The Legal 500

Harneys has strengthened its position in Cyprus and is now among the top 4 law firms in the country, according to the latest edition of Chambers Europe, published last week.

Harneys is the 2012 recipient of the Legal Excellence Award in the Latin American market.

Harneys is pleasesd to announce the further strengthening of its Cayman transactional capacity in Hong Kong with the hiring of experienced partner Timothy Bridges.

Harneys is pleased to announce the significant expansion of its global Cayman Islands team with several new appointments.

Harney Westwood & Riegels has again earned top-tier ranking in the British Virgin Islands from Chambers & Partners while the firm’s practices in Cyprus and the Cayman Islands each gained a position.

Monday, 19 March 2012 - International offshore law firm Harneys hasadded a Cayman Islands funds partner to its London office.

Internationaloffshore law firm Harneys reaffirmed its commitment to the British Virgin Islands at a reception Wednesday evening to launch British Virgin Islands Commercial Law, thefirst and only textbook focussing exclusively on BVI law and practice.

Harneys is pleased to announce that London funds and transactional partner Jonathan Culshaw will be relocating to the firm's Hong Kong office on 9 January 2012.

Harneys is pleased to announce the publication of British Virgin Islands Commercial Law, the first and only textbook focussing exclusively on BVI law and practice.

November 2, 2011  

International offshore law firm Harneys has added private equity specialist Natalie Bell to its investment funds team in the British Virgin Islands.

October 31, 2011

Leading international offshore law firm Harneys has appointed former XXIV Old Buildings barrister David Herbert to lead its growing Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency team.

Leading international offshore law firm Harneys has boosted its finance and corporate departments in London with a significant new hire.

Leading international offshore law firm Harneys has appointed a head of litigation and restructuring for Asia

Leading international law firm Harneys has just expanded its litigation practice in the Cayman Islands.

Heather Neilson is the latest in a string of recent hires designed to further boost the firm’s capability. She brings to six the number of lawyers in the Cayman litigation department.

On Friday 1 April, the Court of Appeal handed down its much awaited written judgment in Westford Special Situations Fund Limited v Barfield Nominees et al.  The decision has far reaching consequences, not only for BVI funds, but also for all types of BVI corporate vehicles, according to BVI law firm, Harneys which acted for Westford in the matter. The case directly and indirectly dealt with four major issues:-

Mann Vergan, a Massachusetts, New York and England and Wales qualified lawyer with 10 years experience has been appointed to spearhead development of Harneys’ legal practice in Central & Eastern Europe, the CIS and Russia.

International law firm Harneys continues to strengthen its trusts practice with the addition of Lawrie Kearns in the British Virgin Islands. Lawrie joined the firm in March from the offshore tax department of Rooks Rider where he specialised in advising non-UK domiciled individuals on UK and overseas tax planning.

International offshore law firm Harneys increased the number of lawyers in its Hong Kong office with the recent hiring of three new lawyers.

International offshore law firm Harneys has strengthened its trusts practice with the addition of former Boodle Hatfield lawyer Henry Mander.

International offshore law firm Harneys has recruited Michael Mulligan, a solicitor-advocate and specialist in cross border insolvency work.

Harneys further strengthens its Latin American practice with the appointment of a permanent representative in Brazil

International offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels is pleased to announce the opening of its sixth and newest office, in Montevideo, Uruguay.

International law firm Harneys has announced the make up three new partners, bringing the number of partners within the growing firm to 27.  

International offshore law firm Harneys continues to expand its global practice with the recent hiring of six new lawyers.

Leading international law firm Harney Westwood and Riegels has thrown its support behind the establishment of a community based crime fighting initiative in the British Virgin Islands.

9 April 2010 - International offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has formally introduced its new Cyprus office, the latest addition to the firm’s growing international network.

Harneys has again been named the only exclusively top tier law firm in the British Virgin Islands and its practices in the Cayman Islands and Cyprus have received positive reviews in the 2010 Chambers and Partners Global Guide.

