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Traditionally, establishing trusts in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") by those from jurisdictions which do not recognise trusts or which have forced heirship rights...

We have prepared this Securities and Investment Business Act Compendium as a service to our clients. The principal statute is the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 as amended.

In light of the privacy afforded to companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the BVI), it is no surprise that the BVI Court regularly considers applications seeking disclosure...

New Commercial Court rules now apply.

Last week, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (ECCA) handed down its judgment on an attempted appeal by a BVI company, Greater Sail Limited ("Greater Sail"), against orders..

One of the many flexible features of the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (the BC Act) is the ability both to continue a foreign company as a BVI company under the BC Act...

The British Virgin Islands is best known for its role as a holding company jurisdiction.

Sophisticated international families are more than familiar with the need to structure their affairs using vehicles that are modern, flexible, and – ideally – mobile.

According to a report by data platform Magnitt, the total funding secured by startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) amounted to approximately US$864 million in the first quarter of 2022.

In a paper published by INSOL International, we cover cross-border investigations by IPs and restructuring advisors and showcase the legal framework across the BVI, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S.

An underlying principle of company law has been that a company should be managed for the main purpose of increasing its share price, or as some put it returning "shareholder value".

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...

A discussion following the Press Release from the European Securities and Markets Authority dated 30 May 2013.

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.

In relation to private placements, joint ventures or at times public listings, BVI companies are sometimes structured so as to be able to issue what is known as "blank cheque preferred shares".

Best-known for its stunning natural beauty—jewel-colored waters, soft sandy beaches, and lush mountain ridges—the British Virgin Islands also excels among her peers in the international financial services industry

On 2 January 2025, the British Virgin Islands Limited Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2024 was brought into force...