This advisory discusses the judgment in the matter of Green Asia Restructure Fund SPC which provides further clarity regarding the relatively untested jurisdiction for creditors to appoint receivers to wind up a SP, and builds upon the judicial guidance provided last year in Re Obelisk Global Fund SPC, uncertainty still lingers.
This judgment reaffirms as a matter of Cayman law the orthodox view that the enforcing court has only a limited function aimed at promoting the finality of arbitral awards, and that awards will readily be enforced in the Cayman Islands in almost all cases.
This advisory discusses the recent judgment handed down by Justice Parker, which is an important recognition of the preservation of the function and benefits of the segregated portfolio company.
This advisory discusses the recent judgment of the Kuwait Ports Authority, where the Cayman Grand Court considered the scope of its jurisdiction under the Confidential Information Disclosure Act, 2016.
On 14 March 2022 the Privy Council handed down its decision in Day and others v The Governor of the Cayman Islands and another [2022] UKPC 6 dismissing the Appellants’ appeal for recognition of same sex marriage in the Cayman Islands.
In a recent judgment in the matter of Virginia Solution SPC Ltd, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands ordered that a captive insurance company of two substantial Virginia based not-for-profit health care systems be wound up on the just and equitable ground.
Over the past 12-18 months we have seen a marked increase in the number of BVI statutory fair playuzu casino free spins bonus value appraisals as a result of minority shareholders exercising dissent rights to certain types of transactions, including take-private transactions and SPAC acquisitions.
Since the landmark decision in Lamtex early last year in Hong Kong, there has been a flurry of Hong Kong cases in which the Hong Kong Court has wound up a debtor company (incorporated offshore), despite “light-touch” provisional liquidators being appointed to those companies for restructuring purposes in the place of incorporation.
Liam Faulkner, a Partner in our Cayman Islands’ Insolvency & Restructuring PlayUZU bono team, provides an overview of the past year including the insolvency statistics, the restructuring case of the year, a summary of the key judgments and the legislative amendments to be enacted in 2022.
In Kuwait Ports Authority & Another v. Port Link GP Ltd. & Ors (FSD 236 of 2020, unreported, 25 November 2021, Parker J) the Grand Court considered – for the first time in the Cayman Islands – the applicable test governing derivative claims by a limited partner on behalf of an exempted limited partnership under section 33(3) of the Exempted Limited Partnership Act (2021 Revision).