Aircraft financing - a brief guide to Cayman
Legal and administrative service providers in the Cayman Islands such as Appleby can offer aircraft owners and financiers much more in the way of financing, leasing, securitisation and ownership structures not limited to Cayman registered aircraft. A common component to these structures is the use of a Cayman Islands special purpose vehicle (“SPV”) through which funding and leasing arrangements may allow for certain tax, accounting and regulatory relief.
The New Era of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
It presents new opportunities for the offshore legal space, from the establishment of offshore investment funds to offshore bond issuances and IPOs with the use of offshore listing vehicles to raise funds for Belt and Road infrastructure projects.
Restructuring the offshore debt of Chinese Real Estate Developers
This article sets out how the current regimes in the Cayman Islands and the BVI can assist with restructuring, after first highlighting upcoming changes to the supervision regime in the Cayman Islands which will make restructuring there a more attractive option.
Assignment, novation or sub-participation of loans
Transfers of loan portfolios between lending institutions have always been commonplace in the financial market.
Appleby Mauritius Newsletter, April 2022
In the April 2022 issue of Appleby’s newsletter, we give you an overview of the latest legal and regulatory developments in the offshore world for the Mauritian jurisdiction.
Employment rights during and following a pandemic under the Workers’ Rights Act
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which is currently affecting the community at a global level, employers are faced with unprecedented questions as to what to do regarding their employees and the way forward, short term or long term.
Defining digital assets in insolvency proceedings
It has been more than a decade since the creation of the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, yet digital assets are only now being adopted by mainstream business.
Listing Private Equity Acquisition Debt on The International Stock Exchange (TISE)
This article provides an introduction to listing private equity acquisition debt on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) as well as a summary of Appleby’s listing agent services in the Channel Islands.
Trustee Knowledge Series: Masters Paper One: PTC Structures
Part of a series of Trustee Knowledge Papers, set out to be a useful reference guide for all levels of Trust company administration; from junior administrator to director. This is the first publication of the Masters Series.
Funds: filing requirements and Integra
Investment funds registered, authorised or designated under the Investment Funds Act 2006 have ongoing filing requirements, as well as requirements in relation to the appointment of service providers and annual fees.
Catch a wave: defining the latest startups
A hard market is the traditional trigger for new capacity and new startups on Bermuda, but that’s where the comparison ends for the latest reinsurers to disembark at Hamilton.
Bermuda: set to be a digital ‘Fort Knox’
Bermuda has long been recognised as a jurisdiction where custodians of traditional assets can thrive.
