Can We Eventually Agree on Whether and How to Take Security over Digital Assets?
Innovative technology in China has made a spurt of progress in recent years.
While the basic features of the trust remain, there are some notable differences in how trusts can be structured in these jurisdictions.
Updates on Bermuda Economic Substance Requirements
The Bermuda Registrar of Companies (ROC) extended the filing deadline for those entities which earned no gross revenue during the relevant financial period ending 31 December 2021 to 30 September 2022. All filings are required to be done via the Economic Substance Portal.
Prelude to China's 20th National Congress
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, to be convened in the second half of 2022, is expected to chart the course for the next phase of China’s development.
Attachment Orders – A useful debt enforcement tool for creditors
One of the unsettling questions that lingers in the minds of creditors is how to secure or recover their debts. There are a number of enforcement routes that can help creditors to secure, as well as recover, their debts in Mauritius.
The ICLG Guide to Fintech 2022: British Virgin Islands Chapter
Appleby has provided the British Virgin Islands chapter to the International Comparative Legal Guide - Fintech 2022, covering a broad overview of common issues in fintech laws and regulations.
ESG Series Part I: Climate Change – What on Earth is going on?
‘ESG’ has well and truly arrived, and has triggered a new age in business and financial investment strategy. In a four-part part series, Advocate and Partner Anthony Williams and Senior Associate Alex Thornton de Mauroy, of the Appleby Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey, examine what is meant by ESG, how it is measured in terms of data and investment performance, and finally the legal consequences for stakeholders (directors and trustees) in getting it wrong. In the first of this series, we look at ESG with a focus on climate change.
The Cayman Islands restructuring officer regime comes into force on 31 August 2022
These new proceedings will significantly enhance the Cayman Islands restructuring regime.
Agreements to buy land in Bermuda
The law requires that an agreement for sale and purchase of Bermuda land is in writing.
A Norwich Pharmacal order (NPO) is a disclosure order available in the Cayman Islands to compel a third party who has been somehow ‘mixed up’ in wrongdoing to disclose certain information and/or documents to help the applicant identify and/or pursue a potential defendant to future proceedings, whether those proceedings are to take place in the Cayman Islands or overseas.
PIPA’s Implications For IT Service Contracts
Increasingly, businesses in Bermuda rely on the IT and data-processing services of both domestic and overseas providers. The collection and use of personal information is a ubiquitous aspect of those services.
Register of Overseas Entities: A Jersey perspective
The Register of Overseas Entities at Companies House (ROE), as contemplated by the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (Act) has now gone live as at 1 August 2022. The land registration elements of the legislation will come into force on 5 September 2022 to give overseas entities sufficient time to complete their registration on the ROE.
