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"Truly Extraordinary": Flexibility In Granting Winding Up Orders

In a further installment in one of the "world's greatest financial scandal[s]" – the 1MDB fraud, the Cayman Court dismissed two summonses to set aside the winding-up of PetroSaudi International Limited (PSI)...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Misrepresentation Claims In Liquidations: Houldsworth Revisited

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA") has delivered important and clarifying guidance on the admissibility and ranking of shareholder misrepresentation claims in Cayman Islands liquidations...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Campbells

Caribbean Brief

Welcome to the Collas Crill Caribbean Brief – a concise round-up of significant recent decisions and legal developments affecting offshore and cross-border litigation.

Worldwide Commercial

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Collas Crill

Send In The Troops? Proportionality, Notice And The Appointment Of Joint Provisional Liquidators In The Cayman Islands

Where there has been a purported fraud requiring investigation into the affairs of a company, the appointment of JPLs over the company may be an available remedy.

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Appleby

No Fishing Allowed: Key Lessons From The Rejection Of Cross-border Letter Of Request In High Value Fraud Case

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Appleby

Fraud, Asset Tracing And Recovery 2025 – Cayman Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Carey Olsen

Guide To International Fraud & Asset Tracing In The Cayman Islands 2025

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Appleby

Should Banks Automatically Compensate Victims Of Fraud?

Worldwide Criminal

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Baker & Partners

Practical Guidance For Cayman Islands Incorporated Entities Dealing With A Purported Fraudulent Transfer Of Shares To A Wrongdoer Or A Third Party.

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Walkers

D'Aloia v Persons Unknown: Words Of Warning For Cryptoexchanges And Implications For Victims Of Crypto Fraud

Cayman Islands Technology

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Appleby

Anti Money Laundering Comparative Guide

Cayman Islands Government

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Collas Crill

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

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Ogier

Re HQP Corporation Limited (In Official Liquidation) – A Lifeline For Unredeemed Investors In Cases Of Substantial Corporate Fraud

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Appleby

Fraud, Asset Training & Recovery 2023 - Cayman Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Carey Olsen

Cayman Islands Court Considers Scope Of Powers To Be Sought In Letter Of Request

Cayman Islands Insolvency

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Appleby

A Guide To Cayman Islands STAR Trusts

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

"Truly Extraordinary": Flexibility In Granting Winding Up Orders

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

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

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Walkers

A Guide To Blockchain And Cryptocurrency Laws And Regulations 2026: Cayman Islands (GLI Chapter)

Cayman Islands Technology

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Carey Olsen

Security Over Shares Of A Cayman Company

An exempted company is the most common form of Cayman company and this client briefing seeks to address the issues involved when security is granted over shares in a Cayman exempted company.

Cayman Islands Finance

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Ogier

Abraaj Group Fraud - Summary Judgment For Receivers Of Secured Lender For Information On The Fraud

The Grand Court has awarded summary judgment to certain limited partners seeking true and full information from the general partner under section 22 of the Exempted Limited Partnership Act.

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Recent Developments In The Law Of Knowing Receipt In The Cayman Islands

A plaintiff's ability to pursue a claim for knowing receipt may be lost if the property passes through a jurisdiction in which its beneficial interest is extinguished by the law of that jurisdiction.

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Ogier

Remedies Available In Cayman For Victims Of Cryptocurrency Fraud

We are pleased to share the article that Adam Crane and Nicosia Lawson prepared for the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE | TL4FIRE 2022 Year in Review Magazine on Remedies Available...

