A record year for Appleby's women
Mourant ramps up Cayman dispute practice
Mourant partner defects to BakerPlatt
EAPD UK links up for launch in Bermuda
Cayman's Solomon snubs City for Zurich launch
RPC leads insurance charge to Bermuda
Gibraltar: non-domiciled
A low tax liability for non-domiciled individuals is just one of numerous benefits the Rock offers residents qualifying for Category 2 status
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Isle of Man: funds
The Isle of Man has launched two new funds aimed at attracting top overseas investors.
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Jersey: fraud
Recovering assets through the criminal courts can be tricky. And Jersey's civil courts are about to get busier as new confiscation legislation comes into force.
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Guernsey: employment
Employees on Guernsey have been given extra protection thanks to recent alterations to employment laws and the introduction of a sex discrimination law.
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Jersey: Companies
Building on the amendments to Jersey's companies legislation in 2006, further substantive changes and refinements in this area were introduced by the States of Jersey in 2008, reflecting international trends.
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Guernsey: Financial crime
Recent changes to Guernsey's financial crime laws have increased the obligations on financial services businesses to disclose their transactions.
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Jersey: funds
The success of light regulation in Jersey has given rise to the ultimate attraction for sophisticated investors - a new, unregulated fund regime.
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Guernsey: business
Guernsey is preparing itself for an overhaul of its company law, but there is still much to be ironed out.
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British Virgin Islands
When listing on the stock exchange, a BVI company has the best of both worlds - an offshore constitution with UK-influenced investor protection.
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Bermuda
Bermuda's Partnership Amendment Act gives a new lease of life to the traditional partnership structure.
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Caymans: credit crunch
The credit crunch has been severe and the Caymans provide some incredible insights into the overall position in the financial markets.
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Cayman Islands
The volatility of the US sub-prime lending market has highlighted the need for offshore funds to be truly offshore.
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A reader says about EAPD's Bermuda launch:
"One of the reasons EAPD was interested in taking over Kendalls in the first
place was Kendall's Bermuda connections. So this is not entirely
unexpected."
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Top of the offs
The aggressive expansionist tone set by the offshore world in 2006 continued with ferocious intensity in 2007. The sector's 'magic circle' firms - Appleby, Maples and Calder, Mourant du Feu & Jeune, Ogier and Walkers - tightened their grip on the sector, shaking off competition from the bottom end of the market.
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Hong Kong
Its status as a special administrative region of China makes Hong Kong the natural gateway to the People's Republic - and an ideal offshore jurisdiction.
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Luxembourg
Recent updates to the grand duchy's tax environment have taken EU proposals into consideration.
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Bar room blitz
The English bar is in high demand in the world's offshore centres. Three of the bar's key figures explain why
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Private client: Building bridges
What do onshore law firms look for when referring work from thier private clients offshore? Five of the lawyers responsible reveal all.
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Mauritius
Mauritius is tightening up its financial regulation in a bid to become a key global market.
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Shearman production team faces redundancy
Paul Weiss appoints new chair
