Appleby Global Group Services
| Appleby Global Group Services Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1898 |
| Seat | Douglas (Isle of Man) |
| management | Michael O'Connell (Managing Partner) |
| Branch | Commercial and tax law |
| Website | www.applebyglobal.com |
Appleby Global Group Services Limited is a global legal services company based in Douglas on the Isle of Man . Appleby says it has 470 employees worldwide, including 60 partners.
history
The company was founded in 1898 as a private law firm by Major Reginald Appleby in the Bermuda Islands. Appleby in its current form was created through the merger of the law firm Hunter & Hunter from Bermuda, Appleby Spurling Kemp , and the law firm Hunter & Hunter from Cayman Islands in April 2004 and the subsequent mergers with the Jersey-based company Bailhache Labesse in September 2006.
Appleby announced the merger with Dickinson Cruickshank & Co. in the Isle of Man on June 15, 2008 , making it the largest offshore law firm in the world with 73 partners and 200 attorneys.
The fiduciary division was sold in 2015 and has been trading as Estera ever since.
Business activity
The company specializes in business law and investor advice and offers a wide range of services for letterbox companies .
Branches
- Hamilton , Bermuda
- George Town , Cayman Islands
- Port Louis , Mauritius
- Mahé , Seychelles
- Road Town , British Virgin Islands ( British Overseas Territory )
- Douglas , Isle of Man , Crown possession of the British Crown
- Saint Peter Port , Guernsey , Crown possession of the British Crown
- Saint Helier , Jersey , Crown possession of the British Crown
- Hong Kong , People's Republic of China
- Shanghai , People's Republic of China
Paradise Papers
Paradise Papers are confidential documents from the law firm and offshore service provider Appleby and the smaller trust company Asiaciti Trust from Singapore. In thousands of cases, they represent the tax avoidance and tax evasion businesses of some of the world's largest multinational corporations and billionaires through obfuscation, splitting and money laundering. For this purpose, letterbox companies were founded and tax havens were used. The analyzed documents contain data sets on more than 120 heads of state and government and politicians from 47 countries, including the British Queen Elizabeth II and US Secretary of Commerce and multi-billionaire Wilbur Ross .
The research results were simultaneously made public worldwide on November 5, 2017 by journalists from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The reporters involved evaluated 13.4 million documents, including 6.8 million confidential documents from a data breach by the law firm.
Web links
- Official website of the law firm Appleby (English)