Maples and Calder advises Avolon on Sale to China’s Bohai in $7.6bn deal
Maples and Calder is advising Irish-headquartered global aircraft leasing firm Avolon in its US$7.6 billion sale to Bohai Leasing Co., Ltd. (“Bohai”), a majority controlled subsidiary of the HNA Group. Under the agreed terms of the deal, Bohai will pay…
Cayman Islands trust company named Trust Company of the Year
Butterfield Trust Named Trust Company of the Year Hamilton, Bermuda and George Town, Grand Cayman—15 September 2015: Butterfield Group today announced that Butterfield Trust, comprising six independently incorporated trust companies located in key financial centres, has been named Trust Company…
Caribbean Journal highlights “Cayman Brac”
Caribbean Journal has just published this superb article highlighting Cayman Brac. Please go to the source at the end to see many more images than we have done. Journey to Cayman Brac By Alexander Britell A different kind of island,…
Fox Rothschild, Virgin Islands reach temporary deal in tax beef
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer Fox Rothschild has withdrawn a request for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Virgin Islands after the U.S. territory agreed to halt its tax collection efforts against the firm until a dispute…
Brazil downs U.S. in friendly Foxborough, Massachusetts –
From CONCACAF Foxborough, Massachusetts – In its last friendly prior to meeting Mexico in the CONCACAF Cup next month, the United States fell 4-1 to Brazil on Tuesday at Gillette Stadium. Barcelona star Neymar came off the bench to score…
Ellen Pao ends fight with Kleiner Perkins
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Ellen Pao has announced she will drop her appeal against venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, saying she can’t afford to continue the fight. Pao’s decision ends a courtroom drama…
Cayman Islands General Shopping Finance announces tender offer to purchase part of its Perpetual Note
GENERAL SHOPPING FINANCE LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS) U.S.$250,000,000 10.00% PERPETUAL NOTES (CUSIP: 370835AB6/G3812BAB6; ISIN: US370835AB62/USG3812BAB65) UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY GENERAL SHOPPING BRASIL S.A. AND SUBSTANTIALLY Posted on: September 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm, by admin SAO PAULO, Sept. 16,…
Cayman Islands University education programmes awarded JBTE validation
Continuing on the path of excellence, the University College of the Cayman Islands Education Programmes have been awarded the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) Validation recently. An extensive exercise conducted by Administrator Dr. Marcia Stewart and the evaluation team…
Recent Scholarship in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies: A Brief Bibliography
By Reena Goldthree From African American Intellectual History Society The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean. Newly published works include fresh treatments of seminal thinkers Sylvia…
Olwomen story of the week
Get to know real life Barbie Valeria Lukyanova From Olwomen For many, many more images go to: http://olwomen.com/real-life-barbie-valeria-lukyanova/ From Wikipedia Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova (Ukrainian: Вале́рія Вале́ріївна Лук’я́нова; Russian: Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова; born August 23, 1985) is a Moldovan-born Ukrainian model…
