Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
RoboCop: Overview of Corporate Basics and Compliance Filings
The Corporate Transparency Act
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
Navigating Russia Sanctions
What Will the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Your Business? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 30]
Gary Kalman on Corruption and Compliance Programs
Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
Episode 8 -- The Critical Importance of Beneficial Ownership to Compliance
New register of beneficial ownership of UK real estate
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 341, Brian Alster on the Problem of Beneficial Ownership
The Cayman Islands is a common law jurisdiction, which is based on the English model. It comprises statute law and binding case precedents. English and British Commonwealth case authorities are generally persuasive, but not...more
Entities have ongoing obligations to keep beneficial ownership information up to date. Legislative developments have clarified what information needs to be reported for trusts and deemed beneficial owners....more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Access Restriction) Regulations, 2024 (the “Access Restriction Regulations”) commenced on 28 February 2025 and will supplement the Beneficial Ownership regime in the Cayman Islands. The...more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Legitimate Interest Access) Regulations, 2024 commenced on 28 February 2025. Under these Regulations, the Cayman Islands Registrar (the “Registrar”) may provide access to the information...more
Legislation in the Cayman Islands concerning beneficial ownership information continues to develop at a steady pace and the latest developments are particularly noteworthy. The Parliament of the Cayman Islands has recently...more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the “BOT Act”), Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 (the “BOT Regulations”) and the Guidance on Complying with Beneficial Ownership Obligations in the Cayman...more
A warm welcome to this 12th edition of Conyers Coverage to kick off 2025. Now that the dust has settled, our team is reflecting on another exceptional year for the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry in 2024. We lawyers may...more
2024 was once again an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. In this edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook, our team has summarised the key changes and news during 2024 and taken a look at the...more
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
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
Welcome to the third Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review instalment of 2024. In this edition we cover the latest Cayman Islands regulatory updates including the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act and The Perpetuities...more
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...more
Under the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 ("BOTA"), entities that are registered as investment funds may avail themselves of an alternative route to compliance with the BOTA by appointing a Contact Person as a...more
How does the beneficial ownership reporting regime developments impact those within the fund governance function? Introduction - As noted in our recent advisory, the Cayman Islands' beneficial ownership reporting...more
Update to the Cayman Islands beneficial ownership reporting regime - Following industry consultation, the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act ("BOTA") was gazetted on 15 December 2023 and commenced on 31 July 2024,...more
The Cayman Islands is in the process of implementing fundamental changes to its beneficial ownership regime. Most significantly, these include the removal of exemptions applicable under the previous regime, as well as more...more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the “BOT Act”) is now in force. The BOT Act was gazetted in December 2023 and was brought into force on 31 July 2024 by the BOT Act Commencement Order. The new Beneficial...more
A warm welcome to the Summer edition of Conyers Coverage. The whirlwind that is the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry continues to blow with gusto! To keep you updated on recent developments, we include various items from...more
Changes to the beneficial ownership regime took effect on 31 July 2024 and enforcement relating to the new requirements is suspended until early 2025. Many entities that previously had few or no obligations will have to...more
Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more
Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more
On 15 March 2024, the Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce (the "Ministry") issued Technical Guidance for corporate services providers ("CSPs") to facilitate changes to internal processes in support of the transition...more
2023 was an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. While we have endeavoured to keep you updated throughout the year with our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Reviews, our team has highlighted below the key changes...more
Welcome to the festive edition of the Conyers Private Client & Trust Bulletin, where we update on recent matters of interest from our jurisdictions of Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands. This edition combines the...more