Over the past 12-18 months we have seen a marked increase in the number of BVI statutory fair value appraisals as a result of minority shareholders...

The BVI Government has enacted a measure which exempts various categories of people from the need to obtain work permits.

Further to the update we sent in late October regarding the enhancement of the anti-money laundering regime in the British Virgin Islands...

In the recent decision in Re Klimvest Plc [2022] EWHC 596 (Ch), HHJ Cawson QC, sitting as a Judge of the English High Court, ordered that the respondent company, Klimvest, be wound up on just and equitable grounds ...

Two and a half years after VTB Bank filed a US$ 30 million claim in the BVI Commercial Court against Withers BVI client Alexander Katunin for enforcement of a Russian default judgment...

BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC) has issued a reminder to BVI companies whose financial year is a calendar year that the 9-month extension for filing initial annual financial returns (annual returns)...

The new section 118B of the BVI BCA requires that a copy of a company's ROD be filed with the Registrar.

A frequent part of Walkers' practice in the Finance Group involves reviewing the register of directors ("ROD") of BVI companies to verify who can authorise those companies to participate in various transactions.

Corporate guarantees are commonly provided by British Virgin Islands (BVI) companies. The BVI statutory regime makes the provision of such guarantees simple and efficient.

This concise guide discusses the Cayman Islands Companies Law requirements relating to the registration of security interests over the assets of a Cayman Islands exempted company.

The principles of English common law and equity form part of British Virgin Islands (BVI) law and would be applied by the BVI's courts, except to the extent that they have been modified by statute.

British Virgin Islands ("BVI") companies now have to file an annual return with their registered agent setting out certain financial information, unless they are exempt.

Whilst many individuals are aware of the importance of succession planning to preserve continuity and stability in the transfer of assets upon death, such planning is often hindered by concerns over the high cost of establishing a robust trust structure.

The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) has recently recognised Asia-based Fusang Exchange Ltd as its first digital securities and asset exchange.

Statutory demands in the British Virgin Islands have long been a useful option for creditors of defaulting companies.

Disclosure orders constitute a very powerful weapon for the tracking down and recovery of assets.

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has delivered two decisions that have continued the protection afforded by the BVI Commercial Court to shareholders in Nam Tai Property Inc...

"Final" decisions of the BVI Court come with an automatic right of appeal to the ECSC Court of Appeal (CoA), whereas "interlocutory"...

Ogier's Nicholas Brookes has been part of the team that successfully defended a high-profile and long-running BVI trusts dispute that was fought all the way to the Privy Council.

The British Virgin Islands’ Government has introduced, in its new corporate legislation, innovative new rules addressing conflicts of interest issues for directors in joint ventures.