Corporate Blog

In 2013 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced plans to reduce the corporation tax to 21% from 1 April 2014 and to 20% from the 1 April 2015.  This reduction which has now come into [...]

Intellectual property can be a very valuable asset, therefore it is important to choose the right location in order to protect this. Cyprus is a very competitive location when it comes to the protection of [...]

International credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s have announced that Guernsey has retained its AA+ rating.  Guernsey’s revenue flexibility and sizable assets combined with the government’s robust fiscal position have been cited as reasons for [...]

The BVI is currently implementing recommendations received via a report that it commissioned in 2014 by the consultancy firm McKinsey and Company.  This rebranding comes thirteen years after the initial creation of the BVI International [...]

Jersey’s External Relations Minister Philip Bailhache signed the tax agreement at a ceremony in London on Friday 26th June 2015, making this the ninth Double taxation Agreement that Jersey has entered into, but their first [...]

Further to our article dated 1 July 2015 in which we reported on the revised treaty between South Africa and Mauritius which will come into effect from the 1 January 2016 in which we raised [...]

Currently the distribution of assets in Dubai is guided by the UAE federal law.  This can cause problems for non-Muslims owning assets in the emirate due to the forced heirship provisions in accordance with Sharia [...]

Dubai is the largest city in the United Arab Emirates and has long since established itself as a stable and well known Jurisdiction, but in recent years the growth in wealthy persons doing business or [...]

Original proposals announced in November and December 2014 for the Scottish Land Reform Bill made by the Scottish Nationalist Party included prevention of non EU companies, Trusts and Partnerships from buying land.  However the Reform [...]

British Virgin Islands Introduces Two New Fund Products The British Virgin Island has created two new fund products, the ‘incubator fund’ and the ‘approved fund’.  Both of these are aimed at start-up funds of small [...]