The United States’ Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has recognised the liquidation of a Cayman company, Saad Investments Finance Company (No5) Limited (“SIFCO5”) (an SPV established to operate as an investment company), as a “foreign main proceeding” under Chapter 15 of the United States’ Bankruptcy Code.

According to the press release from the FSC, the establishment of the Focus Group is with a view to “making recommendations for legislative revision that are in concert with recent developments in the field and industry.” The FSC sought to bring together both private and public sector leaders and the 8 member Focus Group includes 3 Queen’s Counsels and the FSC’s Director of Corporate Affairs who is also the Registrar of Trade Marks and Patents.

Leading British Virgin Islands law firm Harneys has broken new ground by guiding its client Amber Petroleum Ltd (Amber) to a successful reverse takeover of AIM-listed AfNat Resources Limited (formerly Lithic Metals and Energy Limited) (AfNat) by means of a scheme of arrangement under section 179A of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (BCA).

4 January 2010 - Harneys is pleased to announce the making up of three new partners with effect from 1 January 2010. The new partners are Sarah Dobbyn and Jonathan Law in the firm’s Cayman Islands office and Johann E Henry in the British Virgin Islands.

BVI companies are now able to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange following a decision by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing to place BVI on its list of acceptable jurisdictions under Chapter 19 of the Exchange’s Listing Rules.

Leading offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels announces the addition of Jane Yao, Monica Chu and Tiffany Tang to the firm's cadre in Hong Kong.   

In a move to further strengthen its [Marker]India practice, leading international offshore law firm Harneys today announced the relocation of India Practice Head Chetan Nagendra to its London office.

International offshore law firm Harneys is pleased to announce the recent expansion of its litigation and insolvency department in the British Virgin Islands with the addition of three lawyers including one partner. Global Head of Litigation Phillip Kite said that the expansion will meet growing client demand fuelled in part by the opening of the BVI Commercial Court earlier this year and that it reaffirms Harneys’ position as the leader for litigation in the British Virgin Islands.

International law firm Harneys recently advised the Brazil-based international mining company Vale on a US$942 million offering of mandatorily convertible notes made by its wholly-owned Cayman Islands subsidiary, Vale Capital II.  London-based partner Jonathan Culshaw provided Cayman Islands advice to Vale and Vale Capital II in respect of the notes issue

19 June 2009 - International offshore law firm Harneys recently advised WestLB and Nedbank on a US$37.5 million loan to the Quadra Mining group in connection with the refinancing of the existing project finance facility for the Franke copper mining project in Chile.

Harneys has topped the latest Hemscott tables as the legal advisor with the largest total client market capitalisation among FTSE AIM 100 clients. The firm also rose to the 6th place in the ranking of total AIM client market capitalisation, the highest position garnered by an offshore law firm

Leading offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has recently received noteworthy accolades from ALB China, Asian-Counsel, and Islamic Finance Asia magazines.  

3 March 2009 - Harney Westwood & Riegels has again been named by Chambers and Partners as the only exclusively top tier law firm in the British Virgin Islands.

4 March 2009 - International law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has announced the appointment of Sarah Dobbyn as head of the firm’s Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice. Sarah has more than 20 years of experience in cross-border insolvencies, restructurings and international commercial litigation in both on-shore and off-shore settings.

As a result of the extraordinary recent market conditions the Harneys distressed funds team has been very active, acting for managers, funds and investors. Having been involved in the formation of more than half of all BVI funds, Harneys is involved in advising on the many issues facing the hedge funds industry arising out of the current challenging market conditions. One of the cases we have been involved in recently gives important guidance regarding redeeming shareholders of funds.

A record eight new partners have been made up at leading offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels.

Users of a leading hedge funds website have chosen Harney Westwood & Riegels as the best law firm in the British Virgin Islands.

Leading offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels announces the addition of Jonathan Culshaw and Paul Lau to the firm's partnership.