Francis Grey

Corporate Services

FG Services Limited (F/G) provides a full range of corporate administration services to Cayman Islands exempted and local companies and partnerships.

F/G’s experienced corporate administrators work alongside the corporate attorneys of its affiliated law firm, FrancisGrey, to provide efficient and quality service to its clients.

F/G provides the following general corporate administration services:

• Formation services for local and exempted companies and exempted limited partnerships
• Registered Office Services
• Convening and holding, as required, all meetings of the board of directors (and any committees thereof) and of members (shareholders), record minutes of such meetings and prepare and circulate written resolutions when required.
• Effect share issuances, transfers and redemptions in accordance with the bye-laws and statutory requirements.
• Make applications to and file statutory documents with Cayman regulatory authorities as may be necessary.
• Liaise with members, directors and other authorised representatives of the client company and with the client company’s bankers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisers as necessary.
• Custody and maintenance of the minute book and common seal.
• Maintain the share register and the register of directors and officers.
• Maintain Register of Beneficial Owners as required;
• Custody of all pertinent corporate documents.
• Boardroom and other support facilities at F/G’s offices for the holding of meetings of the client company.

Dispute Resolution

Our attorneys represent individuals and businesses in initiating and defending claims before the Courts and other tribunals. We also advise clients on risk management and create strategies to minimize potential litigation. In each matter, we closely examine the viability of alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation so as to achieve our clients’ objectives.

Our dispute resolution team provides assistance in the following areas:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation and negotiation)
• Commercial Disputes
• Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes
• Property and Planning Disputes
• Shareholder and Corporate Disputes
• Employment and Labour Law
• Judicial Review of administrative actions
• Intellectual Property Disputes
• Debt Recovery and Enforcement
• Insurance and Personal Injury claims (motor vehicle accidents, workplace incidents; injuries at public and private establishments)
• Professional Negligence

Family Law

Our Family Law specialists offer strategic advice and representation to families and individuals on personal legal issues. We provide assistance   with all aspects of family law including asset protection, issues that arise on the breakdown of relationships and matters related to the welfare of children.  We create strategies tailored to our clients’ personal circumstances and work diligently to advise our clients of all options available to them and advise on the practicality and viability of resolving issues through discrete negotiation, mediation or the Courts.

We represent clients on a wide range of family law issues, including:

• Divorce and Separation
• Dissolution of Civil Partnerships
• Division of assets of the marriage and civil partnerships
• Financial Support and Spousal Maintenance
• Domestic Violence: protection orders and occupation orders
• Asset Protection – Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
• Separation Agreements
• All aspects of children’s law including: parental responsibility, child care and custody, child maintenance, child relocation and adoption
• Incapacity and Guardianship Orders for Adults.

Intellectual Property

FrancisGrey advises on the registration, commercialisation, licensing, development and distribution  of patents, trademark and copyright as well as optimal structures to manage Intellectual Property rights.

We prosecute rights in relation to, copyright, domain names, trademarks, service marks, confidential information, trade secrets and new technologies.

The firm’s associated corporate services arm, FG Services Limited is a licensed patent and trade mark agent in the Cayman Islands.

FrancisGrey is a member of The International Trademark Association (INTA).

Trusts & Private Wealth

Our Trusts and Private Wealth Practice group provides advice to trustees, high net worth individuals, and institutions on all aspects of Cayman Islands Trusts Law including:

• Formation, maintenance and administration of private, charitable and purpose trusts
• Commercial Trusts
• Asset Protection Trusts
• Private Trust Companies
• Regulation of Trusts and Fiduciaries