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  • Cayman Islands – The New Regulatory Regime for Private Funds

    Cayman Islands – The New Regulatory Regime for Private Funds

    The Private Funds Act, 2020 (the "Law") came into force on 7th of February 2020 and introduced a requirement for the registration of closed ended funds (typically, investment funds which do not grant investors with a right or entitlement to withdraw or redeem their shares or interests from the fund

  • Undertaking Voluntary Liquidations of Cayman Islands’ Entities prior to 31 December 2020

    Voluntary liquidations generally As the conclusion of 2020 approaches, it is time for persons with Cayman Islands companies and/or limited partnerships to give some thought to whether or not they have Cayman entities which they are no longer using and wish to liquidate prior to the end of 2020 in

  • Duties of Directors of a Cayman company

    Duties of Directors of a Cayman company

    What are the duties of a Director of a Cayman Islands’ company? The constitutional documents of a Cayman Islands company, the Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association (“Articles”), set out the governance rules and the powers of the Directors of the company. However, the Directors also owe fiduciary

  • Cayman Economic Substance and Its Impact on Fund Managers

    Cayman Economic Substance and Its Impact on Fund Managers

    Cayman Economic Substance and Its Impact on Fund Managers The Securities and Investment Business (Amendment) Law 2019 (the "SIB Amendment Law") and the Directors Registration and Licensing (Amendment) Law, 2019 were both passed by the Cayman Islands Government on 18th June 2018. Cayman Economic Substance and Its Impact on Fund

  • Economic Substance requirements for Cayman Islands companies

    Economic Substance requirements for Cayman Islands companies

    The Cayman Islands International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Law, 2018 (the “Economic Substance Law”) came into effect on 1st of January 2019. The Economic Substance Law will be implemented, including by further regulations and guidance to be provided, by the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority (“TIA”). All international offshore financial

  • What Guidance for Cayman Companies Undertaking an ICO?

    What Guidance for Cayman Companies Undertaking an ICO?

    As at the date of this publication, there is still no specific regulation in the Cayman Islands addressing ICOs and blockchain technology. However, several of the existing laws and regulations are applicable to blockchain start-up companies and their pre-ICO and ICO operations. Also, a recent series of statements have been

  • The benefits of Segregated Portfolio Companies for Investment Purposes

    The benefits of Segregated Portfolio Companies for Investment Purposes

    Once registered under the Cayman Islands Companies Law, a segregated portfolio company (“SPC”) can operate segregated portfolios (“SPs”) with the benefit of statutory segregation of assets and liabilities between portfolios. The principal advantage of an SPC over a standard exempted company is to protect the assets of one portfolio from

  • How to Run a Business in the Cayman Islands & British Virgin Islands

    How to Run a Business in the Cayman Islands & British Virgin Islands

    The Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) both provide offshore corporate structures for international investors for use as, among other things, holding companies to facilitate the structuring of investments. Company formation in both the Cayman Islands and the BVI is relatively straightforward. This infographic provides more information about

  • Cayman Islands Company Formation – Q&A

    Cayman Islands Company Formation – Q&A

    Industry research suggests that China will soon rank first in the world as a source of new offshore incorporations. Traditionally, which regions of the world has your jurisdiction been most popular for? What types of business activity is most suitable for incorporating in the Cayman Islands? The demand for incorporation

  • Voluntary Winding up of a Cayman Islands Company

    Voluntary Winding up of a Cayman Islands Company

    A Cayman Islands company can be dissolved by the appointment of a liquidator or it can be dissolved without such appointment if the company is struck off the register as a result of an application to the Registrar of Companies for the purpose. Voluntary liquidation In circumstances where the company

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