Practical Guidance Sources - Offshore Financial Transactions in the Cayman Islands - Research Guide - Research Guides at Texas A&M University School of Law

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While many legal research resources have traditionally been geared toward litigation-based areas of practice, helpful print and online research tools are now increasingly available for transactional lawyers as well. Authored by attorneys on the "front-line" of financial law practice, these research tools can assist the transactional lawyer forming a business or doing a deal.

Helpful practitioner-authored resources include:

Business and finance dictionaries and glossaries clarify unfamiliar terms.
Practitioner-oriented treatises examine the legal and business context of transactions.
Drafting guides describe various types of agreements and clauses and explain their usage.
Sample documents (“forms” and “precedents”) facilitate the drafting process, and checklists ensure that all steps in a transaction have been completed.
Newsletters and blogs keep transactional lawyers up-to-date on legal and business news and recent deals.

These resources are most commonly found in commercial legal databases. Additionally, many global law firms specializing in financial and transactional law list helpful "how-to" resources and practitioner-authored commentary on current events in the law.

Practical Guidance Hubs - Commercial Databases

Recently, Lexis and Westlaw incorporated practical guidance portals, which each company advertises as one-stop shops for all your transactional research needs.

See the Lexis Practice Advisor and Westlaw's Practical Law pages in this guide for more details.

Offshore Finance Law Firms

Abbleby
As an offshore law firm, Appleby lawyers advise on the principal areas of corporate, dispute resolution, property, regulatory and private client and trusts. Check the "Publications" section to find commentary on current events in the law.
Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen is an offshore law firm serving clients in Jersey, Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. The site’s Publications section contains a number of articles relating to legal developments in those jurisdictions.
Harneys
Harneys is a law firm providing international corporate and legal services related to the Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus and Anguilla. The Publications area of its website provides articles, legal updates, guides and webinars pertaining to these jurisdictions.
Mouranto Zannes
Mourant Ozannes is an offshore law firm with offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Hong Kong and London. Articles and short “Client Briefings” on matters relating to the four offshore jurisdictions may be found in the site’s Publications section.
Ogier
The law firm Ogier has offices in various locations including Jersey, Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Information on legal developments particularly in those four jurisdictions is provided in the News & Publications section of the site, mostly in the form of case summaries and client briefings.
Walkers
Walkers is an offshore law firm with offices in the Cayman Islands (where the firm was founded), British Virgin Islands, London, Guernsey, Jersey, Dubai, Dublin (Ireland), Hong Kong and Singapore. The “Media” section of its web site contains articles on a wide range of subjects written from the perspective of those jurisdictions.

Offshore Financial Transactions in the Cayman Islands - Research Guide: Practical Guidance Sources

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Practical Guidance Hubs - Commercial Databases

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