CAYMAN ISLANDS Law and Practice Contributed by: Simon Thomas, Richard Spencer, Alexandra Clynes and Sayak Bhattacharya Campbells
Cuba
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Contents 1. Trends p.67
1.1 VC Market p.67 1.2 Key Trends p.67 1.3 Key Industries p.67 2. Venture Capital Funds p.68
2.1 Fund Structure p.68 2.2 Fund Economics p.68 2.3 Fund Regulation p.69 2.4 Particularities p.69 3. Investments in Venture Capital Portfolio Companies p.70 3.1 Due Diligence p.70 3.2 Process p.70 3.3 Investment Structure p.71 3.4 Documentation p.72 3.5 Investor Safeguards p.73
3.6 Corporate Governance p.75 3.7 Contractual Protection p.76 4. Government Inducements p.77 4.1 Subsidy Programmes p.77 4.2 Tax Treatment p.78 4.3 Government Endorsement p.78 5. Employment Incentives p.78 5.1 General p.78 5.2 Securities p.79 5.3 Taxation of Instruments p.79 5.4 Implementation p.79 6. Exits p.80 6.1 Investor Exit Rights p.80 6.2 IPO Exits p.81 6.3 Pre-IPO Liquidity p.82 7. Regulation p.82 7.1 Securities Offerings p.82 7.2 Restrictions p.83
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