The Case of Changyou.com Ltd v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others 2025 UKPC 12 - In a judgment handed down on 11 March 2025, the Privy Council has upheld the amendments made to sections 238(2)-(5) of the...more
Cayman Islands law permits the registration of segregated portfolio companies (“SPC”). An SPC is a single company which segregates its assets and liabilities amongst various “portfolios”. Benefits in adopting the SPC...more
Frequently obtained, but rarely challenged, dissolution orders are an important final step in the process of liquidation. Dissolution represents the end of an official liquidation and the end of a company’s life. In a...more
In an unprecedented turn of events, two recent proceedings in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands considered the same complex legal issues just one week apart. Both In the Matter of HQP Corporation Limited (assigned to...more
The successful appeal by dissenting shareholders in Trina Solar provides key insights into the importance of establishing a robust merger process, the company’s burden to make all relevant information available in appraisal...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
On 20th December 2022, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (“CICA”) delivered its second judgment in the matter of Changyou.com Limited v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd & others (“Changyou.com case”). The CICA...more
In a recent judgment in the case of Re Changyou.com Limited, CICA (Civil) Appeal 6 of 2021, delivered on 16 September 2022, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has applied the interpretative provisions of section 25 and...more