The following briefing provides a round-up of the Cayman legal and regulatory developments during the third quarter of 2022 that may be of interest to funds clients. We are pleased to note that there is nothing critical or requiring immediate action at this time.

Summary of recent legal and regulatory developments

Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Cuarta) de 9 de marzo de 2017 (petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el tribunal administratif de Rennes — Francia) — Doux SA, en concurso de acreedores/Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)

(Asunto C-141/15)

[Procedimiento prejudicial — Reglamento (CE) n.o 543/2008 — Artículo 15, apartado 1 — Artículo 16 — Pollos congelados y ultracongelados — Límite máximo del contenido de agua

— Obsolescencia de este límite — Modalidades prácticas de los controles — Segundo análisis

Over the past two or three years, we have seen an increasing number of cases where a client holds and wishes to sell or transfer shares in a Cayman Islands company which is in liquidation, or is seeking to purchase shares in such a company from another party.  In those circumstances, the transfer of the shares would be void absent the validation of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, as a result of section 99 of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) ("Section 99").  Section 99 is in the following terms:

El objeto de la litis se centra en la legitimación activa de los socios de una sociedad agraria de transformación (SAT) para reclamar judicialmente los créditos que ostentan contra ella.