On sure footing – offshore leaders see reasons for optimism
In the offshore world as elsewhere, tough economic conditions made 2022-23 a rough year. ‘With uncertainty in the global markets,…
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UK Offshore Report: Weatherproof
In our 2022 offshore feature, firm leaders were relatively sanguine when scanning the horizon for the upcoming year’s challenges. Having…
Sponsored briefing: Utilising offshore structures for digital assets
Conyers’ Barnabas Finnigan and Eric Flaye on how offshore jurisdictions have positioned themselves to take advantage of recent developments The…
Sponsored briefing: Key issues when structuring a BVI joint venture
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a particularly popular jurisdiction for incorporating joint venture vehicles. The principal statute governing the…
Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda
Over the last decade, leased container securitisation transactions have increasingly enabled container lessors to raise capital and leverage growth opportunities…
Shoring up – the Offshore report
In what will undoubtedly be remembered as an unpredictable year in more ways than one, offshore firms across the globe…
Sponsored briefing: Flexible and stable: The growing appeal of offshore SPACs
Conyers’ Neil Henderson, Anton Goldstein and Matthew Stocker on the resurgence Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) enjoyed a resurgence in…
Offshore: Deal or no deal?
Protracted arguments over Brexit have led a divided Britain to the point of exhaustion. In the months leading up to…
Offshore: The unsilent majority
Among Asia’s competing financial centres, Hong Kong is the essential place to be for leading offshore law firms. Collectively, their…
Offshore leaders’ year in review: Under pressure
Donald Trump is still in office, Brexit is still about to happen, but the global economy in 2018 provided few…
Offshore disputes: Centre of the cyclone
The inferno of disputes arising from the financial crisis is finally being reduced to embers. Although this may have caused…
Offshore disputes: Big fish, small pond
Carlyle, Tchenguiz and Crociani are cases repeatedly cited by the leading players in Jersey and Guernsey as shorthand for big…
The offshore elite in review – rolling with the punches
Global stock markets rose by 22% in 2017, according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International index of bourses. Meanwhile, the…
‘A lot of noise without substance’: profession divided on impact of Paradise Papers
As the contents of the Paradise Papers soaks up column inches worldwide, the profession has offered a mixed response so…
Offshore: Riding the storm
Think offshore centre and certain calm images spring to mind: elegant yachts, crystal blue water, sparsely-populated beaches and gently sloping…
Offshore but not off limits
Navigant’s David Lawler on recent developments in asset-tracing claims Given the multiplicity of channels available to money launderers and the…
The year offshore in review – The Iron Islands
Despite a year of pronounced headwinds, our annual focus on the ten largest offshore firms reveals that 2016 activity levels…
Sponsored briefing: Offshore but not off limits
Navigant’s David Lawler on recent developments in asset-tracing claims Given the multiplicity of channels available to money launderers and the…
Standing apart – the offshore fallout from the Panama Papers
On April Fool’s Day this year, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co notified its clients that it had sustained…
Aftermath – the offshore world post the Brexit vote
‘The morning after the night before, there was stunned silence,’ says David Cadin, managing partner at Bedell Cristin. For offshore…