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Private Yacht YET Regime - Overview For Cayman Islands Flagged Vessels

The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry has introduced updated guidance on the Yacht Engaged in Trade (YET) regime, a framework that allows privately registered yachts to engage in limited commercial charter activity while maintaining their pleasure yacht status.

Cayman Islands Transport

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Walkers

Cayman Enterprise City Supports Launch Of Connect Sports Athlete Residency & Performance Platform

Cayman Enterprise City partners with The Connect Group to launch Connect Sports, a comprehensive platform designed for internationally mobile elite athletes.

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Cayman Enterprise City

To Win In Health Tech: Prove ROI Or Fall Behind

The health tech investment landscape has fundamentally shifted from rewarding innovation to demanding provable ROI, as investors now prioritize workflow ownership, measurable value creation...

Cayman Islands Finance

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McDermott Will & Schulte

When Listing Is Not An Option: How Offshore Processes Can Support A Successful Investor Exit Strategy

Increased regulatory scrutiny in China and stricter listing requirements in the US have resulted in a reduction in the number of listings of Chinese companies...

Worldwide Commercial

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Walkers

Doing Business In The Cayman Islands Guide (Legal 500)

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Chambers And Partners: Investment Funds Guide 2026

Worldwide Finance

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Maples Group

Privy Council Confirms Just And Equitable Winding Up Of Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnerships

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Maintaining The Status Quo: How To Ensure Business Continuity When Presented With A Winding Up Petition In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Insolvency

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Walkers

Aquapoint: Just And Equitable Petitions

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Campbells

Insurance Structures For SPC Third-Party Business: Cell vs. Portfolio Insurance Company

Cayman Islands Insurance

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Conyers

Guide To Cayman Islands STAR Trusts

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

Landmark Ruling On Shareholders' Misrepresentation Claims In Company Liquidations: The Houldsworth Rule Modified For The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

"Truly Extraordinary": Flexibility In Granting Winding Up Orders

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

The Court Of Appeal Confirms Misled Shareholders Can Prove For Damages In Official Liquidations: The 'Houldsworth Principle', Partially Curtailed, Lives On In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

Merger Process Vindicated: Maples Group Successfully Defends US$1.4bn Merger Appraisal Claim In 58.com

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

SFDR Impact Series 2026: The ‘SFDR KID’ – How Less Can Be More

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – April To June 2026

Cayman Islands Finance

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Conyers

Member Story: Caution SEZC

Cayman Islands Technology

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Cayman Enterprise City

Hat Trick: The Evolution Of Cayman's Statutory Hastings-Bass Regime

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Cayman Companies Act: Key Amendments Coming Into Force

The Companies (Amendment) Act (Act), 2024 was passed by the Cayman Islands Parliament in early 2024 and, pursuant to the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Old Rule, New Relevance: The Court Of Appeal Reaffirms The Houldsworth Principle

Walkers represented the joint official liquidators of HQP Corporation Limited (in Official Liquidation) in a landmark decision in which the Court of Appeal...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Walkers

A Guide To Cayman Islands STAR Trusts

Briefing Summary:The Cayman Islands provides for a unique form of statutory trust known as a "STAR Trust". "STAR" is an acronym for the Special Trusts Alternative Regime...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

The EU Data Act's Unfair Terms Rules – A Practical Overview

The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) introduces a new, horizontal regime governing unfair terms in business-to-business contracts that address access to and use of data, or liability and remedies for breach...

European Union Privacy

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Maples Group

Caribbean Brief

Worldwide Commercial

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Collas Crill

Unlocking The Potential Of Foundation Companies With Cayman Enterprise City

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Cayman Enterprise City

Dillon Eustace Cayman Successfully Defend Injunction Application

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Dillon Eustace

Tempering The Wind To The Shorn Lamb (Case Note): Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Limited [2025] UKSC 28

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Chambers Global Practice Guide To Doing Business In 2025: Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Why The Cayman Islands?

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Lending & Secured Finance 2025

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Securitisation Guide 2025

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Corporate M&A 2025

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Court Ruling Helps Clarify Creditor Rights In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Lending & Secured Finance 2025

The Cayman Islands continues to be a jurisdiction of choice for the establishment of investment funds.

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Securitisation Guide 2025

A formal written contract is not necessary to create an enforceable debt obligation. However, such an obligation must be created as a matter of contract or deed.

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Corporate M&A 2025

In 2024, the global M&A market saw an 8% increase in deal values compared to 2023, reaching USD3.4 trillion.

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Court Ruling Helps Clarify Creditor Rights In The Cayman Islands

In a recent decision of the Cayman Islands Grand Court it was confirmed that the authority of the director signing a share transfer form, provided as part of the security package...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Cayman Foundations For Token Issuance & Web 3 - Key Facts

Cayman Islands Technology

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Cavenwell 3.0

Limited Partners' Extensive Right To True And Full Information

In the Matter of Gulf Investment Corporation et al v The Port Fund LP et al and the earlier judgment of Dorsey Ventures Limited v XIO GP Limited, the Cayman Islands Grand Court provided some welcome clarification regarding ...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

ICLG Securitisation Guide 2024: Cayman Islands

A formal written contract is not necessary to create an enforceable debt obligation. However, such an obligation must be created as a matter of contract or deed.

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Artificial Intelligence And Fund Governance

Artificial Intelligence ("AI") has taken the world by storm, pervading the collective consciousness with a plethora of open-sourced generative AI tools.

Cayman Islands Technology

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Maples Group

Focus On Fraud And Asset Tracing: Cayman Grand Court Opens The Door To Investor Claims Against Companies

This article will look at the recent decision of David Doyle J in In the Matter of HQP Corporation Limited (in Official Liquidation) (7 July 2023) and its effect...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Ogier

The Rise And Rise Of Cayman Foundation Companies

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

ICLG Derivatives 2023: Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Securitisation Guide 2023: Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Cayman Grand Court Confirms Test For Standing In Contributory Winding Up Proceedings

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Ogier

The Next Generation Of Corporate Rescue In The Cayman Islands: Lessons From Re Oriente Group Limited

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

Using Side Letters In Private Equity

Cayman Islands Finance

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Stuarts Law

In The Matter Of The X Trust And The Y Trust – FSD 57 Of 2022 (IKJ)

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Public Access To Beneficial Ownership Information Impacted By ECJ Ruling

European Union Commercial

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Maples Group

Amendments To The BVI Business Companies Act

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Judgment On Declaratory Relief In Cayman Islands Insolvent Liquidation Proceedings

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Walkers

Winding Up An Exempted Limited Partnership: How Long Will Cayman Islands Law Remain In A Judicial State Of Flux?

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Securitisation 2022

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Nominee Directors: Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2022/2023 – Cayman Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

A Guide To Arbitration In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Ogier

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Mexico International

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Using A Contract Review Checklist For Commercial International Trade Contracts

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