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HSM Shines with Gold Medals from Best of Cayman 2025
The HSM Group is proud to share its outstanding success where it achieved gold medals across multiple categories: Law Firm Immigration Law Estate Law Family Law The Best of Cayman Islands is a vote-based contest focusing on and highlighting the best Read more +
HSM Welcomes Two Full-Time Hires from Internship Programme
The HSM Group is pleased to announce that they have recruited two of their interns from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) Internship Programme. Azaria Ruiz-Bodden and Ahmoya Morrison have both joined as Immigration Services Administrators. They originally joined Read more +
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Cayman Islands
As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention“), the Cayman Islands has adopted a robust framework for enforcing foreign arbitral awards, encapsulated in the Foreign Arbitral Awards Read more +
Privy Council Clarifies Status of Land Use and Property Rights in the Cayman Islands
In the matter of Cayman Shores Development Ltd v The Proprietors of Strata Plan No. 79 [2025] UKPC 27, the Privy Council issued their judgment confirming that property rights attached to resort facilities remain valid and binding, even where documentation Read more +
Why Should You Register an Aircraft in the Cayman Islands?
The Cayman Islands, consisting of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea.
Cayman is a major world offshore centre and a tax neutral environment, which, in conjunction with the Cayman Register being rated as a “Category 1 Aviation Regulatory Authority” by the US Federal Aviation Administration, makes it an attractive choice for many owners and management companies with corporate aircrafts.
The Cayman Islands, since 1976, has been attracting a number of Aircraft Registrations and presents a viable alternative to the US, and other registration jurisdictions.
The Cayman Islands acts under the purview of the British Civil Aviation Authority.
The process of registration generally takes 2 to 3 weeks to complete.
The Cayman Islands aircraft register is highly respected and recognised throughout the international aviation industry. The majority of the aircraft on the Aircraft Register are private exclusive jets but there is also increasing interest in the Cayman Register to register commercial aircrafts.
The Cayman Register can be used to register an aircraft in the “private” category, and this has been expanded to include all turbo-jet aircraft, all other aircraft above 5,700kg and helicopters that are based on yachts.
Benefits of Cayman Registration
- Tax Neutrality
- Low Profile Registration Mark
- Compromise Jurisdiction where an owner and financier reach an agreement to register in a neutral jurisdiction.
- Efficient Regulation
- Type Certifications – By registering on the Aircraft Register the expense of being the first to register a given type of aircraft elsewhere can potentially be avoided
- The Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority are efficient at responding to owners and operators’ queries
Why HSM?
HSM is a law firm in the Cayman Islands that can guide you on how to register an aircraft in the Cayman Islands and is listed as a service provider by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands.
For more details on our aircraft registration services, visit https://staging.hsmoffice.com/law/aircraft-registration.
