Publications

Economic Substance update Q1 2020

On 18 February 2020, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) announced that Bermuda and ...

Fiona Chan

Securities and Investment Business (Amendment) Act, 2019 – new regulatory regime for closed-ended funds in the BVI

In response to the requirements of the European Union (“EU”), the BVI has recently enacted the S...

Robert Varley

Employee benefit trusts

Whilst employee incentive plans of varying forms have been utilised in the US, UK and other parts of...

Fiona Chan

New ILS funds will be impressive in size

As insurance and reinsurance linked investing remains popular among investors and an attractive sour...

Brad Adderley

Activist shareholders: removal of directors

Shareholder activism is a growing trend among listed companies. Sometimes, the actions of directors ...

Tammy Richardson-Augustus

Financial Services (Disclosure and Provision of Information) (Jersey) Law 20-

The Government of Jersey is currently consulting on the draft Financial Services (Disclosure and Pro...

David Dorgan

Reflections on The "Combatting and Investigating Financial Crime" Seminar

Appleby recently hosted a breakfast seminar on practical experiences of combatting and investigating...

Anthony Williams

Further safeguards for Jersey depositors

The Banking Business (Depositors Compensation) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2020 (the Regu...

Andrew Weaver

Asking the right questions

We live in an age of transparency, with openness and accountability increasingly demanded from busin...

Tim Hart

Question(ing) Time

2020 - a new year, combined with a new decade. For some, it brings a newfound (and likely short-live...

Richard Field

Getting ready for PIPA

It is possible that the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 could finally become fully operativ...

Bradley Houlston

Restructuring & Insolvency 2020

First Published in Lexology Getting The Deal Through

John Wasty