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Navigating Shareholder Disputes: Winding Up on ‘Just and Equitable’ Grounds in the Cayman Islands
Shareholder disputes can arise from a variety of causes ranging from mismanagement and lack of transparency to personal fallouts among business partners. These issues are particularly acute in privately held companies, where relationships often blur the line between personal and Read more +
The Grand Court Reaffirms the Foundational Importance of Pleadings in Civil Litigation
Highlighting a recent case in the Cayman Islands, [2025] CIGC (FSD) 44 – Re Rasmala Trade Finance Fund (2) (“Re: Rasmala Trade Finance Fund (2)”), HSM Partner and Head of Litigation Kerrie Cox covers an important and often overlooked distinction Read more +
Vote HSM! Best of Cayman Islands 2025 Awards
We are proud to share that HSM has been nominated for the following Best of Cayman Islands categories: Immigration Law, Family Law, Divorce Law, Law Firm, Estate Law, and Immigration Services. Thanks to your support we won Gold in 2023 Read more +
HSM Response to Term Limits for Non-Caymanian Civil Servants
On 22 May 2025, the Government of the Cayman Islands published their intention to introduce term limits for non-Caymanian civil servants in the Cayman Islands. Civil servants have always been excluded from term limits. As such, these changes will require Read more +
HSM is Open During COVID-19
The HSM Group (comprising of HSM Chambers, HSM Corporate Services Ltd. and HSM Intellectual Property) remain committed to their clients during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Our physical office in Grand Cayman is temporarily closed, but our team is working remotely until the shelter-in-place regulations are no longer required.
We are carefully monitoring and complying with the guidelines as set by the Cayman Islands Government. We make it our mission to keep abreast of these changes and how they may affect you, our valued clients.
Our lawyers in the Cayman Islands have curated a local guide to help advise a number of persons and businesses as to the requirements/expectations of the Law with COVID-19 in mind. Covering areas under corporate and commercial, debt solutions and recovery, employment and immigration, insolvency, insurance, private client and property.
Follow this link to download Cayman’s Legal Guide to COVID-19: https://staging.hsmoffice.com/law/caymans-legal-guide-to-covid-19-5283/.
This situation and its effects are ever-changing so we will be updating this guide as well as providing targeted articles on our website.
Our team is also proud to partner with the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce to provide informational webinars on some of these topics and recordings can be found at https://chambercovidupdates.ky/webinars/.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to your usual HSM contact or email us at info@hsmoffice.com.
Ultimately we are all in this together and HSM is on-hand to assist you during these unprecedented times.