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In April 2015 the BVI, the Cayman Islands and certain other jurisdictions were removed from Italy's blacklist of jurisdictions.

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance confirmed in its recent decision in Wong Ming Bun v Wang Ming Fan.

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.

Electronic signatures (e-signatures) provide flexibility and efficiency in cross-border transactions, are virtually accessible from anywhere in the world, and, given the advancements in digital signature technology, provide arguably greater security than scanning and emailing wet-ink signatures.

The Government of the British Virgin Islands has recently published two Bills (the Bills) which were read in the House of Assembly last month.

The long-anticipated BVI International Arbitration Centre opened this month, providing arbitration services in multiple languages from within the British Virgin Islands.

ESMA published its latest advice to the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission on the application of the AIFMD passport regime to asset managers and investment funds domiciled in non-EU countries.

Lenders of BVI contracting parties are most often concerned with whether the Company they are contracting with has the capacity to enter into the transaction

On 14 July 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was welcomed by China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the UK and the United States of America...

This article reviews the steps licensees must take to avoid risking enforcement action as a breach of the parent legislation under which the licensee's licence is granted.

Harneys continues to monitor developments related to the EU’s AIFMD with a focus on how it will affect our clients in the Cayman Islands and BVI.

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

I was really pleased to see yesterday that AIMA, the Alternative Investment Management Association, has published a paper which gives a really clear explanation as to why so many of the world's alternative investment funds are set up in offshore jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and the BVI.

From our offices in Cayman, Sao Paulo, Montevideo and Vancouver, we witnessed a wave of fundamental – at times dramatic and turbulent – change in key markets in the Americas.

In an article first published by Citywealth, Ogier Marcus Leese says that UHNW Chinese and Southeast Asian families are taking business transfer issues more seriously as the stakes are higher...

Harneys Senior Associate Hamish Masson was interviewed for this Who's Who Legal Roundtable 2016.

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.

The BVI has announced amendments to its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regime in order to ensure continued compliance with developing international standards on transparency and AML regimes.