Mondaq 21 November 2002 The confusion inherent in the title of this article characterises the flawed thinking that has surrounded the central issue from inception: the need for high tax jurisdictions to obtain greater and uniform transparency for all cross-border
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Read MoreIFLR 1 December 1999 The Cayman Islands are a UK Overseas Territory and one of the largest banking centres in the world. The Islands are home to some 575 bank and trust licensees, including nearly all of the world’s top
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Anthony Travers, OBE, is the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, former Chairman of Cayman Finance and former President of the Cayman Islands Law Society.
Having qualified at Clifford –Turner in 1975, he spent his thirty year legal career years with leading offshore law firm Maples and Calder where he served as Senior Partner and a Managing Partner for over twenty years both in Cayman and in various foreign offices that he established for the firm.