BERMUDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Steven Rees Davies, Kyle Masters, Charissa Ball and Alexandra Fox, Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm ad - vising financial institutions, corporations and private clients on Bermuda, British Virgin Is - lands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law from a network of nine international offices. Carey Olsen works alongside all of the major onshore law firms, accountancy firms and in - solvency practitioners on corporate transac - tions and matters involving its jurisdictions. The firm is at the forefront of offshore regulatory and commercial advice and has the expertise to deal with regulatory and compliance require - ments effectively and efficiently and to provide
innovative solutions in relation to the technology used to support or enable banking and financial services. Carey Olsen has excellent relation - ships with the regulators in its jurisdictions. The team advises on the regulation of token sales and other virtual asset-related transactions, the regulation of fintech businesses, company in - corporations (including advising on the benefits of offshore jurisdictions), shareholder agree - ments, mining and pool agreements, joint ven - ture agreements, money exchange regulation, fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency-related taxation and disputes.
Authors
Steven Rees Davies is a partner at Carey Olsen, with specific experience in corporate governance, finance securities, regulatory compliance, M&A and restructuring. A recognised
Kyle Masters is a partner in Carey Olsen’s Bermuda office and has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance law, internal and external risk mitigation, corporate
specialist in the digital asset sector, Steven worked with the Bermuda government and other key stakeholders in the introduction and development of Bermuda’s digital asset legal and regulatory regime, and represents a significant number of digital asset companies headquartered (or with operations) in Bermuda. He also has particular expertise in the wider technology, telecommunications and energy sectors, with experience in representing clients in local and cross-jurisdictional corporate and regulatory transactions and restructurings, including complex multinational joint ventures and public and private offerings.
governance, enforcement actions and business strategy. Kyle has appeared as an advocate in the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, undertaking a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation. He has particular expertise in regulatory matters, including telecommunications and energy law, employment law, and general corporate disputes. Kyle was called to the Bar in 2009 and joined the Bermuda Regulatory Authority in 2013 as a senior legal adviser, before joining a major telecommunications operator as head of strategy and regulation in 2016.
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