Caribbean - Cayman Islands

Carey Olsen

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Carey Olsen provides comprehensive advice to global financial institutions, investment funds, fund administrators and fintech companies on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues. The practice houses a team of experienced lawyers including Richard Munden, who focuses on the tech sector and virtual assets; Jarrod Farley, who is noted for advising on the establishment of both regulated and unregulated investment funds; and ‘phenomenal’ counsel Chris Duncan, who has recently been involved in several registration applications under the VASP Act.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Team is composed of experts on Cayman blockchain and financial law. This allows them to immediately engage with innovative solutions that have novel issues.’

  • ‘Chris Duncan is phenomenal as the key lawyer on our matters. He gives tailored, business-oriented advice without compromising on what the law actually says or requires. Rare to get business executable advice from external counsel, but Chris always provides it.'

Key clients

  • Mauve Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Mauve on its novel application for registration under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (VASP) to operate a permissioned, decentralised exchange for trading of crypto assets.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jarrod Farley

Other key lawyers

Richard Munden, Chris Duncan