Leading international law firm Walkers has announced its expansion into Guernsey through a merger with AO Hall, a Guernsey-based provider of legal services.

Guernsey pioneered the concept of the cellular company and has been instrumental in establishing these innovative vehicles as internationally recognised corporate entities.

It is unlawful to discriminate in the employment field in Guernsey on the grounds of sex or marital status.

Guernsey offers a pragmatic and responsive regime for the incorporation and day-to-day administration of companies.

AO Hall has been named Offshore Firm of the Year for Intellectual Property by an international finance magazine.

Any person who has commenced employment in Guernsey since 1 December 1989 must possess a Right to Work document.

Generally speaking, an employee who works wholly or mainly in Guernsey and who has been continuously employed for at least one year has the right under Guernsey law not to be unfairly dismissed.

With 2017 nearly half way gone, we look back over the events of the last 12 months and ahead to what is coming up in the next year in employment law in the Channel Islands.

Picture the scene. There are 20 of you in the funds team. You go to the annual conference and spend the morning in a series of presentations. After lunch, you are split into 2 groups and are told to go to separate rooms for further sessions.

A trade mark is a sign (perhaps a word, design, packaging, logo, shape, sound, fragrance or colour) which acts as a badge of origin, linking a particular product with the owner of the sign.

Walkers' expansion in the Channel Islands is continuing at a rapid pace, with the number of lawyers in its Guernsey office doubling since July 2018.

Patent law protects new inventions which have a possible industrial application.

If you are launching a fund in Guernsey, you need to get approval from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ("GFSC") and, in the case of listed funds, the appropriate market authority.

A new film fund launched by a local investment manager is believed to be the first investment fund established in Guernsey to specifically invest in film production, marketing and distribution.

Leading business figures have teamed up with the Guernsey Government to establish the Fintech and Digital Oversight Group (FDOG).

Guernsey law firms and lawyers have once again been highly praised in the latest Legal 500 publication.

Matt Sanders, Group Partner at AO Hall, looks at the factors that make Guernsey a good place in which funds can do business

Migration is effected by application to the Guernsey Registrar of Foundations (the "Registrar") and therefore no court application is required, which enables a streamlined process for migrations.

Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why the island remains one of the most respected domiciles for the alternative investment industry.

Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why private equity keeps domiciling its funds on the island.