The Lawyer 29 March 2004 The Parmalat scandal led some to point the finger at the Cayman Islands. Anthony Travers puts the case for the defence As with the BCCI and Enron scandals before it, the Parmalat affair is generating
Read MoreAugust 04, 2003 After several years of legislative changes to improve standards of transparency in the offshore financial centers–many of which have established regulatory frameworks that far exceed that applicable in most OECD jurisdictions –recognition of these improvements is long
Read MoreThe Lawyer 9 June 2003 Different countries have different priorities when it comes to international tax information exchange. Anthony Travers says the OECD is keeping a watchful eye on the offshore world During the past five years, offshore jurisdictions have
Read More21 March 2003 The publication of the report “Towards a Level Playing Field”1 prepared by the influential international law firm, Stikeman Elliott, provides a welcome and timely opportunity to pause and analyse more objectively certain of the assumptions that underpin
Read MoreLegal Week 28 November 2002 The publication in August of the report Towards a Level Playing Field, prepared by the international law firm Stikeman Elliott, provides a timely opportunity to analyse more objectively some assumptions underpinning the initiatives of the
Read MoreMondaq 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
Read MoreLegal Week 25 October 2001 After a rigorous three-year process, in July the Cayman Islands emerged with a clear understanding on the Organisation for Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Harmful Tax Competition initiative, its zero tax regime intact, and its money
Read MoreThe Lawyer 28 May 2001 Where precisely do the Cayman Islands stand now that the dust has settled following the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) and the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering’s (FATF) supranational initiatives on
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
Read MoreInternational Financial Law Review 1998 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
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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.