The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has recently decided a case of first impression regarding whether a private equity fund could be liable to a multiemployer pension fund for the withdrawal liability of a bankrupt portfolio company.

In the 2015/106 Budget Communication presented by the Right Honourable Prime Minister Perry Christie, Prime Minister Christie communicated the Government's intention to modernize the real property tax administration.

A netting agreement is a contract whereby each party agrees to set off the amounts that it owes against amounts owed to it.

On the 12th December, 2012, the Civil Aviation Act 2012 received the assent of Parliament.

The new Securities Industry Act, 2011 (the "New Act") was passed in the House of Assembly on 18 April 2011 and was approved by the Senate.

Companies in crisis are often tempted to sell, charge, or otherwise dispose of assets so as to put them beyond the reach of creditors.

A witness cannot be compelled to give evidence either if it is evidence that he or she could not be compelled to give in civil proceedings before the Cayman Islands Grand Court.

Master-feeder fund structures have long been favoured by fund managers as a means of implementing a tax effective structure for both taxable and tax-exempt investors.

Employment law has been an area of law rife with uncertainty for decades within The Bahamas.

The Probate and Administration of Estates Act (the "Act") was assented to on 8 February, 2011 and came into effect on 1 June, 2011.

Argyle Fund SPC Inc. is a Cayman Island Mutual Fund which went into insolvent liquidation on 26 April 2016, purportedly due to significant exposure to debt factoring via investments made through two credit advisors ...

The Executive Entities Act, 2011 (the "Act") came into force in The Bahamas on 1st February 2012.

In response to requests from the investment funds industry, the Cayman Islands has recently introduced draft legislation for the establishment of a new type of vehicle – a Cayman Islands Limited Liability Company

In the year 2010, the U.S. government enacted the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (the "Act").

In exploring the uses and advantages of the Bahamian Executive Entity (the "BEE"), it is important to have an understanding of what the BEE is.