Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Arbitration clauses are commonly found in commercial contracts. However, tricky issues arise when a company subsequently seeks an order for winding up, particularly in circumstances where the facts relied on in support of the...more
New specific licensing grounds available under Cayman Islands and BVI Russia sanctions will pave the way for Cayman Islands and BVI investment funds and other entities to divest their frozen assets in Russia as well as remove...more
The Cayman Islands Grand Court recently delivered its judgment in Re Shinsun Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. FSD 192 of 2022 (DDJ) (21 April 2023) (unreported) (the “Shinsun Judgment”) in which the court determined the ultimate...more
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the highest court of appeal for several Commonwealth jurisdictions and it will be sitting, physically, in the Cayman Islands in November 2022. This provides a timely reason to...more
The general doctrine of ‘illegality’, in commercial litigation, is based on two related principles: • Firstly, that no person should benefit from his or her own illegal act or wrong; and • Secondly, that the law (and the...more
The resurgence of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as an alternative to traditional IPOs was one of the major talking points of 2020. SPACs enjoyed somewhat of a renaissance in 2020, particularly in the United...more
The Cayman Islands announced the further extension of the 2016 registration and reporting deadlines for U.S. FATCA and U.K. FATCA (also known as U.K. CDOT), as follows...more