Jersey continues to be the offshore jurisdiction of choice for restructurings involving debt for equity swaps (particularly restructurings of UK and international corporate groups).

An Australian case in which a court recognised an unsent text message as a man's Will raises questions that Jersey's Royal Court will one day have to answer...

An English Court of Appeal ruling that UK assets left to a Jersey trust are subject to inheritance tax should prompt Islanders to keep their assets here and not in the UK, says Ogier's Steve Meiklejohn.

Individual investors and trust beneficiaries should already have taken advice over rules forcing disclosure of the identities of individuals with "significant control or influence"...

In this article, Ogier's global head of Corporate, Nathan Powell, looks back on the market trends we've seen in 2023, and looks ahead to some of the opportunities to be had next year.

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has recently approved an approach to determining the fair rate of interest in section 238 proceedings, which includes an element of compounding in its calculation.

This emphasises one of the Island's key strengths – that Guernsey's trusts legislation and its well established court and its wealth of case law provide certainty and clarity for trustees.

Virtual assets businesses and the gaming industry will be brought into scope under new amendments to anti-money laundering regulations in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

The results of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court's wide-ranging review of its Civil Procedure Rules were distributed to BVI Bar Association members today...

The FSC releases the Public Funds Code to supplement SIBA and the Mutual Funds Regulations.

The Monetary Authority (Administrative Fines) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (the Amendment) came into force in the Cayman Islands on 26 June 2020.

Increasingly, I am instructed by LPs seeking their own Cayman legal counsel prior to committing capital.

Generally there was a clear understanding of the reliance concept, it being the predominant compliance option taken by investment funds.

The substantive issue on appeal concerned the test for a limited partner to bring derivative claims on behalf of a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership under section 33(3)...

It is well established that where a company is insolvent or nearing insolvency, the directors must have regard to the interests of the company's creditors.

Charitable trusts are well recognised in many jurisdictions but they do come with some drawbacks.

The administration of deceased estates in the Cayman Islands is governed by the Succession Law, 2006 Revision (the Law) and its accompanying Probate and Administration Rules...

The Cayman Islands legislature recently enacted The Insurance (Portfolio Insurance Companies) Regulations, 2015 and related sections of The Insurance (Amendment) Law, 2013.

On 27 May, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), published the final report on its Guidelines under the EU Regulation on cross-border distribution of investment funds (the Regulation).

As the number of listed companies from more established sectors increases, a number of jurisdictions in Asia have been expanding their listing regimes to facilitate the listing of companies from emerging and innovative sectors.