Conyers partner Jonathon Milne and associate Rowana-Kay Campbell in the Cayman Islands, and partner Anna Lin in Hong Kong, explain why the new Cayman restructuring regime is likely to be a welcome addition to the legislative...more
7/29/2022
/ Amended Legislation ,
Board of Directors ,
Business Litigation ,
Cayman Islands ,
Companies Act ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Insolvency ,
Provisional Measures ,
Shareholders ,
UK
Later this year, amendments to Part V of the Cayman Islands Companies Act (the "Companies Act") will be introduced to commence a new restructuring officer regime available to companies in financial difficulty. Under the new...more
We are pleased to bring you the summer 2022 edition of Conyers Coverage, the Cayman Islands insurance newsletter.
The Cayman Islands insurance and reinsurance industry has had a strong start to the year and Conyers is...more
7/22/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cayman Islands ,
Companies Act ,
Compliance ,
EU ,
Funding ,
Insolvency ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
New Rules ,
Pari Passu ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reinsurance ,
Restructuring
In the recent judgment In the Matter of GTI Holdings Limited delivered on 15 March 2022 , the Cayman Islands Grand Court reiterated the importance of principles of comity in cross-border insolvency matters and the central...more
In the recent decision of Evergreen International Holdings Limited, delivered on 11 January 2022, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands made an order for the immediate winding up of a company notwithstanding the company’s...more
2/24/2022
/ Amended Legislation ,
Business Litigation ,
Cayman Islands ,
Companies Act ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Dismissals ,
Hong Kong ,
Provisional Measures ,
Rational Basis Test ,
Winding Up Petitions
Conyers were instructed by Silver Base Group Holdings Limited (“Silver Base”) in relation to a successful application for the appointment of “light-touch” provisional liquidators for restructuring purposes before the Grand...more
The demand for Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formations in the Cayman Islands increased through the first quarter of 2021 following robust performance in 2020. Whilst the second quarter of 2021 has seen a...more
5/17/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Board of Directors ,
Capital Raising ,
Cayman Islands ,
Corporate Governance ,
Domicile ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)