Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
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
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
The circumstances in which an unsuccessful party in arbitration may resist enforcement of an award in the Cayman Islands are limited in number and narrow in scope. The judiciary are alive to the risk that parties may run...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
In the Matter of Gulf Investment Corporation et al v The Port Fund LP et al (“Gulf Investment”) and the earlier judgment of Dorsey Ventures Limited v XIO GP Limited (“Dorsey Ventures”), the Cayman Islands Grand Court provided...more
This article provides an overview of common structures for investment funds in the Cayman Islands. Investment funds in the Cayman Islands must be registered either under the Private Funds Act or the Mutual Funds Act,...more
この記事では、ケイマン諸島における一般的な投資ファンド組成に関する概要をご紹介します。 ケイマン諸島における投資ファンドは、ファンド戦略がクローズドエンド型かオープンエンド型かに応じて、プライベートファンド法またはミューチュアルファンド法のいずれかに基づいて登録されなければならないことになっています。...more
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
Following the end of a long-running process, the Cayman Islands has now officially been removed by the EU Commission from its list of ‘high-risk’ countries for AML/CFT purposes. ...more
ファンドの 投資家 がファンドに対して償還 請求権を有するオープンエンド型ファンドは、 流動性 のある 資産に投資するヘッジファンド等ファンド に適している一方、プライベートエクイティ、ベンチャーキャピタル、不動産等の非流動資産に投資するファンドは、投資が実現するまでにより多くの時間を必要とし、クローズドエンド型ストラクチャーが適しています。...more
We are often asked by clients and non-Irish law firms in the context of fund finance transactions about using fund structures established under the revamped Irish Investment Limited Partnership (“ILP”) regime, and, in...more
Most people who have had a reasonable degree of interaction with Cayman funds and fund finance transactions will be well aware that different Cayman vehicles have distinct constructions and legal characteristics (in...more
Hong Kong’s private funds industry is on the verge of benefitting from further significant changes in local laws designed to make Hong Kong more attractive as a centre for private funds and their managers. On 31 August 2020,...more