Offshore elite firms thrive despite challenges
Dominic Carman
Featured in our Offshore Report (April 2021)
The offshore market is complex: each offshore financial centre (OFC) has unique characteristics although they still compete with one another in multiple areas of business. Collectively, OFCs provide significant levels of regulatory and tax competition for their onshore counterparts, but they are also complementary to their financial activities.
This report seeks to examine how law firms operating in the major OFCs have fared over the past year, the phenomenal rise of offshore SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) during the Covid-19 pandemic, Gibraltar’s growth as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction and the future role of Hong Kong as a key source of offshore business…
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Securitisation and Cayman Orphan SPVs – Part Three
In the final article in a series of three, Paul Trewartha and Simon Lawrenson, Partners at Mourant Hong Kong, examine the key features of a securitisation vehicle and the advantages of utilising an Orphan SPV in the Cayman Islands for a securitisation transaction. In the first article of the series Securitisation and Cayman Orphan ...
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Cream of Jersey: best in class
Dominic Carman meets with the managing partners of Jersey’s elite law firms to discover how they are rising above economic challenges to deliver growth Enjoying a preeminent reputation as a major international finance centre that is both stable and at the forefront of international regulation, Jersey is often cited as a best-in-class offshore jurisdiction. ...
