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Indemnity clauses represent a contractual transfer of risk between parties to a transaction, the purpose of which is to prevent loss to one of the parties or to compensate that party for losses that may occur as a result of a specified event. They m...

International law firm, Kennedys, which has an office in Bermuda, has launched a virtual work experience programme that is accessible to aspiring Bermudian lawyers. Mark Chudleigh, managing partner of Kennedys’ Bermuda office, explained that the prog...

Conyers has donated $15,000 in support of the Each One Reach One Back to School Campaign run by the charity Gina Spence Productions. The campaign aims to assist families in need to purchase school uniforms in preparation for the school year. More tha...

The rule of law is an umbrella philosophy grounded in legality. It ensures the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by holding the law accountable to well-defined and established laws, such as lawfulness, fairness and the delivery of justic...

Carey Olsen Bermuda has promoted Bermudian corporate lawyer Michelle Falcucci to senior associate. She took up the role on July 1. Ms Falcucci has been a member of the corporate team at Carey Olsen Bermuda since June 2019. She advises on all aspects ...

A lawyer at Carey Olsen has been appointed co vice-chairwoman of The Bermuda Society. Sheba Raza, a corporate lawyers in Carey Olsen’s London office, has taken up the role with the organisation that promotes and strengthens business and cultural link...

Ideally, a contract will contain both a “choice of jurisdiction” and a “choice of law” clause, the latter of which is sometimes also referred to as a “governing law” clause. Such clauses are independent of one another. The choice of jurisdiction cl...

Bermuda-qualified corporate lawyer Sheba Raza has joined Carey Olsen in London to expand the law firm’s Bermuda law capabilities in the UK. She was previously a counsel with Conyers for 13 years, and is the first Bermuda-qualified lawyer to be based ...

As Bermuda takes the first tentative steps in its phased reopening plan, we review some of the key practical issues that employers must address as and when they are ready to welcome employees back into the workplace. The cornerstone of any return to ...

Law firm Walkers acted as offshore counsel to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd on three separate significant financing transactions, equating to $2 billion, this month. It acted as joint Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands counsel to...

The Covid-19 outbreak has transformed the way we operate in all aspects of life, including and especially the way in which businesses function. In response to shelter-in-place measures and social-distancing restrictions, most companies have implemen...

Carey Olsen Bermuda partner Keith Robinson has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Actec is a trusts and estates lawyer organisation in the United States, with fellows in all 50 states as well as from 16 othe...