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…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Insurance
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…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
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…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law, Taxation
Partner Steven Rees Davies, counsel Charissa Ball and associate Alexandra Fox have authored the Bermuda chapter of Global Legal Insight's sixth edition guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation. The chapter covers the…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Taxation
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…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
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
/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
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…
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/ Business Organizations, Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions
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…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
In this guide we compare the five types of open-ended funds in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”), being private funds, professional funds, public funds, incubator funds and approved funds (this guide does not cover…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
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,…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
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…
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/ Family Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
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…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
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…
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/ International Law & Trade, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
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…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, International Law & Trade, Taxation
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,…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
