The BVI and the Cayman Islands both have regimes in place to address unfair prejudice suffered by shareholders, although each jurisdiction approaches the issue differently.
The threshold for successfully bringing an...more
3/12/2025
/ British Virgin Islands ,
Business Entities ,
Cayman Islands ,
Companies Act ,
Corporate Dissolution ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
Unfair Prejudice ,
Winding Up Petitions
A Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement is a court approved compromise or arrangement between a company and its creditors or shareholders (or classes thereof). A scheme of arrangement is frequently used to implement a...more
Synopsis In the matter of Avivo Group (Cause No. FSD 145 of 2022 (RPJ)), Walkers, instructing Ms Clare Stanley KC of Wilberforce Chambers, acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Avivo Group (the ‘Company’) in respect of its...more
In the matter of Avivo Group (Cause No. FSD 145 of 2022 (RPJ)), Walkers, instructing Ms Clare Stanley KC of Wilberforce Chambers, acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Avivo Group (the "Company") in respect of its successful...more
A recent decision of Kawaley J sitting in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Grand Court”) has provided helpful clarification on what he described as a “legally significant” and “important jurisdictional point”. The...more