Author Info for Carey Olsen

Jasmine Amaria

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024…more

Beneficial Owner, British Virgin Islands, Business Companies Act, BVI Business Companies, Compliance

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Charissa Ball

Blockchain 2024 - Bermuda (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Bermuda, Blockchain, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), Cryptocurrency

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Richard Brown

Freezing injunctions in the BVI: a recent development from England

The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2024] EWCA Civ 1109 provides welcome clarification as to the test for obtaining a freezing injunction. The English Court of Appeal found that an applicant…more

Appellate Courts, Foreign Arbitration Clauses, Freezing Order, Injunctions, Interlocutory Orders

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Nick Bullmore

Cayman Islands corporate and finance update Q2 2024

Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed…more

Aircraft, Anti-Money Laundering, Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Bernadette Carey

Cayman Islands private client structures and beneficial ownership - changes of note

On 31 July 2024, the Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (“BO Act”) and the accompanying Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 (“BO Regulations”) were brought into force. At the same time,…more

Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Limited Partnerships, Private Trust Companies

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Alexander Collis

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Thomas Connor

Insurance M&A: Bermuda’s change of control requirements

This article, the first in a multi-part series on M&A in insurance, considers the change of control regime under the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978 (the “Insurance Act”) as it applies to shareholder controllers of Bermuda insurers…more

Acquisitions, Bermuda, Board of Directors, Dissolution, Foreign Exchanges

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Emily Cornhill

Cayman Islands investment funds – autumn 2024 update

Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the Cayman Islands including the updated requirements under the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, a reminder of obligations to…more

Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, CIMA, Civil Monetary Penalty, Common Reporting Standard (CRS)

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Steven Rees Davies

Blockchain 2024 - Bermuda (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Bermuda, Blockchain, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), Cryptocurrency

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Chris Duncan

A guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2024: Cayman Islands (GLI chapter)

Chris Duncan and Alistair Russell have authored the Cayman Islands chapter of Global Legal Insight's sixth edition guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation. The chapter covers the Cayman legal requirements relating to…more

AML/CFT, Anti-Money Laundering, Bitcoin Mining, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Michelle Falcucci

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Jarrod Farley

Cayman Islands corporate and finance update Q2 2024

Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed…more

Aircraft, Anti-Money Laundering, Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Alexandra Fox

Blockchain 2024 - Bermuda (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Bermuda, Blockchain, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), Cryptocurrency

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Michael Frith

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Matthew Grigg

Bermuda corporate and finance update Q2 2024

Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Bermuda including Bermuda’s Corporate Income Tax Act 2023, Cyber risk management and The Bermuda Monetary Authority's enhancements to…more

Annual Regulatory Fees, Bermuda, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxes

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Sarah-Jane Hall

Cayman Islands private client structures and beneficial ownership - changes of note

On 31 July 2024, the Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (“BO Act”) and the accompanying Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 (“BO Regulations”) were brought into force. At the same time,…more

Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Limited Partnerships, Private Trust Companies

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Simon Hall

Freezing injunctions in the BVI: a recent development from England

The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2024] EWCA Civ 1109 provides welcome clarification as to the test for obtaining a freezing injunction. The English Court of Appeal found that an applicant…more

Appellate Courts, Foreign Arbitration Clauses, Freezing Order, Injunctions, Interlocutory Orders

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Michael Hanson JP

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Tyler Hawley

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide Blockchain: Cayman

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Blockchain, Cayman Islands, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), CIMA

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Clinton Hempel

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024…more

Beneficial Owner, British Virgin Islands, Business Companies Act, BVI Business Companies, Compliance

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Elizabeth Killeen

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024…more

Beneficial Owner, British Virgin Islands, Business Companies Act, BVI Business Companies, Compliance

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Katrina Lindsay

Blockchain 2024: BVI (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Blockchain, British Virgin Islands, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), Cryptocurrency

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Oliver MacKay

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Kyle Masters

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Trevor McCabe

Cayman Islands corporate and finance update Q2 2024

Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed…more

Aircraft, Anti-Money Laundering, Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Anthony McKenzie

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024…more

Beneficial Owner, British Virgin Islands, Business Companies Act, BVI Business Companies, Compliance

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Richard Munden

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide Blockchain: Cayman

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Blockchain, Cayman Islands, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), CIMA

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Erinn O'Brien

Insurance M&A: Bermuda’s change of control requirements

This article, the first in a multi-part series on M&A in insurance, considers the change of control regime under the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978 (the “Insurance Act”) as it applies to shareholder controllers of Bermuda insurers…more

Acquisitions, Bermuda, Board of Directors, Dissolution, Foreign Exchanges

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Michael Padarin

Proposed amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024…more

Beneficial Owner, British Virgin Islands, Business Companies Act, BVI Business Companies, Compliance

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Keith Robinson

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Alistair Russell

A guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2024: Cayman Islands (GLI chapter)

Chris Duncan and Alistair Russell have authored the Cayman Islands chapter of Global Legal Insight's sixth edition guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation. The chapter covers the Cayman legal requirements relating to…more

AML/CFT, Anti-Money Laundering, Bitcoin Mining, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Sam Stevens

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Graham Stoute

Wills and estates in the Cayman Islands

Without advance planning the task of determining an individual’s final wishes and administering a deceased’s estate can be time-consuming and expensive. Set out below is a summary of the various ways in which an individual…more

Advance Directives, Asset Management, Cayman Islands, Estate Planning, Probate

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Tom Stuart

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide Blockchain: Cayman

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of…more

Anti-Money Laundering, Blockchain, Cayman Islands, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), CIMA

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Alex Hall Taylor KC

Freezing injunctions in the BVI: a recent development from England

The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2024] EWCA Civ 1109 provides welcome clarification as to the test for obtaining a freezing injunction. The English Court of Appeal found that an applicant…more

Appellate Courts, Foreign Arbitration Clauses, Freezing Order, Injunctions, Interlocutory Orders

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Katie Turney

Building bridges, not barriers: setting up Cayman trusts to minimise conflicts

Despite best intentions, it is impossible to entirely negate the risk of conflict arising from a family trust. By their nature, trusts tend to span several decades and "futureproofing" them against societal changes, unforeseen…more

Asset Management, Beneficiaries, Cayman Islands, Creditors, Family Trusts

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Dylan Wiltermuth

Cayman Islands corporate and finance update Q2 2024

Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed…more

Aircraft, Anti-Money Laundering, Beneficial Owner, Cayman Islands, CIMA

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Gavin Woods

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory. The modern legal system of Bermuda is established by the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom that established the Supreme Court as the primary court…more

Arbitration, Bad Faith, Bermuda, Data Protection, Enforcement

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Tim Wright

Freezing injunctions in the BVI: a recent development from England

The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2024] EWCA Civ 1109 provides welcome clarification as to the test for obtaining a freezing injunction. The English Court of Appeal found that an applicant…more

Appellate Courts, Foreign Arbitration Clauses, Freezing Order, Injunctions, Interlocutory Orders

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Carey Olsen

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