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The Republic of Cyprus issued its latest decree pertaining to the relaxation of restrictive measures on 20 September.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is the world’s leading corporate domicile, with approximately 454,000 active companies and over 500 active limited partnerships.

On 12 November 2025, the BVI's Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in a complex inter-family dispute concerning valuable shares (the APIC Shares)...

Two recent US cases in New York have provided some useful insights into the treatment by the US Courts in New York of applications made under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code for non-US insolvency proceedings to be treated by the US Courts as the main proceedings for the liquidation of non-US entities.

Security over the shares in a British Virgin Islands (BVI) company may be granted either by way of a mortgage or charge...

The BVI Business Companies Amendment Act, 2022 and the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (the "Amendment Act" and the "Amendment Regulations"...

Pursuant to section 45(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulatory Code, Licensees are required to submit an annual compliance report to the Financial Services Commission (the "Commission") in the prescribed form.

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022 ("VASP Act") came into force on 1 February 2023 and provides a registration regime for virtual asset service providers.

Pursuant to section 45(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulatory Code, Licensees are required to submit an annual compliance report to the Financial Services Commission (the "Commission") in the prescribed form.

SIBA and the Investment Business (Approved Managers) Regulations, 2012 set out a number of ongoing administrative requirements with which regulated entities in the British Virgin Islands must comply.

As a result of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024, all companies incorporated...

The issue of beneficial ownership information for legal entities, and particularly whether such information should be publicly available and freely accessible has been a major...

This article clarifies some of those questions and shares some of Conyers' guidance on the recovery of debts by a deceased's personal representatives in the BVI.

On 20 November 2025, the VISU published a notice requiring all BVI entities which hold or control funds or economic resources controlled, held or owned by a Designated Person to file a new annual report by 30 November 2025.

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") has long been a world renowned international financial centre, with more than 380,000 active companies registered there.

There have been an increasing number of court applications in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for the appointment of receivers an as interim remedy to ‘hold the ring' in respect of assets.

To maintain the BVI as a leading offshore financial centre, the jurisdiction has introduced several new pieces of legislation over recent years.