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Anyhow, pity the sad cadre of {{tag|London}}-bound lawyers who commission Cayman [[SPV]]s and then have to review their salty board minutes<ref>Properly dirty these are. I couldn’t begin to tell you.</ref> generated by these philanderers, who spend long London evenings staring out into the dank gloom, longing for the exotic spice of island life. But is anyone ever going to stump up to let you actually ''go'' out there? Like even to conduct [[due diligence]]? That would be prudent, right? | Anyhow, pity the sad cadre of {{tag|London}}-bound lawyers who commission Cayman [[SPV]]s and then have to review their salty board minutes<ref>Properly dirty these are. I couldn’t begin to tell you.</ref> generated by these philanderers, who spend long London evenings staring out into the dank gloom, longing for the exotic spice of island life. But is anyone ever going to stump up to let you actually ''go'' out there? Like even to conduct [[due diligence]]? That would be prudent, right? | ||
Financiers are partial to absurd boondoggles, [[gardening leave]]; [[corporate entertainment]] and [[Business day convention|conferences in exotic locales]], but even | Financiers are partial to absurd boondoggles, [[gardening leave]]; [[corporate entertainment]] and [[Business day convention|conferences in exotic locales]], but even they have limits and you, sir, are not swanning off to the Caribbean just to “check the place out”. Not even for the good of [[Firm - FCA Rulebook Term|the Firm]]<ref>See what I did there?</ref>. | ||
The closest you will get is when the corporate service providers out | The closest you will get is when the corporate service providers out in paradise send you their annual thank-you for your custom over the year. By time-honoured tradition they do this by means of an air-mailed Tortuga [[Cayman Islands rum cake]]. | ||
This may seem meagre compensation but just wait till you taste some of that bad boy. It’s amazing. It may arrive looking like it's been pummelled by baggage handlers at every luggage on the Florida keys, and in fairness it probably has, but boy it tastes great. Even if you don't like rum. | |||
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