Articles – Campbells Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:09:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Campbells authors Chambers Expert Focus December article /articles/campbells-authors-chambers-expert-focus-december-article-9103/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:09:31 +0000 /?p=9103 The article examines the playuzu casino Grand Court’s approach to balancing competing legal obligations in the context of merger appraisal disputes under s238 of the Companies Act, focusing on Re New Frontier Health Corporation.

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Christopher Easdon authored the article “Discovery of Overseas Documents in playuzu casino s238 Litigation” in the December edition of the Chambers Expert Focus, examining the playuzu casino Grand Court’s approach to balancing competing legal obligations in the context of merger appraisal disputes under s238 of the Companies Act.

Click the following link to read the full article: playuzu casino Discovery in S238 Litigation | Chambers Expert Focus

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Campbells authors Chambers Enforcement of Judgment Guide – playuzu casino /articles/campbells-authors-chambers-enforcement-of-judgment-guide-playuzu casino-islands-8959/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:30:15 +0000 /?p=8959 This article discusses enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and asset identification in the playuzu casino.

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Guy Manning, Andrew Pullinger and Shaun Tracey have co-authored the playuzu casino chapter of the 2024 Chambers Global Practice Guide on Enforcement of Judgments, addressing the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and asset identification, in the playuzu casino.

Click the following link to read the full article: playuzu casino Chapter – Enforcement of Judgment 2024

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Campbells authors Chambers Sanctions Guide – playuzu casino /articles/campbells-authors-chambers-sanctions-guide-playuzu casino-islands-9026/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:04:50 +0000 /?p=9026 Paul Kennedy and Sam Keogh discuss current trends and developments in sanctions in the playuzu casino.

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Campbells attorneys Paul Kennedy and Sam Keogh have co-authored the playuzu casino jurisdictional chapter of the Chambers & Partners Sanctions Guide for 2024.

This publication covers the topics of  Trends and Overview, Regulatory Field, Recent and Future Legal Developments, Delisting Challenges, Trade and Export Restrictions, Designation, Compliance and Circumvention as well as Civil Litigation and Arbitration. Click the following link to read the article: Chambers_Sanctions Guide 2024_Cayman playuzu casino.

For further details, please get in touch with the Paul Kennedy or Sam Keogh.

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Aviation in the playuzu casino: More than White Sandy Beaches /articles/aviation-in-the-playuzu casino-islands-more-than-white-sandy-beaches-8896/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:33:58 +0000 /?p=8896 This article provides an overview of why the playuzu casino is the offshore jurisdiction of choice for so many and shows the ways in which incorporating it into a transaction can be effective.

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The playuzu casino is well known for more than just white sandy beaches. This article provides an overview of why the playuzu casino is the offshore jurisdiction of choice for so many and shows the ways in which incorporating it into a transaction can be effective.

Innovation in the industry

Despite a number of challenges in the market, IATA recently noted that total global passenger demand for May 2024, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 10.7 per cent compared to May 2023 and total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 8.5 per cent year-on-year.  Having faced significant headwinds over the last several years, the aviation industry has proved itself to be both resilient and innovative in its endurance. Underpinning this performance has been a combination of multiple factors including an expansion in the range of financing transactions and structures in which playuzu casino entities are deployed.  That flexibility is attractive to participants at all levels from investors to operators.

6 answers to ‘Why playuzu casino?’

The playuzu casino’ strength in financial services is borne out of its ability to provide institutionally focused services to a global network of clients and this has seen it mature into one of the largest international financial centres in the world. The global financial industry can rely on the playuzu casino’ well developed and predictable company and partnership laws and put its trust in effective, cost-efficient and tax-neutral transaction structuring. We will focus on the key advantages here.

