Prior to joining Walkers Professional Services, Steven worked with another leading fiduciary services provider in the Cayman Islands where he had responsibility for bringing the structured finance portfolio into compliance with US and UK FATCA and managing a number of regulatory matters internally to include EMIR, ISDA Protocols and the Volcker Rule. Prior to this he acted as a tax advisor with a 'Big 4' accounting firm in Ireland for over five years specialising in international tax in the banking, insurance, aircraft leasing and renewable energy industries.

Qualifications:
Irish Tax Institute; Chartered Tax Adviser
Chartered Accountants Ireland;Chartered Accountant
LIA Ireland; Qualified Financial Adviser
University College Cork, Ireland; Bachelor of Commerce Degree (1st Hons)

ADVISORY

• Updated Guidance Notes on the Prevention and Detection of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing in the Cayman Islands -   Download Advisory   Introduction Following industry consultation, on 30 August 2023 ...
  
• Proposed changes to the beneficial ownership regime in the Cayman Islands - Download Advisory Since 2017 the Cayman Islands has had a beneficial ownership regime which require...
  
• Update on the Removal of the Cayman Islands from the FATF's List of Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring - Following the conclusion of the most recent plenary of the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") on 2...
  
• Update on CIMA regulatory measures - After industry consultation and feedback process in 2022, the following updated regulatory ...
  
• BVI update to the Economic Substance rules - The Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, as amended (the "ESA"), requir...
  
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EVENTS

• HFM European Operational Leaders Summit 2023 - We are proud to be a headline sponsor of the HFM European Operational Leaders Summit 2023, taking pl...
  
• Walkers Insights Webinar Series: CRS Compliance and Economic Substance - Please join us for the third session in our Insight Webinar Series where we will be discussing key a...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Aviation Awards 2020 in Dublin - Walkers is delighted to sponsor this year's Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin Conference bei...
  
• Walkers Sponsors Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2020 - Walkers is delighted to once again sponsor the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2020 confer...
  
• Walkers to Sponsor OPAL CLO Summit 2019 - Walkers is pleased to be a bronze sponsor at the OPAL 2019 CLO Summit in California, December 8 - De...
  
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ARTICLES

• Resurgence in the use of blocker entities for US CLOs - Walkers are seeing a recent resurgence in the establishment of blocker entities for US CLOs as a con...
  
• Professional Services: A flight to quality - Thirty years ago, the Cayman Islands financial sector was in a very different position. The island p...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers sponsoring With Intelligence's HFM European Operational Leaders Club - We are delighted to announce that we are Headline Partner of With Intelligence's HFM European Operat...
  
• Update on BVI - The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") government announced in a statement before the House of Assembly ...
  
• Walkers Named #1 Global CLO Market Offshore Service Provider in Creditflux's CLO Census 2022 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its law firm and Walkers Professional Services ("WPS") have been...
  
• Walkers Scoops Top 10 Ranking in Airfinance Journal Legal Survey 2021 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its Global Asset Finance Group has landed a top 10 ranking in th...
  
• Walkers Professional Services Adds Two Trainees to Development Programme - Walkers Professional Services (WPS) in the Cayman Islands is delighted to announce that 25-year-old ...
  
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MATTERS

• Walkers Acts on Novel Aircraft Finance Purchases - AFIC - The Marsh-sponsored Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC) has been the buzz of the air financ...
  
• Walkers (Dubai) Acts on US$2 Billion TCIP - Walkers (Dubai) acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Saudi British Bank (SABB) in connection with a US...
  
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