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An electronic signature will generally be legally effective to conclude a simple contract from a BVI law perspective, so long as:...

Entities in the British Virgin Islands may qualify for exemptions from Annual Return requirements based on specific criteria. BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnerships can avoid filing obligations if they meet conditions such as being listed on recognized exchanges, regulated by the FSC, or filing tax returns with financial statements.

If your British Virgin Islands ("BVI") company was incorporated in the second half of any given year, then the 2022 annual BVI Registry fees will be payable by 29 November 2021.

As annual British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Registry fees are now payable for those BVI companies that were incorporated or registered in the first half of the year, it is time to start planning...

As annual British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Registry fees are now payable for those BVI companies that were incorporated or registered in the second half of the year...

The Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands announced on 20 March 2017 that it has made an enhancement to its Virtual Integrated Registry and Regulatory General Information Network.

In the recent case of Comodo Holdings Ltd v (1) Renaissance Ventures Ltd; and (2) Joseph Katz (executor for the estate of Eric D Emanuel Dec’d) Harneys successfully argued that the Applicant defendants’ and application for a stay in favour of arbitration in New York must be refused because R. and J. were not members of the respondent claimant company for the purposes of the Articles and/or the BVI Business Companies Act 2004.

The High Court in the BVI is often called to adjudicate upon applications for stays on forum non conveniens grounds. In a recent case, Febvre Company Limited v Grape Expectations SA, the Court had to consider, it seems for the first time, the issue of whether it was appropriate to stay on forum non conveniens grounds a claim for rectification of the share register of the defendant BVI company (represented by Harneys).

On 5 May 2022, James Gaudin, Andrew Weaver and Gemma Whale of our Jersey office advised on the implications of a new UK law, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022...

Walkers Partners Rosalind Nicholson and John O'Driscoll and associate Cate Barbour acted for the successful defendants in an important case.

A recent decision of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Commercial Court has seen The Honourable Justice Jack (Ag) clarify the 'aggrieved person' test for an interloper seeking...

Harneys has recently acted for a client in an important and novel case on the effect of a redemption notice, served by a company on a member, under the BVI Business Companies Act ("the Act").

Where the owner of a BVI company dies, his/her interest in shares in a BVI company cannot be validly transmitted to his/her heirs until the appropriate grant (of probate, letters of administration...

The Company had attempted to continue out of the BVI as a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus. However, the procedures required by the laws of Cyprus to secure its incorporation

The court has now reaffirmed its earlier decision by ordering the final winding up of the company.

Greg is a transactional lawyer with more than 15 years' experience in BVI law and 20-plus years of cross-border corporate finance law experience, including a six-year tenure...

Green Elite's predominant purpose, was to compensate key employees of the business.