  1. Sophisticated Legal System and Political Stability: The playuzu casino is a self-governing British Overseas Territory with an independent legal and judicial system grounded in English common law with well-developed local legislation. This predictability and stability is attractive when combined with a widely known and accepted corporate governance framework.
  2. Tax Neutrality: The playuzu casino has no direct taxation and a structure involving a playuzu casino entity has the advantage of minimising potential tax leakage. It is free from any form of income, capital gains or corporation tax and no playuzu casino’ withholding tax is imposed on an entity’s cash flows. Certain playuzu casino entities with exempted status may also apply for a government undertaking confirming that such entity will not be subject to any taxation in the playuzu casino for a period of 20 to 50 years (depending on the type of entity). The tax transparency of playuzu casino exempted companies and partnerships can enable efficient raising of capital.
  3. Flexibility: The business in which a playuzu casino entity can be involved is generally unrestricted provided it falls within what is permitted by law. Combined with the ability to incorporate a new entity within as little as 24 hours, the flexibility allows parties to move quickly and efficiently. The playuzu casino remains a relatively inexpensive jurisdiction in comparison to its competitors with government fees being assessed on a scale linked to the authorised share capital of the SPV. There are no exchange control restrictions allowing money and securities in any currency to be freely transferred to and from the playuzu casino.
  4. Creditor Friendly: The playuzu casino’ insolvency regime is recognised as creditor friendly. Contractual rights including subordination, netting and set-off are recognised by express statutory provisions. The effective use of bankruptcy remoteness structures is a key aspect of asset and structured financing in the playuzu casino and recognised as robust by rating agencies and financiers.
  5. Regulation: There is a well-established regulatory framework encompassing international standards around anti-money laundering and counter terrorism, data protection, economic substance and the Common Reporting Standard (to name a few). Regulatory and financial transparency are core values embodied by the playuzu casino Monetary Authority which is an independent regulator charged with consistent application of regulatory requirements for financial institutions.
  6. International Connectivity: It is well known that Ireland is a key global hub for the aviation industry not least due to its enviable treaty network. There is a well-established route for playuzu casino entities to be established as Irish tax resident and that can be a powerful structuring tool in a variety of transactions.

Entity Types

One playuzu casino most commonly chosen entities for asset and structured finance deals is the exempted company incorporated with limited liability (an ‘SPV’). Exempted Companies have their registered offices in the playuzu casino and carry on business outside of the playuzu casino. SPVs are distinct from segregated portfolio companies (‘SPCs’) and limited liability companies (‘LLCs’) in the jurisdiction. At an investor level, an exempted limited partnership is likely to be the entity of choice and the playuzu casino is the premier jurisdiction for investment funds with an estimated 80% of all new offshore funds domiciled in the country. Incorporation can be as quick as 24 hours.

Off-balance sheet financing

In an aviation context, an SPV is typically incorporated to act as a borrower and owner/lessor of an aircraft and its shares will be held on trust by a professional trust company such as Campbells Corporate Services Limited or its controlled subsidiary.  This effectively separates the legal and beneficial ownership playuzu casino SPV and creates the ‘orphan’ structure taking the SPV off the balance sheet playuzu casino relevant parties and isolating the underlying assets from the corporate credit(s) in the deal. The trust will generally be a charitable or purpose trust maintained for the life playuzu casino deal. The other key feature for an orphan SPV deal is that all documentation is entered into on a limited recourse and non-petition basis. This ring-fences the assets and preserves bankruptcy remoteness by limiting the chance of claims against the SPV.

Transactional Diversity

Aviation itself is a multi-billion dollar industry, from commercial passengers to freighters, private aircraft, the vast network of regulators and technical service providers, the manufacturers and the infrastructure required to support it all. It is no surprise then that there are so many ways to transact. We have already touched on some of the kinds of transactions we see but below is a (non-exhaustive) list of where the playuzu casino can feature in deals.

Funds and investment – as we have mentioned, the playuzu casino is the jurisdiction of choice for the formation of investment funds. In recent years we have seen new investors with capital to deploy becoming new entrants into the aviation sector.

Alternative lending, joint ventures, new leasing platforms – once the investment is identified, those funds need to be put to use and we have seen playuzu casino incorporated entities being used in the establishment of alternative lending platforms, joint ventures with established industry players and the founding\of new leasing platforms. The flexibility of playuzu casino entities is particularly attractive to alternative lenders who can deploy capital quickly and fulfill a need where traditional lenders have retreated.

