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Keeping it in the Family: Things to consider for family owned and run businesses

All businesses, regardless of size should spend sufficient time considering how their business is organised and run. This briefing highlights some of the key legal and structuring considerations that families...

April 06, 2020 Read more

The Importance of ‘cyber-hygiene’

With many businesses now working remotely, it is even more important that business leaders and those responsible for risk management consider and address good cyber hygiene practices and steps as...

April 03, 2020 Read more

Offences of Permitting a Company to Trade whilst Insolvent

When is a Jersey company in financial difficulty? A company is deemed to be in financial difficulty when it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due (i.e....

March 30, 2020 Read more

The Importance of Considering the Commercial Benefit of a Transaction

Commercial Benefit – what is it all about? Article 74(1) of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the Law) imposes fiduciary duties on directors to: act honestly and in good faith...

May 21, 2019 Read more

Re-Domiciliation of Companies In and Out of Jersey

What is a re-domiciliation? Re-domiciliation and migration are used inter- changeably to describe how a company moves from its home jurisdiction to another. Upon a re-domiciliation becoming effective: All property...

May 21, 2019 Read more

Taking Security over Jersey Companies

The principal law which governs the taking of security over movable property in Jersey is the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 (the Law). What assets does the Law apply to?...

May 21, 2019 Read more

Reinstating a Jersey Company

The Court has the power under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the Law), on an application of an interested party (an Application) to declare a previous dissolution of a company...

May 21, 2019 Read more

Dividends & Distributions by Jersey Companies

This briefing note provides an overview of the process contained in Part 17 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the Law) by which a Jersey company (a company) can make...

February 04, 2019 Read more
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