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A discussion on the Virgin Islands Special Trusts Act, which was introduced in order to allow a shareholder to establish a BVI trust over a BVI company which disengages the trustee from administrative and managerial responsibility in relation to the BVI company.

In the recent case of Re FIA Leveraged Fund the Grand Court considered whether an in specie distribution properly discharged the Fund’s liability to redeeming investors.

Traditionally, the view has been that the right to set off one debt against another does not constitute a security interest but it may be that this position is no longer as clear cut in light of the recent Canadian Supreme Court ruling in Caisse populaire Desjardins de l’Est de Drummond v. Canada, 2009 SCC 29 ("Caisse populaire")

On 9 March 2012 the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the 1992 Cyprus International Trusts Law (the "Law") modernising the legal framework for the set up and operation of Cyprus International Trusts ("CITs").

‘Forum shopping' can lead to some fierce jurisdictional battles particularly in insolvency where the choice can be stark between debtor and creditor friendly procedures

The British Virgin Islands is often chosen as a jurisdiction for investment managers to set up their fund vehicles.

Ellie Crespi-McCarthy and Louise Groom consider the impact of the extension of the Cape Town Convention on Cayman Islands aircraft finance transactions.

This concise guide discusses the BVI Business Companies Act as it relates to the registration of security interests granted by a BVI Business Company. Where a Company creates a security interest over its own assets.

Companies registered in the BVI that have been dissolved will need to be restored before various steps can be taken concerning the company or assets...

The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is the standard for automatic exchange of financial account information produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

Contracting parties embark upon joint ventures and enter into shareholders agreements in many instances without fully understanding the consequences of their contractual arrangements.

Phillip Kite of Harneys looks at the subject of injunctions generally with a particular emphasis on recent case law on freezing orders.

Amendments to the Trusts Law (2018 Revision) (Trusts Law) affirm the reputation of the Cayman Islands as a leading trusts jurisdiction.

Despite the absence of a formal restructuring regime, the Courts in Cayman (and latterly by way of the Companies Law) have developed a flexible and pragmatic approach...

The recent decision of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) in Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited (Minsheng) v Leed Education Holding Limited (the Education Group)...

A discussion on the possibility to establish a Private Trust Company in BVI, which may act as trustee of trusts without the need to obtain a BVI trust licence as long as certain conditions are satisfied.