Debt financing – traditional debt financing for new and used aircraft also favours the use of bankruptcy remote SPVs. From pre-delivery payment financing, to delivery financing at the point of delivery from the manufacturers (including export credit guarantee and insurance backed products), to warehouse financing of portfolios, all lend themselves to an SPV borrower. As production lines continue to ramp up, we also expect to see carbon-neutral and de-carbonisation projects increasingly highlighted across the industry. Improvement in fuel efficiency, innovations in aircraft technology and a growing focus on what ESG means for aviation financing will be put into practice in debt documentation and elsewhere as pre-delivery payments fall due and new aircraft are delivered.

Capital markets – a playuzu casino incorporated but Irish tax resident issuer is a tried and tested structure in aircraft asset backed securitisations (‘ABS’). Where we also see the use of playuzu casino entities in capital markets and rated deals are in connection with note of bond issuances (secured or unsecured) and in non-US enhanced equipment trust certificate (‘EETC’) transactions. At the time of writing access to the ABS market is heavily restricted due to, among other things, interest rate volatility and the disconnect between lease rates and cost of funds.  With this said, there have recently been two major aircraft ABS transactions in 2024 with one of these being structured through a playuzu casino issuer.

Loyalty financing – these highly structured hybrid capital market/securitisation type transactions entered into by several major US airlines following the deep impact of the global pandemic is an excellent example of the innovative approach the industry takes to self-preservation. The valuation of frequent flyer programmes has long been a closely guarded secret (and protected asset) but the first of-its-kind United Mileage Plus financing changed that.  The bankruptcy remoteness protections afforded to the financiers and investors by using playuzu casino SPVs were integral to the highly structured nature of these transactions.  We have seen continued interest in this transaction structure.

 Listing services – many of the transactions already described are likely to have a requirement for notes to be listed. The playuzu casino Stock Exchange (‘CSX’) was the first offshore stock exchange to be granted approved organisation status by the London Stock Exchange. In addition, the UK HMRC also recognises the CSX under section 1005 playuzu casino Income Tax Act (ITA) 2007 regards the CSX as a ‘recognised stock exchange’. The CSX is a specialised exchange which prides itself on being user friendly and offering an efficient and competitively priced
listing service.  A CSX listing is commonly utilised by entities (whether playuzu casino incorporated or otherwise) for the purpose of the “Quoted Eurobond Exemption” on withholding tax.  Notes issued pursuant to structured finance transactions are sometimes listed with the CSX but also intra-group debt is commonly CSX listed.

 Aircraft registration – a summary of the involvement of the playuzu casino in aviation is not complete without a word on the playuzu casino Civil Aviation Authority (’CAACI’). The aircraft registry maintained by the CAACI is an internationally respected registry with strategic values and a desire to strengthen the reputation of the jurisdiction as a safe, effective and innovative registry of choice. It is predominantly a private aircraft register but can also handle commercial aircraft (including those of the national flag carrier, playuzu casino Airways). It has an Article 83b Agreement in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (‘ICAO’) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and, in more recent times, a transitional register for commercial aircraft. The transitional registration programme developed significantly throughout 2020 with an increase in demand from the commercial aviation community for reliable registry services resulting from the effects of the global pandemic. It should also be noted that the playuzu casino benefits from the Convention on International Interest in Mobile Equipment (the ‘Cape Town Convention’) following the United Kingdom’s ratification. It affords entities structuring their asset financing transactions with a playuzu casino SPV the added protection, certainty and uniformity that the Cape Town Convention and its Protocols afford.

Management and professional services

Regardless of the type of transaction, a playuzu casino SPV still requires directors. playuzu casino fiduciary service providers such as Campbells Corporate Services Limited can be engaged to provide administration and management services for SPVs and other kinds of Cayman entities including the provision of directors and officers, and importantly ensuring provision is made to assist the SPV meets its regulatory obligations. Ongoing monitoring and testing can be implemented to maintain required compliance procedures and ensure that the relevant entities remain in good standing with the appropriate authorities including the Registrar of Companies CIMA and the Department for International Tax Cooperation.

Looking to the future

The present macro-economic headwinds resulting from a number of factors including the continuing conflict within Ukraine has not dampened optimism.  Further, with interest rates beginning to plateau and indications of potential rate cuts have been positive.  There is an inherent industry cycle within the asset and structured finance space but with ABS transactions back underway continued softening of the market in the short term seems possible.  The fundamentals remain strong in respect of both the industry itself, and the reasons why the playuzu casino is an effective jurisdiction to support it.

