In a recent review of A Guide to Guernsey’s Trust Law by St John Robilliard the author acknowledged that he had achieved a first – a book review that was not in fact about a book, rather on this occasion a CD ROM. Paid Matthews, a consultant with the firm of Withers LLP, and a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London has described the work as "innovative" and "useful".

Although still a common vehicle for joint propertyholding ventures, GPUTs reached a peak of popularity between 2003 and March 2006 because of their exclusion from the application of Stamp Duty Land Tax on UK property transfers.

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has confirmed a member is entitled to exercise appraisal rights to determine the fair value of its shares in a short-form merger.

The Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Co-operation (DITC) issued an advisory on 8 February 2021 reminding industry of the first year deadlines for economic substance filings.

Mourant Ozannes has advised John Laing Infrastructure Fund Limited on all Guernsey-related aspects of its recent new equity issue, raising £242.3 million through the issue of 218,291,103 new shares pursuant to an open offer, placing and offer for subscription.

The Cayman Islands' Court of Appeal recently heard an appeal on the ability of a fund to suspend redemptions and the payment of redemption moneys.

Guernsey lawyers from Mourant Ozannes have assisted in advising BlueCrest on the acquisition by its partners of Man Group’s 25.5% stake in the BlueCrest Group for US$633 million.

The conversion involved an upsized placing to raise gross proceeds of US$2.73 billion (excluding an over-allotment option of up to $272 million or 10 per cent. of the placing shares).

In our June 2020 reprise of the Private Capital market, US COVID-19 related deaths had just topped 100,000 and confirmed cases worldwide surpassed 5.6m.

The BVI Business Companies Act 2004 provides a simple procedure, called a voluntary liquidation, for liquidating a solvent BVI company.

One Law only: the New Law replaces both the existing Housing (Jersey) Law 1949 and the Regulation of Undertakings (Jersey) Law 1973.

John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN) has listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has recently considered how to determine the location of the principal liquidation and associated issues of international cooperation in relation to the winding up of hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands.

The Foundations (Jersey) Law 2009 (the "Law") will come into force on 17 July 2009.

Following on from the Fund Finance Friday articles of March 11 and May 13, which looked at the sudden escalation of sanctions measures following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the...

This guide explains the steps in a flying freehold transaction.

A recent judgment of the Royal Court of Jersey demonstrates its approach to an application to set aside a trust and certain gifts made under it on the grounds of mistake.

Mourant Ozannes in Guernsey has acted as Guernsey legal adviser, together with Lawrence Graham LLP as lead counsel, on the launch of Chenavari Capital Solutions Limited.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, as did local legislation designed to implement equivalent measures in the Islands

Over the summer, we are taking a break from our World in 2022 series and revisiting the prospects for subsectors of the Private Capital market.