Offshore listings on the Alternative Investment Market ("AIM") are very popular and this popularity is continuing to grow, with Jersey becoming an ever-more attractive offshore base from which to incorporate companies which can then be listed on AIM.

The proposed new Jersey register of beneficial owners and significant persons is due to come into effect on 6 January 2021. This will coincide with the date that myRegistry, the Jersey Financial...

With the release of the Jersey Private Funds Guide (the JPF Guide), Jersey has introduced a welcome simplification of its funds regime, by providing for a single Jersey private fund product...

The powers of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to impose civil financial penalties for significant and material contraventions of the Codes of Practice were extended on 26 October 2018 to apply to "principal persons" of registered persons.

A Jersey Listed Fund, for the purposes of the Jersey Listed Fund Guide ("the Guide") is a closed-ended Jersey company which falls within the definition of a collective investment fund...

Jersey has been a leading international finance centre for more than 50 years. Thanks to a forward-thinking approach, Jersey is at the forefront of wealth management, funds, capital markets

Domestic market activity in Jersey is driven by private equity ("PE") involvement in financial services sector business acquisitions and divestments.

The Companies (Jersey) Law (the "Companies Law") permits a body corporate incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Cayman company") to migrate to Jersey by way of continuation and to become a Jersey company under the Companies Law (the "Registrant").

The Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") has recently introduced new disclosure rules (the "ESG Disclosure Rules") which apply to Jersey funds which are promoted on the basis...

Following a revision to Chapter 7 of the Listing Rules of the The International Stock Exchange, it has now become easier to list the shares of a Jersey company that qualifies as a REIT for UK purposes.

In Jersey Financial Services Commission v Alternate Insurance Services Limited & Others [2007] JRC048 the Royal Court of Jersey (Commissioner R Southwell QC and Jurats Le Brocq and Georgelin) delivered a very significant judgment concerning certain of the provisions in the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998 (the "1998 Law").

The investment funds industry in Jersey has achieved significant growth in recent years.

On 20 February 2015, the Financial Services Commission (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Law 2015 was registered (Amendment Law). The Amendment Law makes changes to the Financial Services Commission (Jersey) Law 1998 to include provisions to enable the Jersey Financial Services Commission to impose civil financial penalties for material contraventions of the Codes of Practice and the AML/CFT Handbook and comes into force on 20 March 2015.

While 2020 has, at the risk of understating it somewhat, brought unexpected events and personal and professional adjustment, our experience offshore is that market participants have...

International Savings Plans are an innovative savings plan product for multi national employers, available in Jersey from 1 January 2019.

Jersey is a leading international finance centre less than an hour's flight from central London. Its rapidly growing digital sector positions Jersey as an ideal jurisdiction for investors

On 8 December 2025, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (“JFSC”) published a consultation (“Consultation”) in relation to revising the JFSC’s ‘Guidelines on the interpretation of Article 36 of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999’.

Partner Chris Griffin led the Carey Olsen team advising AX1 Limited and was assisted by associate Joseph Barker-Willis.

Access to liquidity was a central theme of 2024 in the European fund finance market. Whilst macro-economic factors suppressed demand for subscription lines, alternatives such as NAV.