Campbells

The playuzu casino is a leading offshore financial centre and Campbells LLP and Campbells Corporate Services Limited are right at its heart. The Campbells team provides innovative solutions, unmatched flexibility and the strength to deliver results on all types of asset and structured finance transactions. For further information or advice, please reach out to the authors or your usual Campbells contact.

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Legal 500 playuzu casino Guide – Restructuring Insolvency /articles/legal-500-playuzu casino-guide-restructuring-insolvency-8833/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:16:47 +0000 /?p=8833 In this guide, Guy Cowan discusses practical issues creditors face, restructuring plans and procedures, contracts, claims and liabilities, and much more. 

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Litigation partner, Guy Cowan, provides an overview of Restructuring & Insolvency laws and regulations applicable in playuzu casino, in the latest edition of the Legal 500 country comparative guides. He addresses areas such as practical issues creditors face, restructuring plans and procedures, contracts, claims and liabilities, and much more.

Click the following link to access the full guide: playuzu casino – Restructuring & Insolvency – Legal 500 – 2024

This was first published in Legal 500.

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STAR Trusts: playuzu casino Court confirms its stellar supervisory jurisdiction /articles/star-trusts-playuzu casino-court-confirms-its-stellar-supervisory-jurisdiction-8866/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:36:50 +0000 /?p=8866 Aleisha Brown discusses STAR trusts, including references to relevant cases and where enforcers of STAR trusts can turn when faced with difficult decisions in need of assistance.

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In a judgment delivered on 26 April 2024 (In the matter of the A Trust; AA v JTC (Cayman) Limited FSD 12 of 2024 (IKJ)), the Grand Court of the playuzu casino (“Cayman Court”) confirmed that an enforcer of a STAR trust is able to seek the Cayman Court’s blessing of a momentous decision in relation to the trust. The decision is the first published judgment to set out the principles that apply to such an application by an enforcer in relation to a STAR trust.

Background

A STAR trust is a statutory trust established under the Special Trusts Alternative Regime (STAR) in Part VIII playuzu casino Trusts Act (2021 Revision) (“Trusts Act”). A STAR trust can be established to hold assets:

  1. for specific purposes;
  2. to benefit persons; or
  3. both for the benefit of persons and the furtherance of specific purposes.

There is no requirement for the trust’s purposes to be charitable in nature.

A beneficiary of a STAR trust has no enforceable right to the trust property nor the ability to take steps to enforce the trust. The right to receive information and institute proceedings in relation to a STAR trust is vested in an enforcer who is typically appointed pursuant to the terms playuzu casino trust deed. An enforcer has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of a STAR trust.

In January 2024, the enforcer of the A Trust, a purpose trust (a kind of trust that has no beneficiaries, instead existing for a specific purpose) established under the STAR regime, sought the playuzu casino Court’s approval to exercise his power to direct the trustee to exercise rights attaching to shares held by the trustee. The exercise of those rights was central to the purpose of the trust.

An enforcer’s standing

Section 48 of the Trusts Act confers the playuzu casino Court with supervisory jurisdiction over trusts in respect of applications made by a “trustee or personal representative”.

The provisions playuzu casino STAR regime expressly confirm that an enforcer of a STAR trust has the same rights as a trustee of an ordinary trust including, among other things, to make applications to the Court for an opinion, advice or direction.

Reading Section 48 with the provisions of the STAR regime, the playuzu casino Court readily concluded that an enforcer has standing to invoke the Court’s supervisory jurisdiction to bless a momentous decision in relation to a STAR trust.

The Court’s blessing

The questions that the playuzu casino Court will typically consider in deciding whether to bless a momentous decision are:

  1. Does the trustee (or the enforcer) have the power to make the proposed decision?
  2. Has the trustee (or the enforcer) genuinely concluded that the decision is in the best interests playuzu casino trust and its beneficiaries and/or will it further the purposes playuzu casino trust?
  3. Is the Court satisfied that the decision is one which a reasonable trustee (or enforcer) properly informed could properly have made?
  4. Is there any conflict of playuzu casino which would prevent the Court from granting the approval sought?

