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One of the remedies for an oppressed minority shareholder in the Court of the BVI is the just and equitable winding up jurisdiction.

This guide outlines the procedure for a voluntary liquidation of a solvent Cayman Islands exempted company and the duties of its liquidator.

In a recent decision, Chu v Lau [2020] UKPC 24 on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (the "Court of Appeal")...

One sometimes comes across provisions in trust deeds and other trust documentation which refer to the underlying assets of companies, the shares of which are held by the trustee of the trust. Similarly, on occasions.

Companies will be required to confirm the above details to their Registered Agent within 6 months of the end of the first applicable financial period, as above.

The BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 (the Amending Act), which was gazetted on 12 November 2015 in the Official Gazette of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)...

In our advisory Summary of Key Changes issued in September 2022, we discussed some of the key changes to the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the "BCA")...

Rights issues are utilised by many companies as a means of raising finance and capital either to boost an ailing balance sheet or to fund an acquisition and promote growth without having to take on any further debt commitments with third party lenders.

The British Virgin Islands (the BVI), along with most other major offshore jurisdictions, introduced "economic substance" requirements for entities carrying on certain specified activities.

On 2 January 2025, amendments to the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Business Companies Act (As Revised) (the "BC Act") and the BVI Business Companies Regulations...

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") is a long-standing jurisdiction of choice for incorporating joint venture and private equity vehicles. In more recent years it has also become an established option...

The need to take care when schedules are included in trust instruments...

On 24 December 2024 several legislative updates dropped down the chimney in the BVI. These include significant changes to BVI company law and regulatory practice taking effect from 2nd January 2025...

英属处女群岛("BVI")法院在有关一家中国大型制药公司股份所有权的长期争议的一项判决中，显示BVI法院对于涉及中国资产和涉及广泛性的 BVI及中国Ė

Only rarely would it be advisable to include a reference to the settlor's letter or memorandum of wishes in a trust instrument.

The BVI Commercial Court has followed the English Court of Appeal decision in Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62, holding that an unrecognised foreign court judgment cannot found insolvency proceedings.

In a recent case, Nokian Shina LLC v Andrei Valerevich Smyshliaev & Ors, the BVI Commercial Court (the 'Court') considered whether public policy in the Virgin Islands (the 'BVI')...