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Walkers Compliance complements Walkers' legal, corporate and fiduciary services to deliver a one-stop-shop for clients looking to use the Cayman Islands jurisdiction for their business needs.

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Following the result in the United Kingdom's EU referendum, Walkers has created a Brexit page dedicated to providing our clients relevant information about the jurisdictions in which we practise.

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Walkers Announces Admissions of 50th and 51st Caymanian Attorneys-at-Law

We are pleased to announce that Articled Clerks Gemma Cowan and Sophie Dibb have completed their legal training, both being called to the Cayman Islands Bar. 

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17/06/19

Walkers IDR Among Top Global Law Firms in GRR 30

Walkers' Global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group has moved up the rankings in the latest Global Restructuring Review ("GRR") 30 list and has been named the 12th strongest global law firm for restructuring and insolvency in 2019. Walkers continues to be the highest ranked...

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04/06/19

Three Walkers Lawyers named 'Top 35 Under 35' in 2019 eprivateclient

Carla Plater, James Turnbull and Fritha Ford from Walkers Jersey are featured in the 2019 eprivateclient Channel Islands Top 35 Under 35, an annual list of top young private client practitioners in Jersey and Guernsey.It is the second time that the private client publication...

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31/05/19

Walkers Wins Restructuring & Insolvency Firm of the Year at Who's Who Legal Awards

On Thursday 16 May 2019 Walkers collected the Restructuring & Insolvency Firm of the Year award at the Who's Who Legal Awards 2019, held at Gibson Hall, London. Ireland partner Gavin Smith, along with senior associates Paul Gross and Emma Hill from the London...

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24/05/19

Walkers IDR Team Continues to Impress (GRR)

Walkers' global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group has been shortlisted in the 'Small or Regional Law Firms' category for the upcoming 2019 Global Restructuring Review ("GRR") Awards.  Walkers is the only offshore law firm to be nominated for the award, having impressed GRR’s editorial...

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22/05/19

Employee information and data protection - deadline approaching (Guernsey)

While most of Guernsey's new data protection law took effect last year, there were a few parts that that had a grace period until 25 May 2019. Vicky Pratt, of Walkers Employment team, sets out below the last headline points that HR professionals should...

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21/05/19

Ireland Update - Government Publishes Strategy for International Financial Services

On 26 April 2019, the Irish Government published a report on its strategy for the development and advancement of the international financial services (“IFS”) industry in Ireland up to 2025 (the “Report”).The Report, entitled “Ireland for Finance”, highlights the benefits of doing business in...

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14/05/19

Walkers boost Guernsey Private Capital & Trusts Practice With New Hire

Walkers is pleased to announce that Rajah Abusrewil has joined the firm as a partner in Guernsey's rapidly expanding Private Capital & Trusts practice. Rajah brings more than 15 years' experience to the firm having previously been a Trust and Fiduciary partner at another...

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30/04/19

Mistake in Jersey trust law - sometimes ignorance is bliss

In giving its reasons for setting aside transfers into a Jersey trust on grounds of mistake, the Royal Court of Jersey has provided a helpful distinction between the law of mistake as it is applies in Jersey as against its English law counterpart such...

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BVI BEPS Country-by-Country Reporting

The Government of the BVI has begun implementing the requirements from the “Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country-by-Country Reporting, Action 13 – 2015 Final Report” (the “Report”), published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”).

Publication of legislative amendments
The BVI is a member of the OECD’s Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“BEPS”), which brings together over 100 jurisdictions to collaborate on the implementation of the OECD BEPS Package. All OECD and G20 countries have committed to implementing Country-by-Country Reporting (“CbCR”).

On 4 October 2018, the Mutual Legal Assistance (Tax Matters) (Amendment) Act, 2018 (the “2018 Amendment”) was published in the BVI Official Gazette. The 2018 Amendment introduces the new requirements of CbCR to the BVI as required by the Report. The BVI International Tax Authority (“ITA”) is the relevant competent authority.

 

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Central Bank Streamlines Procedures for Irish Retail Funds

By way of correspondence dated 9 October 2018 to Irish Funds, the trade body representing funds established in Ireland, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) notified industry of a series of amendments to its procedures for Irish UCITS and Retail Investor Alternative Investment Funds (“RIAIFs”).

The welcome procedural amendments, introduced with immediate effect, focus on expediting the processing of certain authorisation and post-authorisation amendments for UCITS and RIAIFs through the introduction of a same-day approval process for those applications. Download the full advisory to see the same day approval process.

 

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Ireland - Budget 2019 In Brief

Budget 2019, announced on 9 October 2018, is aimed at delivering a balanced budget which will build strength and resilience for the future, with significant investment in housing, Brexit preparation, the health service, education, incentives for SMEs and a Rainy Day Fund to deal with larger economic shocks. Tax measures are limited. Revenue raising measures include the expected increase in the VAT rate on tourism and hospitality activities as well as increases in excise duty on tobacco, betting duty and a diesel surcharge. Tax cuts include modest reductions in Universal Social Charge (USC) and income tax, a small increase in the Group A tax free threshold for Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) as well as certain extensions to existing SME, film, VRT and agricultural reliefs.

 

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Ireland Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018

The Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (the “2018 Act”) has been signed into law. The 2018 Act amends certain provisions of the Companies Act 2014 (the “2014 Act”). Key points to note are:

  • it will now be permissible for a company to file its annual return and financial statements in one step within 56 days of the annual-return date;
  • any company filing its annual return late will lose its entitlement to an audit exemption in the following two financial years and not the financial year to which the annual return relates; and
  • the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (the “IAASA”) has been given extra supervisory powers in respect of statutory audits.

 

The objective of the 2018 Act is to further transpose the current EU statutory-audit regime into Irish law in order to provide a single legal framework for statutory audits in Ireland.

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Here We Go Again: Representation of A in the Matter of the G Trust

What’s this – surely not another mistake/Hastings-Bass briefing from those people at Walkers? Well, yes, but in our defence, there have been several judgments from the Royal Court on this topic in the last few months, and if anything, it underlines our previous observation that this is a helpful regime for trustees, settlors and beneficiaries. Also, this particular case involves an error by a settlor in establishing a new trust, rather than by a trustee in relation to its administration of an existing one. The relevant statutory provisions are different, even if relief will often be available in both cases. The purpose of this note, therefore, is to briefly illustrate how settlors who find themselves in difficulty can seek to unravel the creation of their trusts.

 

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