Legal Insights

Good News for Cayman Islands Domiciled Private Equity Funds! The legal landscape for Cayman Islands domiciled private equity and venture capital funds has changed significantly in 2014 as a result of the coming into force of two new laws in the Cayman Islands. Attached is an analysis article…

The Cayman Islands continue to be the leading offshore jurisdiction for the establishment of both hedge funds and private equity funds. Typically, private equity funds are structured in Cayman as exempted limited partnerships (“ELPs”) and the introduction of the Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 (the “New ELP Law”),…

Licence and Registration, please! – The new licensing and registration regime for Directors of Cayman Islands companies. Cayman Islands introduce new regime for registration and licensing of Directors On 4th June 2014, the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “ Law ”) came into force in the…