off the ground.

Bermuda’s Trustee Amendment Act 2014 (Amendment Act), effective 29 July 2014, amends the Trustee Act 1975 to provide statutory force to the Court’s discretion to set aside a fiduciary’s exercise of a power where the exercise of that power was flawed.

In our 2026 calendar we list the key regulatory and corporate filing dates applicable to British Virgin Islands entities on filing and other obligations. The dates listed are those provided by British Virgin Islands regulatory authorities. For further information on any of the upcoming deadlines covered by the calendar, please contact the related contact(s) on this page.

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...

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

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.

Bronwyn King and Marc Parrott, Partners of Appleby's Investment Funds practice in Hong Kong, talk about the consequence of this legislative development on structuring the management of investment funds...

These new rules are designed for Specialist Companies, including SPV holding companies and closely held REITs, and aim to attract privately held structures...

The Jersey Aircraft Registry (JAR) became operational and registered its first new private jet of significant value on 5 November 2015.

The offering was upsized from a previous offering of USD 175 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

At its plenary meeting held on 21st of October 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded that Mauritius is no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF. In its public statement, the FATF highlighted the following:

TISE has several international recognitions and memberships – for example, it is considered a “Recognised Stock Exchange” by UK HMRC and a “Designated Offshore Securities Market” by the US SEC. The Exchange is uniquely positioned within Europe but outside the EU and UK, providing a proportionate disclosure regime.