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Understanding the fintech landscape in the British Virgin Islands

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The BVI is a preferred international jurisdiction for fintech businesses as it is a well-established investment centre with a comprehensive, commercial virtual assets regime, which provides businesses with legal certainty. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The FoHF Financing Playbook, May 2025 - EU Jurisdictional-Clause Gymnastics – The Enforceability of Asymmetric Jurisdiction...

A recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the EU’s highest court) has clarified some of its views on ‘asymmetric jurisdiction clauses’. An asymmetric jurisdiction clause is one that allows one party...more

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Directs Turnover of Chapter 15 Debtor's Assets for Administration in Foreign Bankruptcy Proceeding

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Nearing its 20th anniversary, chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code is an invaluable framework for coordinating cross-border bankruptcy cases involving foreign debtors that have assets located in the United States. It includes a...more

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Why Set Up a Tokenised Investment Fund with an Approved Manager in the BVI?

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Setting up a tokenized investment fund with an approved manager in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) offers many strategic advantages by combining the innovative benefits of blockchain technology with cost-effectiveness and...more

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A Guide to Guernsey Investment Funds

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Guernsey has long been one of the world's premier jurisdictions for investment funds - There are a number of advantages for using Guernsey as a jurisdiction, including the wide variety of company and limited partnership...more

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Guernsey Protected Cell Companies (PCCs) - the key features

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Guernsey was the first jurisdiction to implement the protected cell company ("PCC"), doing so over 25 years ago. The PCC was originally created for use in insurance structures, although today it is also widely used for...more

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Guernsey Adopts OECD's Global Minimum Tax Rate of 15%

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Guernsey has passed legislation to implement the OECD's global minimum tax rate of 15%, known as "Pillar 2", which will apply for fiscal years commencing on or after 1 January 2025....more

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Changes Are Coming

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Elections, as they say, have consequences. That bit of political wisdom certainly will be true again this time around—our president-elect has been announcing appointees for cabinet positions that are bound to bring about...more

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Pillar Two - Global Minimum Taxation and Ireland

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The Irish Pillar Two rules apply to in-scope entities for accounting periods commencing on or after 31 December 2023. Following the GloBE Rules and the EU's Minimum Tax Directive, the rules introduce a minimum effective tax...more

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Reliable Expectations May 2024 - Investors, We're Relying on You

Delaware remains the most popular jurisdiction for the domestic formation of private equity and venture capital funds (a “Fund”) as either a limited partnership or limited liability company.  In fact, 54.8% of the deals...more

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Restructuring officers appointed over troubled segregated portfolios

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The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands recently confirmed expressly for the first time that it has jurisdiction to wind up a segregated portfolio company ("SPC") on the insolvency of one or more, but not all, of its segregated...more

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Teaming Up for Term Loans February 2024 - Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands: A Comparative Analysis of Two Leading Fund Finance...

Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands are two of the world’s leading fund formation jurisdictions, and account for a large portion of the private equity funds domicile market. Most private equity fund structures are comprised of...more

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity Garden Guide September 2023 - Laying the Groundwork on Foreign Sovereign Immunity

The doctrine of sovereign immunity is a foundational element of the interplay between a governmental investor’s contractual obligation to satisfy capital calls and a fund’s or lender’s ability to enforce that obligation...more

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Hong Kong Court Renders Assistance to Cayman Islands Liquidators of a Solvent Investment Fund

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On 24 June 2022, the Honourable Mr Justice Harris (of the High Court of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) granted assistance to Cayman Islands appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (the “JPLs”) of Seahawk China...more

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Why MENA-based startups are choosing to incorporate in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands

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According to a report by data platform Magnitt, the total funding secured by startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) amounted to approximately US$864 million in the first quarter of 2022. Startups in the UAE...more

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Capital Relief, Cayman Register … Continue Reading June 2022 | Issue No. 179 - Re-member Where the Register Is! Why the Location...

As we are moving further into the realm of Fund Finance 2.0 and the rise of the NAV facility, there has been a lot written about taking security over the equities of various types of Cayman entities, particularly Cayman...more

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Halifax Update: "Unique" Joint Sitting of Trans-Tasman Courts

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A joint hearing between the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) and the High Court of NZ (NZHC) has broken new ground. In proceedings brought by the liquidators of Halifax Investment Services Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (Halifax...more

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COVID-19: Measures taken by financial supervisory authorities in certain jurisdictions - as at 15 May 2020

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The current situation is fast-moving in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many financial supervisory and regulatory authorities as well as local governments have issued measures which are relevant for financial institutions and...more

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How Final CFIUS Regulations Will Impact Technology Companies and Investors

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The Final Rules clarify requirements for foreign investments, including those transactions subject to CFIUS review and filing. On February 13, 2020, two Final Rules published by the US Treasury Department implementing...more

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Final Regulations Expanding CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Investments by Foreign Persons

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations (the Regulations) expanding the scope of foreign investments subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

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[Event] CFIUS Reform Regulations Go Into Effect on February 13: What You Need to Know About the New CFIUS - Feb. 11th, 12:00 pm CT...

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), released the final regulations to implement the 2018 CFIUS reform law, the Foreign...more

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CFIUS Finalizes New FIRRMA Regulations

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Nearly a year and a half after the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) was enacted, authorizing the most substantial overhaul of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

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New CFIUS Rules – Eight Key Points

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") issued final regulations on January 13, 2020 to comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 ("FIRRMA") (the...more

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CFIUS 2.0: Investment Funds and Other Stakeholders Await Full, Revamped Regulations

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In August of last year, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), a sweeping overhaul of the operations and jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - December 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between September 2018 and October 2018. ...more

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