Employment & Immigration Lawyers

Our specialist team of employment lawyers provides advice on employment and immigration law to a range of global clients, including banks, financial services businesses, companies and directors, as well as their onshore legal advisers.

Employment and immigration legal services

Our talented, experienced and solution driven teams in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey and Mauritius are committed to delivering the highest possible level of client service and regularly work across these locations to provide expert multi-jurisdictional advice on offshore employment law and immigration matters.

With close ties to local governments, immigration and employment lawyers at Appleby are often consulted on, and help to share, new laws brought into force across the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Our team provide advice on the full spectrum of employment and immigration issues, including:

  • Contracts of employment
  • Data protection and GDPR
  • Discrimination
  • Disciplinaries and investigations
  • Employment incentives
  • Immigration
  • Pensions
  • Redundancy
  • Trade unions
  • Unfair dismissal

Why Appleby for offshore employment law

Our global presence enables our offshore employment solicitors and lawyers to provide timely and comprehensive legal advice at the times most critical to our clients. This high level of client service is underlined by a series of top tier rankings for the Group’s offshore employment teams in renowned legal directories such as Chambers and Partners, and The Legal 500. Indeed, recent praise for our employment lawyers within the directories saw Appleby described as a “standout employment group”.

Appleby has a standout employment group that undertakes a broad range of work including advice on immigration. It offers considerable expertise in contentious matters, and regularly represents both employees and employers in tribunals and courts” – Chambers UK (2023)

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  • BVI (1)
  • Bermuda (1)
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Dispute Resolution
17 Feb 2026

Bermuda: A Dispute Resolution Overview

Bermuda continues to be an established offshore disputes jurisdiction, supported by a specialist commercial court and the increasing use of arbitration to resolve complex commercial and private wealth disputes.

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16 Feb 2026

Injunctive Relief in Another Form? Cayman Court's Jurisdiction to Appoint JPLs Despite Ongoing Arbitration

In Peakwave Investment Management Ltd v Energy Evolution GP Ltd [link],[1] the Grand Court confirmed that it has jurisdiction to appoint provisional liquidators notwithstanding the fact that the company’s shareholders are engaged in an arbitration over its affairs, as mandated by a binding arbitration agreement. This article considers the decision and its implications.

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11 Feb 2026

When the Court intervenes… and when it does not: Grand Court Reaffirms Limited Curial Intervention in Support of Foreign Arbitrations

The Financial Services Division of the Grand Court’s judgment in In the matter of A v B & C (FSD 270 of 2025) provides a timely reminder of the proper boundaries between national courts and international arbitration tribunals in respect of the grant of interim relief. The decision underscores the Cayman Islands' commitment to the principle of limited curial intervention and confirms that the Court’s powers under section 54 of the Arbitration Act 2012 are ancillary to the arbitral process and are only to be exercised when the tribunal cannot provide effective relief itself. The judgment helpfully sets out clear parameters for those seeking ancillary relief and highlights that the Cayman courts will support arbitration proceedings without supplanting them.