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The Cayman Islands Government has published a new Bill that will require all directors, whether Cayman Islands resident or non-resident, of “Covered Entities” to register with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”). Covered Entities are: (i) mutual funds regulated by CIMA and (ii) companies which maintain a registration…

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) applies to offshore investment funds with European investors since 25 May 2018. The Cayman Islands Data Protection Law (“DPL”), which will regulate the future processing of all personal data, is intended to come into effect in January 20191. Inspired from the…

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) has extended the deadline for each CIMA registered Cayman domiciled investment fund which launched prior to 1 June 2018 to notify CIMA of the appointment of natural persons to act as its Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (“AMLCO”), Money Laundering Reporting Officer (“MLRO”)…

Recent years have seen an unprecedented rise of the FinTech industry, i.e. financial technology businesses. According to the World Fintech Report 2017, more than half of financial services users worldwide do business with at least one non-traditional service provider, while traditional financial services firms are desperately trying to…

The Cayman Islands have now brought into effect the long-awaited Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 (the “LLC Law”) which introduces a new Cayman Islands limited liability company (an “LLC”). The LLC Law was published on 8th June 2016 but had not been brought into effect until 8th July…

The Cayman Islands Government has issued The Confidential Information Disclosure Bill, 2016 (“Confidentiality Bill”) which, once it comes into force will bring into effect a fundamental overhaul of confidentiality laws in the Cayman Islands.

Loeb Smith has acted as Cayman Islands counsel to China Crystal New Material Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s largest synthetic mica manufacturer in respect of its IPO on the Korea Stock Exchange (KRX)’s KOSDAQ market. It is the first time in four and a half years since a…

Shareholders of a Cayman Islands company may petition the Grand Court for an order that a company is wound up pursuant to section 92(e) of the Companies Law (As Revised) on the basis that it is “just and equitable” for it to do so. One ground which is…