Bermuda: Strategy

Confidence in the maritime sector's long-term fundamentals remains strong despite ongoing geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Key differentiators include resilience through strong balance sheets, speed and certainty of execution in financing decisions, and expanding investment opportunities beyond traditional vessel finance into ports, terminals and broader maritime infrastructure assets.

Briefing Summary:Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in Bermuda, including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Regime...

In a ruling handed down just before Christmas, Justice Shade Subair Williams struck out a Statement of Claim for abuse of process and dismissed the civil proceedings for want of prosecution because of litigation delay caused by the plaintiff.

The Bermuda Economic Substance Regime has undergone significant administrative changes with the transfer of oversight from the Registrar of Companies to the Bermuda Corporate Income Tax Agency. Entities with a December 31, 2025 financial year-end face a June 30, 2026 filing deadline for their Economic Substance Declaration Forms, with new enforcement powers and penalty structures now in effect.

In Bermuda, our most popular posts and publications brought you insight into our Corporate practice, along with regulatory updates, reflections on trust disputes and immigration news.

The European Council has removed Bermuda from Annex II of its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (sometimes referred to as the EU Tax Grey List).

As agentic AI systems gain the ability to make autonomous decisions, they challenge fundamental assumptions about legal accountability and regulatory oversight. This article explores how distributed ledger technology and digital identity frameworks could provide the evidential infrastructure needed to verify and attribute the actions of autonomous systems in regulated environments.

Partners Jerome Wilson and Hannah Tildesley speak to forensic investigations expert Vanessa Samuels from Deloitte in Bermuda.

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced more of us to work remotely than ever before. It's raised the question – how legal are e-signatures in Bermuda?