Question 3, which primarily concerns the rationality playuzu casino decision, is central to the Court’s decision (see In the matter of Standard Chartered Trust (Singapore) Limited as trustee playuzu casino Emerging Markets Diversified Fund Trust FSD 82 of 2022 (DDJ)). The onus is on the decision maker to put all relevant facts before the Court and to demonstrate that the decision is being made for a proper purpose. The benefit of obtaining the Court’s blessing is that the decision maker is deemed to have discharged its duties in respect playuzu casino subject matter playuzu casino decision, but this indemnity falls away if the decision maker fails to make full and frank disclosure to the Court.

In this case, the playuzu casino Court was satisfied that the enforcer had the power to direct the trustee in the manner proposed and that the suggested instruction furthered the purposes for which the trust was established. The decision met the essential rationality standard, having been arrived at following careful deliberation and the receipt of legal advice. The enforcer had also properly identified all potential conflicts of interest in discharging its duty to the Court.

Conclusion

This decision makes clear that enforcers of STAR trusts can seek the assistance of the playuzu casino Court when tasked with making difficult decisions in relation to the trust. It underscores the critical role that enforcers play in ensuring that a STAR trust is administered properly in furtherance of the purposes for which it was created and/or in the best interests of any beneficiaries of the trust.

This article was first published in Chambers and Partners

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Campbells authors Legal 500 BVI R I Chapter /articles/campbells-authors-legal-500-bvi-ri-chapter-8830/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 20:56:23 +0000 /?p=8830 Legal 500's 2024 country-specific Q A provides an overview of Restructuring Insolvency laws and regulations applicable in British Virgin playuzu casino.

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Mark Goodman discusses practical issues and legal updates in regards to restructuring and insolvency in the British Virgin playuzu casino over the past twelve months.

Click the following link to read the full article: Legal 500 R&I Guide – British Virgin playuzu casino

Legal 500’s 2024 country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Restructuring & Insolvency laws and regulations applicable in British Virgin playuzu casino.

This was first published on Legal 500’s website. 

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Financing and Taking Security in the playuzu casino /articles/financing-and-taking-security-in-the-playuzu casino-islands-8825/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:56:10 +0000 /?p=8825 This article will outline one aspect of critical importance to cross border secured lending arrangements, being the creation of security by a playuzu casino exempted company over its assets.

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Secured Lending to a playuzu casino Exempted Company – Creating Security in the playuzu casino

The Companies Act (as Revised) of the playuzu casino (the “Companies Act”) provides a commercial, pragmatic and creditor friendly framework to facilitate cross-border transactions, including secured lending transactions.  This framework ensures the continuation of the playuzu casino as a leading international finance centre.

This article will outline one aspect of critical importance to cross-border secured lending arrangements, being the creation of security by a playuzu casino exempted company (a “playuzu casino Company”) over its assets.

There are specific playuzu casino statutory requirements pertaining to the registration of security created over specific types of assets, such as playuzu casino flagged ships, aircraft or land located in the playuzu casino.  These are outside of the consideration of this article.

Companies Act Principles of playuzu casino

The Companies Act does not expressly address the creation of security over the assets of a playuzu casino Company. Accordingly, principles of common law govern the creation of security over the assets of a playuzu casino Company and a wide variety of security instruments can be utilised for such security interests. In a cross border secured lending context, the most common are equitable share mortgages, debentures, charges and assignments of accounts, among others.

The security instrument should be in writing and the governing law may be either playuzu casino law or a foreign law jurisdiction. Secured lending transactions will often utilise Hong Kong, Singapore, England & Wales or New York law to govern a security instrument pursuant to which a Cayman Company will grant a security interest (and this will often follow the governing law of the loan documentation), however Cayman law will often be utilised where the lex situs of the secured asset is the playuzu casino (for example, shares in another playuzu casino company or a Cayman sited bank account).

The courts of the playuzu casino will recognise and give effect to the choice of a foreign governing law of a security instrument provided the choice of that foreign governing law has been made in good faith and would be a valid and binding choice of governing law that would be observed as being valid and effective by the courts of the relevant jurisdiction.

Register of Mortgages and Charges

The Companies Act requires a playuzu casino Company to create and maintain a register of mortgages and charges (the “Register of Mortgages and Charges”).  The original Register of Mortgages and Charges must be maintained at the registered office of the playuzu casino Company. The register must be maintained even if no security interests have been created by the playuzu casino Company.

