Robert Searle

News

• Campbells advised ChinaAMC Core Value Bond Fund SP on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel for ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II on the listing of its segregated portfolio, ChinaAMC Core Value Bond Fund SP, on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. This transaction marks the sixth successful listing we have completed for ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II in the past 12 months.

• Campbells contributes to record CSX performance in 2025

  The CSX delivered another strong year in 2025 and Campbells is proud to be the largest referrer of Funds listings from Hong Kong.

• Campbells advises ChinaAMC Core Income Bond Fund SP on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel for ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II on the listing of its segregated portfolio, ChinaAMC Core Income Bond Fund SP, on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells advised ChinaAMC Frontier Select Bond Fund SP on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel for ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II on the listing of its segregated portfolio, ChinaAMC Frontier Select Bond Fund SP, on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells further expands Hong Kong office premises

  Effective 12 January 2026, our Hong Kong office will further expand its office premises.

• Campbells advised ChinaAMC on the listing of two segregated portfolios on the CSX

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel for ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II on the listing of two segregated portfolios, ChinaAMC Stable Growth Bond Fund SP and ChinaAMC Stable Yield Bond Fund SP, on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells advised CICC on the listing of one of its segregated portfolios on the CSX

  Our Hong Kong office has acted as the Cayman Islands legal counsel of CICC Offshore Investments SPC in connection with the listing of its shares on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells advises Da Cheng Global Diversified Investment Segregated Portfolio on its CSX listing

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel for Da Cheng Global Diversified Investment Segregated Portfolio in connection with the listing of its shares on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Caribbean Regulatory Update – Q2 2025

  The Q2 Regulatory Update provides an overview of the main legal developments in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands from 1 April to 30 June 2025.

• Campbells advised ChinaAMC Diversified Fixed Income SP on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Campbells acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to ChinaAMC Segregated Portfolio Company II on the listing of its segregated portfolio, ChinaAMC Diversified Fixed Income SP, on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Caribbean Regulatory Update – Q4 2024

  The Q4 Regulatory Update provides an overview of the main legal developments in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands from 1 October to 31 December 2024.

• Caribbean Regulatory Update – Q3 2024

  The Q3 Regulatory Update provides an overview of the main legal developments in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands from 1 July to 30 September 2024.

• Campbells advised Zhong Ou International Diversified Fund SPC on its CSX listing

  Our Hong Kong office has acted as the Cayman Islands legal counsel of Zhong Ou Dynamic Fixed Income Fund SP I in connection with the listing of its Class A Shares on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells acts for ADM Capital in forming strategic partnership with Seviora Holdings

  Campbells Hong Kong is pleased to have advised ADM Capital, Hong Kong, on forming a strategic partnership with Seviora.

• Campbells advised ChinaAMC Selected Bond Fund on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Our Hong Kong office has acted as the Cayman Islands legal counsel of ChinaAMC Selected Bond Fund in connection with the listing of four (4) share classes on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells advised E Fund (HK) Strategic Return Fund on its listing on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  Our Hong Kong office has acted as the Cayman Islands legal counsel of ChinaAMC Selected Bond Fund in connection with the listing of four (4) share classes on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

• Campbells advised ADM Capital on its convertible loan facility to Square Yards, India’s largest integrated real estate platform

  Campbells acted as British Virgin Islands legal counsel to ADM Capital on its convertible loan facility to Square Yards, India’s largest integrated real estate platform.

• Campbells LLP advised on the listing of E Fund (HK) Yield Enhanced Bond Fund I on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

  On 3 June 2021, E Fund (HK) Yield Enhanced Bond Fund I (the “Fund”), an open-ended Cayman Islands fund, was admitted to the Official List of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (the “CSX”).

Articles

• Hurricane season: Practical solutions for Cayman Islands funds

  This article discusses how Cayman funds and their investors can manage situations involving sanctioned investors and CIMA notifications following regulatory or other administrative action by foreign regulators.

Client Advisories

• BVI Professional Fund – The most popular BVI investment funds product

  The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) is one of the leading offshore investment funds jurisdictions, attracting investment managers and investors worldwide. BVI investment fund structures are well known in the industry and very flexible allowing investment managers to tailor their offering to the needs of investors.

• Update – CIMA Prudential Information Survey

  The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has launched the new Prudential Information Survey, which must be completed and submitted by all entities registered with CIMA as Registered Persons under the Securities Investment Business Act (Revised) (SIBA).

• Upcoming key changes to the Cayman Islands Companies Act

  Robert Searle, James McKeon and Peter Alphart discuss amendments to Companies Act, effective on 1 January 2026. The update will further enhance Cayman’s competitive edge as an international financial services market.

• Campbells’ Guide to the 2024 BVI Business Companies Act Amendments

  Demonstrating its commitment to ensuring that its financial services industry is aligned with international best practices, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 which makes various amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act (as revised), was published in the BVI Gazette on 26 September 2024. 

• Changes to the Cayman Islands beneficial ownership regime

  The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 and the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 were brought into force on 31 July 2024, with enforcement relating to the new requirements under the Act commencing on 1 January 2025.

• Deadline approaching to file the BVI Annual Financial Return

  Every BVI company is required to file with its registered agent an annual financial return within 9 months of either the company’s calendar year or, if the company’s financial year is not a calendar year, the company’s financial year.

• Amendments to the Cayman Islands Companies Act

  The purposes of the Amendment Act is to make innovative commercial enhancements to the Companies Act; however, it has been gazetted, but is not yet in force.

• New deregistration rules for Cayman Islands regulated funds

  CIMA has recently issued an updated rule and regulatory procedure in respect of the cancellation of licenses or certificates of registration for regulated mutual funds and registered private funds respectively.

• Implications of the BVI Data Protection Act for Investment Funds

  The Data Protection Act, 2021 (the “Act”) was brought into force in the BVI with immediate effect on 9 July 2021 and introduces, for the first time in the British Virgin Islands, a legislative framework for data protection based on a set of internationally recognised privacy principles.  The Act provides that its objects are to: - safeguard personal data processed by public bodies and private bodies by balancing the necessity of processing the personal data and protecting personal data from unlawful processing; and - promote transparency and accountability in the processing of personal data.

• Cayman Islands and BVI Economic Substance requirements extended to Partnerships

  In line with ongoing commitments given by the Cayman Islands, regulations came into force in the Cayman Islands on 30 June 2021, expanding the categories of entities that are now in scope for the purposes of the Economic Substance regime to all types of partnerships (including general partnerships, exempted limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships).