The ability of public companies to conduct virtual shareholder meetings has received significant attention in 2020 following the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus that resulted in numerous jurisdictions around the world imposing restrictions that prevent in person meetings and impede travel. Recognizing the uncertainty that these restrictions placed on 2020 annual shareholder meetings, the U.S. […]
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Emergency Measures Available to Marshall Islands Shipowners in Light of COVID-19
COVID-19 has upended the ways in which business is conducted around the world, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (and other prominent flag jurisdictions) have made necessary changes to accommodate those transactions that traditionally required production of originals or in-person interaction. Pursuant to the Guideline promulgated by the Republic in April 2020: For the […]
The Marshall Islands Corporate Registry Releases Compliance Update
The Marshall Islands Corporate Registry released a compliance update on March 5, 2020 wherein it summarized certain key developments relating to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) evaluations, Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) evaluations, and updates on removal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands from blacklists by the European Union and France. These […]
Marshall Islands Economic Substance Regulations
What is it? The Marshall Islands, among various other jurisdictions, promulgated economic substance regulations (“ESR”) that generally came into effect during 2019. Generally, the ESR requires certain legal persons (i.e., a “relevant entity” under the ESR) conducting certain activities in the Marshall Islands have sufficient economic substance in the Marshall Islands. Why is it there? […]
Marshall Islands Adoption of Cross-Border Insolvency Statute
The Republic of Marshall Islands (the “Marshall Islands”) has passed an Act (the “Act”) implementing the U.N. Commission on Internal Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (the “Model Law”). The Act is intended to implement effective mechanisms for dealing with issues related to cross-border insolvency proceedings and encourages cooperation and coordination between jurisdictions. […]