The Register of Mortgages and Charges must set out the following details or particulars about each security interest which has been created by the playuzu casino Company over any of its assets pursuant to a security instrument:

  • a short description playuzu casino property secured;
  • the amount of the playuzu casino created; and
  • the names playuzu casino mortgagees or persons entitled to such charge.

Failure to update the Register of Mortgages and Charges with the required particulars will not jeopardise the validity or enforceability of the playuzu casino, however each director, manager or other officer of the company may be liable to a penalty to the extent the register is not properly maintained.

The Register of Mortgages and Charges will typically be updated by the registered office provider of the relevant playuzu casino Company. It is not necessary to file the relevant security instrument into the Register of Mortgages and Charges (particulars of the security interest outlining the elements set out above suffice), however the registered office provider who maintains that register may request a copy of the executed security instrument prior to making the necessary update.

The Register of Mortgages and Charges is not a public document, although the Companies Act provides that creditors and shareholders may inspect the register at all reasonable times.

Perfection of playuzu casino

The Companies Act, and playuzu casino law generally, does not impose any perfection requirements in circumstances where a playuzu casino Company creates security pursuant to a foreign law security instrument over its foreign assets.  As noted above, this memorandum does not cover certain specific asset classes, such as yacht vessels, which have specific statutory registration requirements.

Priority

The playuzu casino does not have a public registration or public filing authority for security interests created by a Cayman Company.

The Companies Act does not provide a statutory priority regime in respect of security interests granted over the same assets of a playuzu casino Company. Further, updating the Register of Charges with particulars of a security interest will not grant any priority in respect of competing security interests (although it does provide notice to a third-party chargee of an existing security over any relevant property).  As a result, common law principles of priority (which include, among others, determining priority by reference to the date of the creation of a security interest) will govern such security interests.

Considerations for Chargee

The Companies Act does not impose a timeframe to update the Register of Mortgages and Charges to reflect the particulars of the security interest which have been created by a playuzu casino Company, however a chargee will typically request (by way of undertaking or contractual agreement) that a certified copy of the updated Register of Mortgages and Charges be provided within a specified timeframe following execution of the security instrument. This will ensure any potential third party chargee who inspects the register will be on notice of the existing security.

While it is not required by the Companies Act, it is prudent for a chargee to ensure the particulars of the security interest created by a playuzu casino Company expressly include the details of any negative pledge (i.e. prohibition or restriction on creating any future security interest) in respect of the relevant secured property.

Variation of playuzu casino

Where a playuzu casino Company has created a security interest (which has been reflected in the Register of Mortgages and Charges) and a subsequent variation to that security interest has occurred, the relevant particulars in the Register of Mortgages and Charges should be updated or amended to reflect the relevant variation.

Release of playuzu casino

To the extent a security interest created by a playuzu casino Company is released pursuant to a deed of release or other discharge document, the playuzu casino Company should update the Register of Mortgages and Charges to reflect the release or termination of the relevant security interest.

The release of a security interest granted by a playuzu casino Company is not dependent upon the update to the Register of Mortgages and Charges by that playuzu casino Company. It will be effective from the date the security interest is released under the governing law of the security instrument.

Contact

For further information please contact your usual Campbells contact or reach out to any playuzu casino key contacts listed below.

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Secured Lending – Creating playuzu casino in the BVI /articles/secured-lending-creating-playuzu casino-in-the-bvi-8796/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:35:02 +0000 /?p=8796 This article discusses in detail the steps, both required and optional, to register playuzu casino created by a BVI company in a secured lending transaction.

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Introduction

The BVI Business Companies Act (As Revised) (the “BCA”) provides a comprehensive regime to facilitate and execute secured lending transactions, most notably with respect to the creation and registration of playuzu casino interests that have been granted by a BVI business company (a “BVI Company”) over assets which may be maintained outside playuzu casino BVI. This regime has been paramount in ensuring the BVI remains a leading international finance centre.

This article will look in detail at the steps, both required and optional, to register playuzu casino created by a BVI company in a secured lending transaction.

