Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is the fifth-largest banking centre in the world and one of the world’s leading international financial centres.
This highly regulated and politically stable jurisdiction offers a wide array of services including mutual funds, company management, structured financing, shipping registration, insurance, and securities listings on the stock exchange. Since the introduction of the Mutual Funds Law in 1993, which has been copied by jurisdictions around the world, the Cayman Islands has grown to be the world’s leading offshore investment funds jurisdiction.
Cayman benefits from an internationally experienced and qualified workforce as well as experienced lawyers, accountants and auditors. The Cayman Islands is a British overseas territory and the laws are based largely on the laws of the United Kingdom.
Expertise
Leverage Harneys’ four decades of corporate service experience by taking advantage of value added solutions that ensure your goals are met.
We provide comprehensive company formation services that put you on pace for a fast, successful incorporation. Services include private and public incorporation, determination of company name availability, plus complete oversight of documentation and the dispatch process. Available in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and Hong Kong, our secretarial and administrative support is available to extend beyond the incorporation stage to assist you throughout the life of the business.
Our registered office and registered agent services not only provide British Virgin Islands companies and limited partnerships with a physical address, but also ensure proper maintenance of the entity’s records, registers, and other required documents.
We can help you ensure your company is administered as a standalone entity by professional directors who implement market best practices to meet your complex governance obligations. Our corporate governance team provides independent oversight relevant to regulated and unregulated entities in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus promoting the transparent and fair treatment of all the stake holders.
We offer director services to companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. Our professional directors have a strong track record of executing complex, successful corporate strategies on behalf of our clients.
Our team can oversee your board meetings from start to finish for companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands or Cyprus. We send out board packs in advance of the meeting and can accommodate on-site meetings with video conferencing capabilities. You’ll receive comprehensive on-site support from our qualified team for a truly professional experience at either our BVI, Cayman or Cyprus offices.
Our team offers company secretarial services after incorporation to ensure your entity remains compliant with new and existing laws and regulations.
We assist companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands throughout the liquidation process, regardless of whether it’s voluntary or a strike-off.
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Our role as stock exchange listing sponsor provide companies in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda with substantial advantages in both the short-term and long-term.
Our team provides clients with process agent services in BVI, Cayman, London, and Hong Kong, each of which has well established commercial laws for cross-border financial transactions.
We understand the time sensitive nature required of many entities seeking incorporation in the British Virgin Islands.
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Regulated companies and limited partnerships benefit from Harneys’ comprehensive and in-house funds service offering. We provide registered agent and office services as well as authorised representative services. Our directorship services are designed for regulated investment funds domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.
Available to funds in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Cyprus, our governance and directorship services are personalized based on your needs and your specific jurisdiction.
We support investment managers by providing professional independent directors who are tasked with the oversight of the fund’s activities, promoting compliance with the offering document, applicable laws and regulations, and above all a transparent fair treatment of investors.
Our team can oversee your board meetings from start to finish for companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands or Cyprus. We send out board packs in advance of the meeting and can accommodate on-site meetings with video conferencing capabilities. You’ll receive comprehensive on-site support from our qualified team for a truly professional experience at either our BVI, Cayman or Cyprus offices.
Our team offers company secretarial services after incorporation to ensure your entity remains compliant with new and existing laws and regulations.
We assist companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands throughout the solvent liquidation process. Our team can help you create a liquidation plan, provide a liquidator, and help you through the process.
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Our services in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands encompass everything you need for the successful establishment of a unit trust in either jurisdiction.
We create customised accounting solutions based on your company’s specific requirements. From producing scheduled financial reports and investors’ updates to assessing compliance with accounting standards, we offer a full range of support for businesses, financial institutions, funds, high net worth individuals, and intermediaries in the British Virgin Islands.
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We are committed to delivering practical solutions to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, their families and their businesses. Whether you are acquiring or registering a business, managing multiple and complex cross-border assets, purchasing fine art, property or a private island, our team provides a full complement of corporate, wealth and fiduciary services in the BVI and the Cayman Islands. We work alongside our highly respected lawyers to guide clients on the ideal structure to acquire, consolidate and protect your assets whilst helping to seamlessly navigate complex tax and regulatory issues to ensure that assets are passed to the next generation efficiently and in accordance with your wishes.
We help private clients ensure wealth across generations by developing plans for both estate planning and investment structures.
Utilising our team as the registered office for your private trust company is a solution laden with benefits for ultra-high net worth families.
With our office as the nominee shareholder of your BVI or Cyprus company, you retain full position as beneficial owner while simultaneously enjoying complete confidentiality concerning your offshore company.
Our team specialises in business succession trusts located in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
Our private wealth team partners with family trusts and companies throughout the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands to establish a custom structure that meets all of your goals for charitable giving.
Our family office services help high net worth clients establish strategic structures to preserve their wealth as well as their legacies.
We provide comprehensive services for clients wishing to purchase, finance, or register a yacht in the British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands.
Our trademark registration services in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands include a trademark search, an application in the appropriate jurisdiction, and monitoring cases of infringement after your trademark is registered.
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Harneys Fiduciary is an established global leader in advising clients on all aspects of offshore compliance. We ease your regulatory burden by providing you with clear legal advice and practical assistance in meeting your obligations. We advise on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing compliance, financial services regulation, sanctions, tax, tax information exchange and other areas of financial services regulatory law.
Our experts across the world assist clients in creating solutions that ensure compliance with legal regimes such as US FATCA and UK FATCA. We partner with clients to navigate applicable FATCA regulations and correctly classify both accounts and investors.
We establish customised compliance manuals and procedures while regularly conducting compliance reviews. We also take care of any necessary annual reporting requirements.
We help clients navigate ongoing changes and updates to compliance legislation regarding Cayman funds. Clients who work with Harneys build robust solutions that strengthen their fund and minimise risk.
Our team helps companies successfully list securities in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands by registering for an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). We work with clients listing securities of all types, including bonds, equities, and warrants.
We help clients with Cayman companies fulfill the requirement of having a physical office in the Islands. Our team provides all the necessary standards, including a physical mailing address, company name display, and register maintenance.
Our global footprint enables us to provide international AML officer appointments for clients in all jurisdictions.
We provide solutions surrounding legal entity identifiers (LEIs), which are used to identify legal entities participating in financial transactions. Required by regulatory regimes across the world, we offer cost-effective solution with discounts available for bulk business for financial services.
Our registrar and transfer agent services are designed specifically for companies in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, particularly those with low volume investor private equity, family funds, and non-complex funds and securities.
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