The Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 came into force last week following its gazettal on Wednesday, 2 July 2014. The new law (the 'Law') is the result of years of consultation with the financial services industry and is designed to make the already popular Exempted Limited Partnership ('ELP') investment vehicle more flexible, easier to establish and to run.
The Law brings Cayman Islands ('Cayman') ELP law in line with changes the Cayman Islands Government made to the Companies Law in 2013 and addresses some practical issues which had become apparent with the old law (for example, there are now simple statutory procedures for existing funds to be re-domiciled to the Cayman Islands) . The changes should help Cayman ELPs dovetail better with Delaware fund structures, and particularly benefit those managers and investors who use Cayman vehicles in parallel fund structures with Delaware investment vehicles. Other changes give partners greater control over their commercial arrangements, including more flexibility on how they structure their partnership (for example a non-Cayman Islands partnership can now be a General Partner).
For a more detailed assessment of the benefits the Law brings to fund managers, lenders, investors and creditors read here:
Cayman's ELP Law just got better