Cayman Islands Technology

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Baker & Partners

The Grand Court Makes First Restoration Order In Respect Of Fraudulently Dissolved Cayman Company

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Ogier

Asset Recovery Claims By Victims Of Fraud

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Ogier

Offshore Interim Relief In International Fraud And Asset Chases - A View From London International Disputes Week 2022

European Union Litigation

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Ogier

Recent Developments In The Law Of Tracing In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Ogier

Assistance To The Creditors Of Insolvent Fraudsters? The Modern Illegality Defence To The Rescue

Cayman Islands Insolvency

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Ogier

Civil Recovery Of The Proceeds Of Crime And Unlawful Conduct In Bermuda And The Cayman Islands: Recent Developments

Cayman Islands Criminal

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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

Re Porton Capital: Applications To Set Aside Company Dissolutions Obtained By Fraud

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

2022 ICC FraudNet Global Annual Report

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Walkers

Untangling Dishonest Assistance And Knowing Receipt

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Campbells

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

In this guide, lawyers from our Cayman Islands dispute resolution and litigation team explore the latest legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments in the Cayman Islands...

Cayman Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

Re Porton Capital: Applications To Set Aside Company Dissolutions Obtained By Fraud

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands' recent judgment in Re Porton Capital Inc and Porton Capital Limited provides useful guidance on the Court's jurisdiction...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

2022 ICC FraudNet Global Annual Report

In this article, Nick Dunne and Colette Wilkins QC, Partners, and Andrew Gibson, Senior Counsel, at the law firm Walkers, based in the Cayman Islands, set out recent developments in Cayman Islands law...

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Walkers

Untangling Dishonest Assistance And Knowing Receipt

Despite the media portrayal of offshore jurisdictions, not all offshore companies are vehicles of fraud. However, there are undoubtedly cases where offshore companies are used to...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Campbells

Tracking Hackers: Court Considers Crypto Fraud

Cayman Islands Technology

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Carey Olsen

Cayman Court Clarifies The Test For The Appointment Of Provisional Liquidators

In two unrelated judgments handed down in the same week, the Grand Court has dismissed applications to appoint provisional liquidators pursuant to section 104(2) of the Companies Act...

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Campbells

Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2021/2022 – Cayman Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

The Cayman Islands is a leading global financial services industry centre, hosting most of the world's hedge funds by number and by net assets, the second most captive insurers...

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Carey Olsen

Recovering Illicit Assets Offshore Might Become A Bit Easier

A fraud investigator obtains access to the bank statements of a company and discovers a wire transfer to another company in the Cayman Islands.

Cayman Islands Criminal

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KRYS Global

Cayman Proposes Virtual Assets Framework

In recent years the Cayman Islands has become an attractive destination for technology entrepreneurs, particularly those connected with virtual assets. While much of Cayman's...

Cayman Islands Technology

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Appleby

KRYS Experts Give Guidance For Fraud And Asset Recovery

Cayman Islands Finance

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KRYS Global

Certainty For Investors: Privy Council Rules On The Distribution Methodology For Investment Funds In Liquidation

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Conyers

How Not To Throw Good Money After Bad In Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation

Worldwide Wealth Mgt

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KRYS Global

Privy Council Confirms Narrow Scope Of Liquidator's Rectification Power In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Collas Crill

Courts Again Uphold Certainty For Investors In Cayman Islands Funds

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Maples Group

Cayman Islands' Suite Of Commercial Laws Amended

Cayman Islands Commercial

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STA Law Firm

Changes To Cayman Islands Corporate Disclosure Requirements

Cayman Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Cayman Readies For Anti-Money Laundering Update

Cayman Islands Government

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Cayman Islands Government

Weavering Preference Claims Upheld By Privy Council

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Campbells

The Upside Of Sharing: Third-Party Funding For Asset Recovery Claims

Cayman Islands Criminal

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KRYS Global

New Cayman Bill To Expand The Definition Of ‘Money Laundering Regulations'

Cayman Islands Government

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Bedell Cristin

The Latest Interpretation Of The Illegality Defence In The Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Ogier

Bribery & Corruption 2019

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Maples Group

Bribery & Corruption Ed.6: Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Criminal

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Maples Group

Introduction To International Issues: Where Has All The Money Gone?

Worldwide Wealth Mgt

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KRYS Global

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Ropes & Gray LLP

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Winston & Strawn LLP

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