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19 Dec 2022

Bermuda Insolvency and Restructuring Law Update

Bermuda’s insolvency and restructuring landscape is distinct in a number of ways. In this article, we discuss three of those areas with recent developments:

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15 Dec 2022

Insurers need well drafted commercial contracts to use artificial intelligence

It is impossible to overestimate the dependence of Bermuda’s successful insurance sector on information technology. The more advanced and intelligent that technology is, the better that sector will be managed and operated, in all respects.

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9 Dec 2022

Americas Restructuring Review 2023

This article discusses the defining features of Bermuda’s insolvency landscape and the primary insolvency and rescue procedures available under Bermuda law, including compulsory liquidations and schemes of arrangements. The restructuring of Noble Group Limited is presented as a case study, to illustrate the use of provisional liquidation to facilitate a restructuring via a scheme of arrangement. The chapter also reviews the role of the Bermuda court in cross-border insolvencies and the creditor-friendly nature of the insolvency regime in Bermuda.

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5 Dec 2022

Business Crime and Investigations in Bermuda: Overview

A Q&A guide to business crime and investigations in Bermuda.

Technology-and-Innovation
24 Nov 2022

Information Technology, Outsourcing, Privacy & Data Protection

All aspects of Bermuda's economy rely on information technology and data processing - an essential infrastructure and related services which must be procured, implemented, operated and securely managed.

Employment-and-Immigration
22 Nov 2022

A Look Back on 2022 and What to Expect for 2023

As we approach the end of 2022, we are able to look back and say with certainty that the arena of labour relations law has not been as lively as it was in 2021, when there were changes to the Employment Act 2000 and the tribunal system. Following a tweet at the beginning of the year from the Minister of Labour, it was anticipated that there may be some legislative developments to “expand the rights of workers in Bermuda throughout 2022”. This could have been both significant and controversial, however the rumblings of change stopped there and 2022 was not the hive of activity that it might otherwise have been.

Funds & Investment Services
21 Nov 2022

Weathering the Latest Storm in the Crypto Winter

The US bankruptcy filings in respect of FTX have resulted in the assets of one of the largest crypto exchanges by volume, with possibly over one million users, being frozen.

MAU
18 Nov 2022

Appleby Mauritius Newsletter, Nov 2022

There have been interesting developments in our legal landscape since our last issue with the Government’s continued endeavours to further enhance our international financial centre as one of excellence.

The Grand Court clarifies the ordinary rule for damages in temporary deprivation of property cases
17 Nov 2022

Mauritius Case-Law Summary November 2022

This is a summary of recent cases likely to influence the practice of global business in Mauritius.

Corporate
17 Nov 2022

The Statutory Requirement for a Debenture Holders’ Representative in Mauritius

A debenture is essentially a debt instrument which is traditionally not supported by any collateral security and frequently has a term of repayment exceeding ten years.