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Canada’s role in ‘snow washing’ money to evade taxes
By Martin Kenney From Our Windsor Ca Mossack Fonseca’s office in the British Virgin Islands drew global attention, but the offshore financial centres in Cayman, Scotland, Canada and most notably in the U.S. are not perfect either Canadians should be…
Growth is driven by Incubator and Approved Funds
By Peter Jakubicka From hedgeweek CONTACT COMPANY Circle Partners Circle Partners is an independent fund administrator with offices in the BVI, Cayman Islands, and across the EU, the Americas and Hong Kong. “We’ve seen a lot of growth in new…
OECS engages citizens on key development issues
CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has begun engaging citizens of member states on issues impacting their lives, the challenges facing the region, and the development opportunities for the OECS and its people. The public…
Ogier advising on proposed merger for major Asian Internet-of-Things firm
Ogier is acting as both British Virgin Islands and Cayman counsel to Pacific Special Acquisition Corp. (Pacific) on its recently announced proposed merger with Borqs International Holding Company (Borqs) – a major player in the Internet-of-Things and smart devices sector….
Global expansion for Collas Crill as it finalises BVI merger
Offshore law firm Collas Crill has finalised its merger with BVI firm Farara Kerins, extending the client offering of both firms. Run by a dedicated and professional management team from Collas Crill, the official announcement sees the firm expand on…
Ogier cross-jurisdictional teams advise on fruit giant takeover bid
Ogier has advised Sumitomo Corp on the BVI and Cayman law aspects of its recommended offer for Fyffes. The offer values Fyffes at €751m. The takeover offer is still subject to approval by Fyffes shareholders. However, Sumitomo Corp has received…
Praise and recognition for Ogier team in Caribbean Legal 500 guide
The new Legal 500 directory has recognised 19 of Ogier’s Cayman and BVI team in their latest set of Caribbean rankings. The directory, which uses independent editorial research to assess firms across jurisdictions and different legal sectors, named 13 of…
BVI and China pledge strategic cooperation
By Natalie Hodge From Caribbean News Now TIANJIN, China — The BVI Asian Trade Mission, led by premier and minister of finance, Dr Orlando Smith, has resulted in a pledge for strategic cooperation between the government of the British Virgin…
Senior commercial litigator joins Ogier’s BVI partnership
The second major hire for Ogier in the last two months, the appointment of Nicholas Burkill takes the firm’s global partnership to 52 – with Bertrand Geradin recently joining Ogier’s Luxembourg office as part of an ongoing expansion across Ogier’s…
Offshore M&A deal flow calms after record 2015 says Appleby [Cayman Islands remained busiest location]
From FTSE GM Following record deal flow in 2015, the number and value of offshore M&A deals fell in the first half of 2016 says offshore law firm Appleby. The offshore region remains ranked sixth in the world by deal…
