Robert J C Farrell

Robert is a Partner based in Loeb Smith’s office in the Cayman Islands. Robert relocated to the Cayman Islands from the UK in 2021 where he practiced as a Banking & Finance lawyer for 12 years. Robert now advises on a broad range of matters covering corporate (including M&A) commercial, banking & finance, investment funds, crypto and securities investment business matters.

In addition to his legal qualifications, Robert also has qualifications from the London School of Economics & Political Science in Real Estate Economics and Finance.

Unlike many lawyers, Robert can ‘evaluate the numbers’, enabling him to provide advice in a commercially relevant context.

Prediction markets have become an increasingly prominent part of the digital asset and decentralised finance landscape.

Offshore trusts have never operated in a vacuum. A Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands trust holding assets for a family with roots in mainland China has always had to function alongside the tax and regulatory regime of the settlor’s home jurisdiction, even where the trust itself is…

The rapid development of the digital assets space and Web 3.0 ecosystem over the last 10 years has meant that courts around the world have been faced with an ever-increasing number of disputes in this space. This includes the courts in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”). The cases…