In this episode, Global Head of Regulatory & Tax Aki Corsoni-Husain introduces Counsel, Thomas Dugdale, accompanied by guest expert, Executive Director, Lynden John from Waystone in the Cayman Islands. Together they answer some frequently asked questions about the new rule on corporate governance and statement of guidance issued by CIMA earlier this year.

Key takeaways:

• The Rule introduces a new material layer of corporate governance obligations in the Cayman Islands for regulated entities.
• Regulated entities must establish and maintain a corporate governance framework which provides for sound and prudent management oversight.
• Don’t do nothing! Speak to your Cayman legal or governance advisors without delay.

In this episode, Global Head of Regulatory & Tax Aki Corsoni-Husain, and guest expert Ray-Shio Ho from Reed Smith in London explore the oil and gas sanctions currently in place on Russia following the war in the Ukraine in 2022.

Key takeaways:

• Providing listeners with a round up and overview of current energy-sector related sanctions on Russia.
• Understanding whether there is global consensus on the oil price cap and whether it has achieved its objectives.
• Outlining plans for development in the offshore sanctions landscape and how they prohibit the purchase or import of Russian oil and alignment on the price cap coalition rules.
• Understanding the general attitude of offshore regulators in relation to complex corporate structures in the oil and gas sector when involving entities incorporated in their jurisdiction.
• Focussing on Gazprom as Russia’s largest gas producer and outlining the sanctions it now subject to as a group.
• Exploring what constitutes “reasonable due diligence” of structures and understanding the controlling mind or operations of the company, in particular when applying for sanctions licences.

In this episode, Global Head of Regulatory & Tax Practice Aki Corsoni-Husain, introduces Counsel Marc Piano, accompanied by guest expert Brett Hillis from Reed Smith in London. Together, they examine the role of decentralization, the relatively restrictive position the US has adopted on crypto, and explore whether Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) really is all it’s cracked up to be.

Key takeaways:

• Regulatory analysis of decentralisation and whether current arrangements can be accurately defined as autonomous so as to escape regulation
• The US approach to the regulation and enforcement of digital assets and client concerns
• Exploring the framework of MiCA