The Registrar of Companies has issued notice that with effect from 30 January 2023, the Economic Substance Guidance Notes (the “Guidance Notes”) have been revised to implement guidance issued by the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices in relation to entities making a claim to...
Introduction The 2023/2024 Budget statement was delivered by the Bermuda Premier and Minister of Finance, The Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP, in the House of Assembly on Friday 17 February 2023. According to the Premier, also speaking at the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Budget Breakfast event...
In 2020, winding up proceedings were issued in the Bermuda courts regarding Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd (“Northstar”) and Omnia Ltd. Shortly therefor In a decision of the Supreme Court dated 26 August 2021, the Chief Justice, after reviewing the opinion of overseas counsel for...
By Arno Duvenhage and Jennifer Haworth The recent judgment of the Bermuda Court of Appeal in The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited v NewOcean Energy Holdings Limited [2022] CA (Bda) 16 Civ, illustrates an ongoing tug of war in Bermuda when interpreting and applying the principles...
By Stephanie Maloney and Magdalena Grzybulska Sanctions aimed at Russia have been in place since 2014, following its annexation of Crimea and ongoing role in the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. Sanctions were imposed in a coordinated move by the EU (of which the UK was a...
The Government of Bermuda has announced its intention to make the companies’ central register of beneficial ownership information accessible to the public. The beneficial ownership register contains information on the owners of the approximately 15,000 companies registered in Bermuda and has information such as the...
In response to the global Covid-19 outbreak, the Bermuda Registrar of Companies issued a notice on 20 March, 2020 in respect of Bermuda companies’ compliance obligations pursuant to the Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “Act”). All in-scope companies are still required to comply with the provisions...
On the 21 February 2020 at the presentation of the 2020/2021 budget statement the Minister of Finance confirmed the Government’s intention to introduce a bill that will reduce the required ownership of a local Bermudian company from 60% Bermudian to 40% Bermudian, while maintaining the...