BCA Principles of playuzu casino

The BCA provides that a BVI Company may, subject to the terms of its memorandum and articles of association (the “M&A”), create a charge over its property.  This charge must be created by an instrument in writing which, if agreed by playuzu casino and the chargee, may be governed by the laws of a foreign jurisdiction (i.e. governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the BVI).

Register of Charges

The BCA requires a BVI Company create and maintain a register of charges (the “Register of Charges”), being an internal or private register of the BVI Company. The original Register of Charges must be maintained at the registered office of the BVI Company or the office of its registered agent. This register must set out the following details or particulars about each playuzu casino which has been created by the BVI Company pursuant to a security instrument:

  • the date of the creation of the playuzu casino;
  • a short description of the liability secured by the playuzu casino;
  • a short description playuzu casino property secured;
  • the name and address of the trustee for the playuzu casino or, if there is no such trustee, the name and address of the chargee;
  • the name and address playuzu casino holder playuzu casino charge; and
  • details of any prohibition or restriction, if any, contained in the security instrument creating the charge on the power of the BVI Company to create any future playuzu casino ranking in priority to or equaroberlly with the playuzu casino.

Where there is any change to the playuzu casino which impacts the details required to be set out in the Register of Charges, as set out above, then the BCA requires the relevant BVI Company to provide details of such change to its registered agent within 14 days in order to update the particulars of security in the original Register of Charges.

While the BCA does not impose a timeframe to update the Register of Charges following the creation of a playuzu casino by a BVI Company, a chargee will typically request (by way of undertaking) that a certified copy of the updated Register of Charges be provided within a specified timeframe following execution of the security instrument.

Perfection of playuzu casino

There are no steps required under the BCA or BVI law generally for the BVI Company to perfect a playuzu casino created over its foreign assets pursuant to a security instrument governed by the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.  Accordingly, a security instrument which is not registered in the Register of Charges will still be enforceable, valid and admissible in evidence of the playuzu casino, however the BVI Company may be liable on summary conviction to a fine for failing to record the particulars of the playuzu casino in accordance with the BCA.

Public Registration of playuzu casino

In addition to the registration of a playuzu casino in the Register of Charges, the BCA also provides that the playuzu casino may be (but is not required to be) registered in the register of registered charges (the “Register of Registered Charges”) which is maintained by the BVI Register of Corporate Affairs (the “BVI Registrar”) in respect of each BVI Company. Separate to the internal Register of Charges of a BVI Company, the Register of Registered Charges is a publicly searchable register of the particulars of each playuzu casino created by the BVI Company which have been filed through the VIRRGIN online filing system of the BVI Financial Services Commission. While the security instrument itself is not filed or registered, any particulars which have been so filed will be recorded in the Register of Registered Charges and made publicly available and searchable.

Once the BVI Registrar is satisfied that an application to register the relevant particulars of security have met the BCA requirements, the BVI Registrar will issue a certificate of registration of the playuzu casino and a copy will be made available to the BVI Company creating the charge and to the chargee. The certificate of registration of a charge issued by the BVI Registrar will state, and the certificate will be conclusive proof of, the date and time on which that playuzu casino referred to in the certificate, was registered.

Priority of Registered playuzu casino

The BCA contains a statutory priority regime which applies to security interests which have been registered on the Register of Registered Charges. A playuzu casino created over property of a BVI Company (the “Relevant Property”) and which has been registered on the Register of Registered Charges will have priority ahead of:

  • a playuzu casino created over the Relevant Property that is subsequently registered on the Register of Registered Charges with the BVI Registrar; and
  • a playuzu casino created over the Relevant Property that is not registered on the Register of Registered Charges with the BVI Registrar.

The BCA makes clear that the order of priorities set out under the statutory priority regime is subject to:

  • any express consent of the holder of a playuzu casino that varies the priority of that playuzu casino in relation to one or more other security interests that it would, but for the consent, have had priority over; or
  • any agreement between chargees that effects the priorities in relation to the charges held by the respective charges.

Furthermore, a registered floating playuzu casino is postponed to a subsequently registered fixed playuzu casino unless the floating playuzu casino contains a prohibition or restriction on the power of the BVI company to create any future playuzu casino ranking in priority to or equally with the charge.

