The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in CL Financial Ltd (in Liquidation)^[1] has provided helpful guidance on applications for approving liquidators’ remuneration.

This article discusses the defining features of Bermuda’s insolvency landscape and the primary insolvency and rescue procedures available under Bermuda law, including compulsory liquidations, provisional liquidations and schemes of arrangements. The case of Chishti v Afiniti Ltd is presented as a recent example of a company successfully availing itself of a restructuring plan through the use of ‘light touch’ provisional liquidation.

The structured finance market in the APAC region continues to grow in recent years, particular in the number of new issuances and the use of different financial products in complex structuring. Cayman special purpose vehicles (SPVs) are one of the most utilised offshore vehicles in the Asian structured finance industry, which is well supported by established legal and regulatory regimes.

Published on 21 January 2025, In the matter of Restore Builders Limited [2024] JRC290 (“Restore Builders”), is the first time the Royal Court of Jersey (“Court”) has made a wrongful trading order.

As discussed below, the Court held that Thomas McLaughlin (“Respondent”) be disqualified as a company director for 10 years, and be personally responsible for the debts of Restore Builders Limited (“Company”).

The legislative framework applicable to insolvency and restructuring in Jersey has seen significant developments in recent years, with the introduction of the Companies Regulations No 8 2022 (the Regulations).

The Regulations provide additional powers to a company’s creditors – firstly, in relation to provisional liquidations (an emergency procedure designed to safeguard the assets of a failing company), and secondly in relation to creditors’ winding-ups.

1.All eyes on redemption right

Redemption rights have increasingly been under the spotlight in the past year, as more and more investors contemplate an exit from under-performing investments.

As the redemption of shares involves a return of capital, it is prohibited under Cayman Islands law except to the extent permitted by statute. Section 37 of the Cayman Islands’ Companies Act (the Act) provides:

In an announcement to beneficiaries on 24 March 2024[1], the joint administrative receivers (JARs) of Sigma Finance Corporation (the Company), once thought to be “insolvency proof” 

The Court of Civil Appeal (CCA) delivered an interesting judgment on the adequacy of affidavit evidence when making a bankruptcy order. The CCA, acting solely on the basis of affidavit evidence, upheld an order of the Bankruptcy Court adjudging the appellant (Mr Balgobin) bankrupt pursuant to Section 8 of the Insolvency Act. The issues raised on appeal by the Appellant and which the CCA had to determine on were:

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has published a comprehensive Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law.

In this article we review the key aspects relevant to Cayman Islands Insolvency Practitioners.

Introduction