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Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs has announced a six-month extension of the period for the statutory non-public filing of (i) the register of members...

Effective 1 January 2025, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and General Registry have implemented updated government fees for various services.

This Carey Olsen bitesize guide is designed to provide a snapshot of the steps that should be taken in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman in connection with the appointment of a fixed charge receiver or Law of Property Act 1925.

The fees charged to BVI Business Companies by the Registry of Corporate Affairs are to increase following the first substantive review since the BVI Business Companies Act came into force in 2005.

The fees charged to BVI Business Companies by the Registry of Corporate Affairs are to increase following the first substantive review since the BVI Business Companies Act came into force in 2005.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has handed down judgment in the case of Chu v Lau [2020] UKPC 24 (on appeal from the British Virgin Islands) on 12 October 2020.

Harneys is advising clients that there are new regulations governing the use of restricted company names in the British Virgin Islands.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has enacted useful enhancements to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime to enable the reliance on electronic innovations to expedite the verification of customers' identity.

Effective December 1, 2015, the British Virgin Islands Registry of Corporate Affairs will be offering premium services.

During these uncertain and changing times, we would like to reassure you of our continued support and provide an update on the operation of the BVI Corporate Registry and our BVI office.

It is time to start planning the liquidation of those entities that have reached the end of their life cycle, to ensure that unnecessary Registry fees are not incurred.

The BVI is well known as a jurisdiction of choice for company law due to its corporate flexibility, transactional certainty and protection for third parties dealing with BVI business companies.

Recent cases out of the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court deal with issues including third party costs and the applicability of Black Swan freezing relief in support of foreign derivative claims.

Winding up proceedings brought on just and equitable grounds relating to BVI companies will not be caught by an exclusive jurisdiction clause contained in a shareholders agreement.

The BVI Financial Services Commission has as of December 24, 2025 approved an extension of the period during which existing entities formed prior to January 2, 2025...

In the recent case of FHL v LTC & 5 others BVI HC (COM) 2020/0048 the BVI Commercial Court granted a wider Norwich Pharmacal relief, requiring disclosure not only from several Registered Agents...

The BVI is expected to enact legislation to implement a networked database of beneficial ownership interests in companies incorporated or domiciled in the jurisdiction.

O'Neal Webster advised Fredonia Management Limited on the listing of its gold and silver exploration business on the Toronto Venture Exchange by way of a three-cornered BVI statutory merger.