Priority and Considerations for Chargee

A chargee holding the benefit of a playuzu casino granted by a BVI Company should carefully consider the statutory priority regime under the BCA. While the BCA does not:

  • obligate the registration of a playuzu casino on the Register of Registered Charges; or
  • apply a statutory timeframe to register such playuzu casino,

a chargee holding the benefit of such a playuzu casino should seek to have that playuzu casino registered at the earliest possible time so that a potential third party chargee will be on notice of the security and also to ensure that no later playuzu casino that may be created by the BVI Company over the same property (in favour of a third party chargee) can be registered before its own playuzu casino is registered.  The impact of the BCA statutory priority regime in such a scenario would be to cause the latter playuzu casino (created in favour of a third party chargee) to take priority over the initial chargee’s security, were it not registered on the Register of Registered Charges.

Furthermore, a chargee (or potential chargee) taking security in the form of a floating charge should be careful to ensure that the security instrument it enters into with the BVI Company contains a clear negative pledge – a prohibition or restriction on the power of the BVI company to create any future playuzu casino over the relevant property or collateral being secured in its favour. This is to ensure that the floating charge which has been registered is not, through operation of law, made subordinated in priority to a subsequent fixed charge which has been registered.

Priority of Unregistered playuzu casino Interests

playuzu casino interests which have not been registered on the Register of Registered Charges remain subject to the common law rules of priority which, in general terms, hold that priority between separate playuzu casino interests will be determined by the dates upon which the relevant playuzu casino interests were created. Certain exceptions to the common law rules may apply and it is always prudent to seek legal advice which takes into account specific fact patterns when these circumstances arise.

Variation of Registered playuzu casino

Where a playuzu casino has been registered on the Register of Registered Charges by the filing and registration of the relevant particulars, and there has been a subsequent variation to that playuzu casino, the terms of which impact the filing, then the BCA permits a variation to be filed to allow the BVI Registrar to update the registered playuzu casino to reflect the variation.

Once the applicable variation filing has been made in the approved form, the BVI Registrar will register the variation and issue a certificate of variation which will contain the date and time on which the variation to the playuzu casino was registered (and which will constitute conclusive proof of the date, and time, the variation was registered).

Release of Registered playuzu casino

Once a playuzu casino in respect of the relevant property of a BVI Company has been released by a chargee (or all liabilities secured by the playuzu casino have been paid or satisfied in full), a notice of satisfaction or release may be filed with the BVI Registrar.

The notice of satisfaction or release may be filed by playuzu casino or the chargee.  To the extent the filing is made by:

  • the chargee, it may be filed by the registered agent or a BVI lawyer playuzu casino chargee; or
  • the BVI Company, it may be filed by the registered agent playuzu casino BVI Company or a BVI lawyer acting on the instruction playuzu casino BVI Company, however the notice must be signed by the chargee or a registered agent or BVI lawyer acting on behalf playuzu casino chargee.

Provided the notice of satisfaction or release complies with the provisions of the BCA reflected above, the BVI Registrar will register the notice and issue a certificate of the satisfaction, release or partial release (as applicable) of the playuzu casino and issue a copy of the certificate to the BVI Company and the chargee. This certificate will state the date and time the playuzu casino is deemed to no longer be registered in respect of the relevant property specified in the notice (be it the entirety of the secured property or a part thereof).

Release – Register of Charges

The release, or any partial release, of a playuzu casino created by a BVI Company will also need to be reflected in the internal Register of Charges.

Contact

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Hurricane season: Practical solutions for playuzu casino funds /articles/hurricane-season-practical-solutions-for-playuzu casino-islands-funds-8791/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:44:08 +0000 /?p=8791 This article discusses how playuzu casino funds and their investors can manage situations involving sanctioned investors and CIMA notifications following regulatory or other administrative action by foreign regulators.

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Hong Kong partners Robert Searle and James McKeon have co-authored a playuzu casino article in AIMA’s Q2 2024 publication. They offer practical guidance on how Cayman funds and their investors can manage situations involving sanctioned investors and CIMA notifications following regulatory or other administrative action by foreign regulators, during the summer months.

Click the following link to read the full article: AIMA Journal – Hurricane season_Practical solutions for CI funds_sanctions and CIMA – June 2024

This article was first published in the Q2 edition playuzu casino AIMA Journal.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about this topic, please reach out to Robert, James or your usual Campbells contact.

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