Appleby: International legal team of the year
Appleby, the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, was named “International Legal Team of the Year 2011/12” at the prestigious Step Private Client Awards 2011/12 held in London on Thursday 15 September 2011. The Awards ceremony,…
Maples and Calder sends young Caymanian lawyer to Geneva
Maples and Calder continues to press forward with securing opportunities for its staff. The latest lawyer to benefit from the firm’s close ties with its clients is Caroline Dell, who accepted the distinguished honour of being chosen to represent her…
LIME is bringing it to the Expo – new and exciting products on show!
LIME has once again secured its spot as Title Sponsor of the 19th annual Business Expo event. The Business Expo, which is the longest running and largest event of its kind, will be held at The Family Life Centre on…
CIBC FirstCaribbean welcomes a new CEO
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has a new CEO. Monday, September 12 was the first official day on the job for the company’s new leader, Douglas “Rik” Parkhill. Mr. Parkhill took over the running of the region’s pre-eminent financial services institution…
Robert Hunter to give Keynote Address
Mourant Ozannes is delighted to announce London-based Robert Hunter as keynote speaker at the inaugural Mourant Ozannes’ International Trusts Conference. Robert is head of international law firm Herbert Smith’s trust litigation practice and co-head of its civil fraud, asset tracing,…
“Aviramp” – helping disabled people board aircraft with dignity
A company called Aviramp Ltd was formed to help the aviation branch of Ra’alloy Ramps Ltd to create a range of access ramps, stairways and service platforms from aluminum. Using the words of the company itself, “Aviramp was developed to…
WestStar Offers local radio stations on cable
WestStar TV is adding four local radio stations to the cable line-up. WestStar is committed to giving customers more choice when it comes to home entertainment, adding ZEE TV and Extreme Sports to the Premiere Packages this summer. Now WestStar…
David Boyd joins Appleby Fund Services
Appleby is pleased to announce the appointment of David Boyd as Head of Fund Services to manage this growing part of its Cayman operations. David specialises in providing fund administration services and directorships to investment funds and special purpose vehicles…
Letter from Hong Kong – A Tale of Two Cities
“For a city without any natural resources, a non competitive immigration policy is a policy which contributes to our economic non competitiveness. This is a fight we can ill afford to lose”. This was not, as it well might have…
Walkers launch specialist group
Leading international financial law firm Walkers has announced the launch of its Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) Group. It will bring together the deep expertise within the firm regarding alternative risk transfer arrangements such as catastrophe bonds, reinsurance sidecars and securitisation…
