Giving notice: key considerations
In this month’s article we discuss some of the key issues to consider when giving notice to terminate an employment contract.
Asian Legal Business Conversations: Hong Kong Managing Partner Cameron Adderley
Hong Kong office Managing Partner Cameron Adderley interviewed by Asian Legal Business
Preparing for a virtual AGM in Bermuda
As the global Covid-19 pandemic continues, remote working is becoming the new business normal.
Robust, reliable, resilient—amid change
Bermuda’s reinsurance industry has endured many challenges over the years, but its unique mixture of talent, capacity, innovation and world-class regulation has ensured its adaptability in the midst of change.
Guernsey Property Unit Trusts – for UK real estate investment
Guernsey Property Unit Trusts (GPUTS) are a frequently used vehicle for holding UK real estate. Recent changes to capital gains tax in the UK has created a level playing field between onshore and offshore structures and this has helped renew interest in the use of GPUTs when structuring investments into UK real estate given the flexibility a GPUT offers.
Equal Pay and Discrimination Claims – A New Reality for Guernsey
Like most offshore jurisdictions, the legal community in Guernsey is tightly knit, but traditionally very cautious when it comes to managing its reputation to the outside world, especially around issues like sex discrimination, harassment and the gender pay gap.
Insurance M&A activity may be on horizon
Companies with a view to pursuing strategic acquisitions often look for opportunities in the insurance M&A market.
Sandy Shores and Sandboxes: BVI Introduces Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech Innovation
The British Virgin Islands have launched a new Fintech sandbox to encourage technological innovation in financial services under a lighter touch regulatory regime. The sandbox, which opened for applications on 31 August 2020, further strengthens the BVI’s ambitions to become a global hub for innovation and emerging technologies.
Jersey makes final preparations for the Introduction of LLCs
The Limited Liability Companies (Jersey) Law 2018 (the LLC Law), allowing the registration of limited liability companies (LLCs) in Jersey, was registered by the Royal Court of Jersey on 21 December 2018.
Cost-cutting and the alternatives to redundancy
Even as Bermuda acclimatises to the ‘new normal’, it is clear that the economic effects of the pandemic are likely to be substantial and enduring, meaning that many employers will be feeling the pressure to reduce costs.
The role of Private Equity in economic recovery from Covid-19
Against this gloomy backdrop, we expect private equity firms and their investors to play a key role in long-term economic recovery.
Taking a look at free trade on the African continent: AfCFTA
As the UK and the EU approach the end of the Brexit transition period, and their relationship as we know it, they enter the inevitably difficult final stages of negotiations regarding their future relationship. We therefore felt it timely to take brief look at the encouraging progress and cooperation relating to free trade which has been made on the African continent in recent years, in the shape of The African Continental Free Trade Area.