Legal Updates
Developments in law or practice in our jurisdictions
The Republic of Cyprus continues to issue decrees pertaining to the relaxation of restrictive measures.
Legal updates regarding the latest decrees, from Harneys' Cyprus Banking Group, are below.
Enforcement of Restrictive Measures on...
The Republic of Cyprus continues to issue new decrees pertaining to the relaxation of restrictive measures.
The latest updates regarding these decrees, from Harneys' Cyprus Banking Group, are below.
Enforcement of Restrictive Measures on...
Harneys’ reaction to the Press Release from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) dated 30 May 2013
Introduction
It has been announced today that ESMA has approved co-operation arrangements between EU securities regulators...
The Republic of Cyprus continues to issue new decrees pertaining to the relaxation of restrictive measures.
Updates regarding these decrees, from Harneys' Cyprus Banking Group, are below.
Enforcement of Restrictive Measures on Transactions in...
As evidence of its continued commitment to transparency in the financial services industry and its compliance with international standards, the British Virgin Islands executed a much anticipated Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Canada on 21...
Recent cases out of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commercial Court deal with issues including third party costs and the applicability of Black Swan freezing relief in support of foreign derivative claims. In addition a Harneys litigator considers the...
Restrictive Measures - Transactions
The latest relaxations pertaining to transactions were passed on 17 May 2013 in Decree No 12 under the Enforcement of Restrictive Measures on Transactions in case of Emergency Law of 2013. The relaxations...
The British Virgin Islands is a well respected and sophisticated jurisdiction for the establishment of trusts. The general principles of BVI trust law are derived from those of English law and they have been supplemented by statute to offer a variety of...
As noted in our previous update, several clients have considered legal challenges to the new laws based on the resolution measures agreed by the Eurogroup and the Republic of Cyprus. These resolution measures on Bank...
The British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are currently in dialog with the UK government on a number of issues related to the UK’s G8 economic agenda, including enhanced transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes. The ongoing...