HSM Corporate Services
Cayman Islands Government Publishes Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023
Following the recent removal of the Cayman Islands from the FATF grey list, the Cayman Islands has published the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 to better align the beneficial ownership regime more closely with the Cayman Islands’ anti-money laundering regulations. Read more +
Action Needed for Cayman Companies that Own UK Property
As Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine continues, the United Kingdom has pushed its hunt for Russian Oligarch’s assets into high gear and has fast tracked the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Law”) into force. The Law was Read more +
Year-end Company Dissolutions Update and Reminder 2022
As we draw closer to the end of 2022, many clients will be considering their Cayman Islands structures and querying whether any entities are surplus to requirements. HSM’s Head of Corporate and Commercial, Peter de Vere, covers the key points Read more +
HSM Produces Updates to the Cayman Islands Economic Substance Regime
Most clients are now relatively familiar with the Cayman Islands Economic Substance regime requiring real economic substance for certain entities (known and ‘Relevant Entities’) carrying or certain activities (known as ‘Relevant Activities’). Our firm’s previous article on the introduction of Read more +
HSM adds New Head of Corporate & Commercial Department
The HSM Group is enhancing its legal services with a new Head of Corporate & Commercial law. Mr. Peter De Vere.
Peter joins HSM from another top-tier law firm in the Cayman Islands and specialises in all areas of Cayman Islands corporate & commercial work with a special focus on asset finance, and secured lending.
Peter has over 10 years’ experience in the areas of asset finance, corporate finance and structured finance. He has extensive knowledge of aircraft and vessel financing and also regularly advises on entity formations, corporate restructuring, local business licensing and mergers and acquisitions.
Partner, Huw Moses OBE notes: “Peter brings to the firm years of valuable experience which will benefit our corporate and commercial clients.”