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Martin Byers

Partner, Head of Regulatory Practice - Cayman Islands · Appleby

Cayman IslandsRegulatory, Corporate

About

Martin Byers is Partner and Head of the Regulatory Practice in the Cayman Islands at Appleby, advising financial institutions, multinational corporations, insurers, technology companies, governments, regulators, asset managers, private equity sponsors, investment funds, administrators and other clients on regulatory and compliance matters, including regulatory aspects of the formation, management, operation and termination of Cayman vehicles. He is a financial services regulatory specialist with extensive experience on licensing, registration and approval requirements, reporting and information-exchange obligations (including FATCA, CRS, CbCR and CARF), economic substance, corporate governance, beneficial ownership transparency, sanctions, on-site compliance inspections, administrative fines, regulatory enforcement and AML/CFT matters.

Practice areas

RegulatoryCorporateFinancial Services RegulationComplianceInvestment FundsAML & Sanctions

Office

Expertise

Financial institutionsInsurersTechnology companiesGovernments & regulatorsAsset managersPrivate equity sponsorsInvestment fundsReporting regimes (FATCA, CRS, CbCR, CARF)Economic substanceCorporate governanceBeneficial ownership transparencyRegulatory enforcement & on-site inspectionsAML/CFTSanctions

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (trained at Slaughter and May)