Jersey: Financial Services

Jersey SPVs combine tax neutrality, flexible corporate governance, and regulatory clarity to create compelling vehicles for co-investment structures. This analysis explores how Jersey's modernised company law, professional infrastructure, and operational efficiency provide distinct advantages for family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and sophisticated sponsors seeking targeted investment exposure without traditional fund complexity.

The Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026 significantly relaxes COBO requirements, reducing the need for JFSC consent across many structures. It simplifies unit trust...

The Jersey Courts maintain the island's reputation as an international finance centre through their approach to freezing injunctions and asset preservation. This article examines how Jersey balances international comity with jurisdictional restraint, exploring when courts will grant freezing orders in aid of foreign proceedings, the treatment of worldwide freezing orders from foreign courts, and the unique protections afforded by Jersey trust structures and firewall provisions.

If a service provider provides certain services that fall within the scope of the FSJL then, it must meet certain regulatory and registration requirements.

You'll find the answer to this question in a recent episode of ‘The Long-Short' podcast, produced by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), featuring Jersey Finance's Head of Funds, Elliot Refson.

On 8 December 2025, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (“JFSC”) published a consultation (“Consultation”) in relation to revising the JFSC’s ‘Guidelines on the interpretation of Article 36 of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999’.

For more than 50 years, Jersey has been at the forefront of the international financial services sector and has built a reputation as a world-class leader in the establishment of Investment Funds.

Corporate skeletons can make for costly surprises. This article outlines a framework and recommendations for each stage of an acquisition to safeguard the integrity of the transaction and the future stability...

When considering an application to serve out of the jurisdiction, if a contractual agreement exists with respect to jurisdiction, the court will not re-weigh factors which were foreseeable in assessing whether the Cayman Islands is the most appropriate jurisdiction, absent exceptional, unforeseen circumstances.