In recent years and in the wake of the global financial crisis, international financial centers have faced unprecedented political and regulatory pressure.

Like a low budget horror film, the "Alfa v Cukurova" litigation seems to have an inexhaustible supply of sequels.

Thinking of buying or selling a home in the British Virgin Islands?

The BVI has gazetted legislation which has come into force on 31 December 2019, introducing a supervisory regime for closed-ended funds.

From 1 January 2023, under amendments to the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Business Companies Act (As Revised) (the "Act") in the BVI, at least one of the voluntary liquidators appointed by BVI companies...

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") offers a streamlined and cost-effective solution through its Approved Fund Product.

As policymakers in Brussels continue to advance a harmonised approach to restructuring and insolvency...

In a series of decisions before the BVI Commercial Court and Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, the liquidators of Fairfield have suffered significant reversals in their claims against investors.

I wanted to write a post on the continuing obligations for BVI funds because if you are thinking of launching a fund in the BVI, knowing what your obligations will be is essential.

Two funds, an offshore and domestic US fund, are established and both are managed in exactly the same way.

This Article examines in summary whether EU-based subsidiaries of the sanctioned Russian state-owned entities listed in Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014 (Regulation 833)

Private Equity Funds and Fund of Funds in China, also known as ‘Sunshine Funds', are growing rapidly. In this guest post, my colleague and Managing Partner of Harneys Shanghai Kristy Calvert explores the reasons behind this trend.

Passporting is currently only available for EU Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) managed by EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs).

The European Union is never happier than when it is changing a sovereign country's laws for it.

According to the 2011 Q1 edition of Assembling value, a quarterly report by PricewaterhouseCoopers on global merger and acquisition ("M&A") activity in the industrial manufacturing industry, there has been an increase of 157 percent in volume and 622 percent in value over the same period in 2010 with an average M&A deal now valued at $500 million.

The Business Licensing Act, 2022, which supplements the BVI Investment Act passed in 2021, has recently been enacted (August 2022). These two acts collectively aim to increase...

In relation to a secured party enforcing its rights under a mortgage or charge of shares in a BVI company, the secured party will typically exercise its rights under BVI law to sell the shares or to appoint a receiver in respect of them.

この記事では、英領ヴァージン諸島（BVI）において、**承認マネージャー制度（Approved Manager Regime）**のもとでトークン化された投資ファンドを設立すること&#

For many years the trust industry has used Private Trust Companies (PTCs) in situations in which a family trust or group of family trusts was involved.

There are now four major offshore multinational law firms with dedicated trust and private client departments in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), three of whom have established trust and private client departments in one or more other offshore jurisdictions.