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A leading Island law firm believes the strength of Bermuda as a financial centre was a major factor behind it receiving one of the legal industry’s top awards. Conyers Dill & Pearman Ltd was named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers & Partners,...

Marshall Diel & Myers Limited are offering an annual scholarship, the law firm has announced. In a press release, they said: “We are committed to developing the future of the Bermuda Bar by offering an annual scholarship to encourage and support Berm...

If the Bermuda funds industry was represented in the Twitterverse, the trending hashtag would be #ILSFundStructures. That translates into insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund structures. If you are engaged in the insurance or funds world, the ups...

Two lawyers have joined Marshall Diel & Myers Ltd as associates. Bermudian John Hindess joined the firm as an associate in the Litigation & Advice group, while Alma Dismont joined as an associate in the Matrimonial & Family group. Managing director...

Appleby has become the first offshore law firm licensed to provide offshore legal advice in mainland China where it has had a Shanghai base since 2012. To date, the firm has been delivering fiduciary services only from Shanghai. The formal announce...

A recent court case in the United Kingdom provides a cautionary tale for lawyers regarding the need to act quickly upon the receipt of instructions from elderly or ill clients in order to avoid claims of negligence. In Feltham v Bouskell, the testat...

The Bermuda Bar Council wants to ensure legal practitioners meet a set of standards for post-qualification experience before they go into sole practice. The Bermuda Bar Association president Justin Williams, who was re-elected to the position for a s...

Incorporation describes the process of forming a new legal entity (a company) that is recognised at law as a separate legal person. A company is treated as separate and distinct from its owners (shareholders) and from those who carry on its operati...

Bermuda law firm MJM Ltd received praise from clients and was highly ranked by Chambers & Partners in the Chambers Global Rankings 2014 for Bermuda. Chambers praised MJM’s Dispute Resolution team as “Highly rated by clients for its personal and pract...