07/02/2020
Historically, the timing of the commencement of the voluntary liquidation of a Cayman Islands company was often driven primarily by the desire to avoid incurring the following year's annual government fees.
07/02/2020
Ireland and Luxembourg have both announced a six month deferral of the first reporting date under DAC6, the new EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime for certain cross border transactions which carry defined tax hallmarks.
07/02/2020
Authorities in Spain and Italy break open two alleged fake wine conspiracies, Barnaby Eales reports.
07/02/2020
The Act contains the most far-reaching reforms to UK insolvency law in over 30 years.
07/01/2020
With such an agreement, Switzerland and the United Kingdom intend to reaffirm their commitment to the importance of open financial markets and international financial stability, as well as to consolidate their position as the world's leading internat
07/01/2020
Alfa Group hired to track and seize overseas wealth in the latest development in legal battle between the Kremlin and Sergei Pugachev.
07/01/2020
Update prepared by Simon Dickson (Partner, Cayman Islands) and Jaclyn Pascoe (Knowledge Management, Cayman Islands)
07/01/2020
Trust Governance Navigating the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
07/01/2020
The Common Reporting Standard requires countries and jurisdictions to exchange financial account information from non-residents obtained from their financial institutions automatically on an annual basis
07/01/2020
This followed FIFA’s adoption, in April 2020, of a document (“Covid-19 Football Regulatory Issues”) authorizing its member associations to extend the season beyond June 30, 2020.
07/01/2020
The JFSC had previously applied a similar proportionate and light-touch approach to very private structures
06/30/2020
These new examinations will be accompanied by a new IRS perspective as to how to effectively, and completely, examine high-net-worth individuals.
06/30/2020
16 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) of outstanding loans are being backed by 83 tons of allegedly fake gold bars.
06/30/2020
The European Commission (EC) has noted that a globally interconnected financial system has contributed to the ability of criminals, money launderers and terrorists to hide and move funds around the world.
06/30/2020
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (commonly referred as the no-fault divorce bill) has passed its third reading in the House of Commons and will next be considered by the House of Lords.
06/30/2020
These considerations provide useful guidance to market participants in assessing the nature of their exposure to tough legacy contracts
06/29/2020
Given the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), we have introduced some temporary measures for firms submitting regulatory returns.
06/29/2020
The announcement comes as China seeks to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong, and only two days before the 23rd anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese rule.
06/28/2020
Bermuda has begun to gradually re-open the Island.
06/26/2020
In view also of the global challenges, further efforts must be made to safeguard and further expand the interests and competitiveness of the Swiss financial centre internationally.