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Discover how appointing a BVI resident director can help your entity meet economic substance requirements, avoid penalties and maintain compliance under BVI regulations.

The BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 introduces significant changes to the BVI Business Companies Act.

This briefing note focuses on the solvent liquidation of non-regulated BVI companies.

The BVI continues to be a popular place in which to establish asset holding companies and joint venture companies due to its flexible corporate legislation and widely respected commercial court.

Cuando pensamos en cómo gestionar nuestro patrimonio y asegurar que los bienes se transfieran de forma sencilla, la planificación patrimonial se vuelve imprescindible, especialmente si tienes acciones en sociedades de las Islas Vírgenes Británicas (BVI) o activos en el extranjero.

Against this backdrop, the Privy Council's decision in Aquapoint LP (in Official Liquidation) v Xiaohu Fan marks a significant development in the jurisprudence surrounding the 'just and equitable' winding up jurisdiction.

In an article published in Insights last year,1 selected developments in regulatory and tax-related law and practice that affect end-clients, advisors and intermediaries were surveyed in the British Virgin Islands ("B.V.I.").

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal's decision in Zvi Dekel v Clerkenwell Lifestyle Limited establishes critical precedents for derivative claims under BVI law, clarifying the evidentiary standards required at the permission stage and addressing the scope of directors' indemnities, the treatment of shadow directors, and the circumstances under which holding companies may suffer independent loss. This comprehensive analysis examines how the court's rigorous approach reinforces procedural discipline while p

The Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, 2018 (the Act) came into force on 1 January 2019 (with certain retroactive revisions being made shortly thereafter) and ...

British Virgin Islands (BVI) companies may need to restructure for a variety of reasons. In some cases, a company may be facing financial distress or potential insolvency and require a compromise with creditors to reduce, defer or reorganise its liabilities.

The Financial Services (Exemptions) Regulations, 2007 (the 'Regulations') came into effect in August 2007.

The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) (the "BCA") permits companies incorporated under the International Business Companies Act (the "IBCA") to apply to the Registrar of Corporate Affairs to voluntarily re-register as a BVI business company under the BCA.

在最近英国最高法院的一项判决中，资不抵债或接近资不抵债的公司的董事有责任考虑债权人的利益。虽然 BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 涉及英国公司法，但它&#

In February 2020 the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court sanctioned a creditor scheme of arrangement, which was part of a much larger cross boarder restructuring.

The office of the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands has responsibility for the incorporation, striking-off and restoration of struck off companies to the register of companies.

This country-specific Q&A provides an overview to restructuring & insolvency laws and regulations that may occur in the British Virgin Islands.