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In our last newsletter, we highlighted a number of company law changes made by the new Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2022. These changes are now in effect. By way of reminder...

Exential Investments Inc. (the "Company") formed part of a group of companies (the "Exential Group") that operated a Ponzi scheme between 2011 and 2016.

Ease of operation and flexibility are two of the most attractive features of a BVI business company (BVIBC). However, the death of a shareholder can cause disruption in company ...

In some of its recent decisions the Court of Appeal seems to have adopted a more restrictive line on applications for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. Although the Virgin Islands (Appeals to the Privy Council) Order provides a number of ways to appeal, the main provision for commercial disputes is set out under paragraph 3(1)(a)

Following a process of public consultation in 2011, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 ("Amendment Act"), and accompanying BVI Business Companies Regulations 2012 (the "Regulations"), were introduced into the BVI’s Parliament (the House of Assembly) in May and June 2012, respectively.

BVI business companies are one of the most commonly used offshore vehicles and our expert team frequently advises on the transfer of shares in BVI companies.

BVI business companies are one of the most commonly used offshore vehicles and our expert team frequently advises on the transfer of shares in BVI companies

The BVI Business Companies (Financial Return) Order, 2023 ("Order") was brought into force on 1 January 2023.

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When it comes to trusts and succession planning, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) is a well-established jurisdiction of choice.

Where a person has died and left assets in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), it is not possible to deal with those assets without first obtaining a grant of representation from the relevant local Court.

The BVI Securities and Investment Business Act contains a consolidated version of the British Virgin Islands Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 as amended.

In the recent decision of China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch v Tai Feng Investments Limited, the BVI Commercial Court...

In a judgment handed down on 15 April 2025, Stevanovich v Matthew Richardson and another (as Joint Liquidators of Barrington Capital Group Ltd (in Liquidation) [2025] UKPC 18...

On 1 January 2023 the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Business Companies Act (As Revised) ("BC Act") was updated. BVI companies now have to file a new annual return with their registered agent...

In the first of our new series of corporate snapshots focusing on BVI law, our BVI Corporate and Banking and Finance partner Christian Burns-Di Lauro explains the concept of ostensible authority in the jurisdiction.

British Virgin Islands (BVI) law permits a merger of (i) two or more BVI companies, and (ii) one or more BVI companies with one or more foreign companies...