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Bermudian lawyer Duncan Card has been recognised as a top ranking specialist in telecoms, media and technology by a prestigious listing. Mr Card — the only Bermudian lawyer included — was singled out by the international Who’s Who Legal as a world le...

Law firm Marshall, Diel and Myers has hired two new lawyers. Saul Dismont and Dantae Williams have both joined MDM as associates in the litigation and advice team. MDM said Mr Dismont will focus on his specialised practice in assisting vulnerable peo...

Bermudian lawyer Lilla Zuill is settling into a new life in Hong Kong after being seconded to the Orient by Bermuda law office Harneys. Ms Zuill is to spend a year in the Harneys office on secondment in a bid to build business links between the islan...

Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has appointed Sophia Greaves, Niel Jones and Scott Pearman as directors in the Bermuda office. “Sophia, Niel and Scott are tremendous assets to our Bermuda practice”, said Narinder Hargun, director and co-chairman of t...

Bermudian-based offshore law firm Appleby has won the highest ranking in a prestigious legal directory. The company is one of only two firms to rate a Band 1 in the latest edition of the Global Chambers Guide. Michael O’Connell, Appleby Group managin...

International legal firm Harneys’ Bermuda office has been recognised in the Chambers Global rankings of law firms. The firm was commended in the Chambers survey, joining other Harneys offices in Caymans, the British Virgin lslands, Hong Kong and Lond...

Insurance-linked securities are instruments by which insurance risk is transferred to capital markets. For insurers and reinsurers, ILS represent an alternative to traditional reinsurance and retrocession. The benefits that ILS offer to insurers an...

Former Attorney-General Larry Mussenden has been appointed Bermuda’s new Director of Public Prosecutions, Governor George Fergusson announced yesterday. Mr Mussenden, who was also the Government Senate Leader under the former Progressive Labour Party...

In the recent Budget Statement, the Minister of Finance confirmed that the Bermuda Government’s priority is to eliminate the deficit and that it has a three-year plan to achieve this goal. That statement serves as a reminder that a regular review of...

Recent amendments to partnership legislation in Bermuda, effective in December 2015 (Amendments), allow for greater flexibility in how partnerships conduct business, thereby further strengthening the appeal of Bermuda partnerships for use in private-...

John Grisham’s character, Troy Phelan, in The Testament has a dramatic approach to estate planning. Mr Phelan, an elderly businessman with an estate worth billions had three failed marriages together producing eight children. Most of the children r...

A Bermuda lawyer is to discuss the possible abolition of death taxes at a major international conference tomorrow. Peter Pearman, a director in the private client and trust department of Conyers Dill & Pearman, will examine death taxes being phased o...