There will no longer be a separate fee for a new company to register its initial Register of Directors.

In the final installment of our webinar series on key developments affecting BVI companies, Partner Anton Goldstein and Counsel Nicholas Kuria provide an overview of the M&A structures available...

British Virgin Islands companies are generally free to dispose of their assets on such terms as the directors think fit, but where the assets being disposed of constitute 50% or more of the company’s total assets, then section 175 of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 requires that all shareholders (even shareholders holding non-voting shares) must be formally notified of the proposed disposal, and that the disposal must then be approved by a resolution of the shareholders.

The British Virgin Islands Government has initiated a public consultation on its proposed policy for access to the register of beneficial ownership.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is enhancing its anti-money laundering regime, bringing it in line with international standards on transparency.

On 29 January 2016, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2016 (the "2016 Amendment Act"), was passed into law, retroactive to 15 January 2016.

In this third edition of our monthly webinar series, BVI Counsel Rachael Pape and Nicholas Kuria provide an overview of Economic Substance for BVI Companies...

In response to the requirements of the EU Code of Conduct Group (the Code of Conduct Group), from 1 January 2019 the British Virgin Islands implemented new legislation setting

The BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnerships (Beneficial Ownership) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (the “Amendment Regulations”) were gazetted and came into effect on 1 July 2025. The Amendment Regulations introduced important changes and additions to the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnerships (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024 (the “BO Regulations”) including, amongst other changes.

In the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), the regulatory landscape for corporate governance has evolved, making it more critical than ever for companies to remain vigilant in ensuring...

Ogier has acted as British Virgin Islands counsel on the upsized Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ of East Stone Acquisition Corp., which closed 24 February 24 2020.

On 25 May 2021 the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court set aside ex-parte orders which had been obtained by Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan...

This week the BVI Court issued important guidance as to how shares should be valued following a squeeze-out, merger or dissent from other restructuring provisions.

Unfair prejudice claims are commonplace in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) following the introduction of bespoke provisions in the BVI Business Companies Act 2004...

Investors considering the takeover (take private) of a BVI incorporated listed company enjoy the benefit of different potential structuring options under BVI law.

Every day, almost everything we come into contact with owes its existence to something that has been mined or extracted out of the earth. Most of the dramatic advances of humankind...

As one of the anti-money laundering measures adopted in accordance with international standards, the government of the British Virgin Islands plans to create a public register of beneficial owners of companies registered there by 2023.

Every company lawyer is taught from an early stage that a director owes their duties to the company, and not to the shareholders or any individual shareholder.

From time to time the BVI Commercial Court is asked to consider whether or not to permit a director of a BVI company to appear in person on behalf of that company.

In unanimously dismissing the appeal, the Board found that in determining whether payments had been made for an improper purpose, on the facts general purpose could not be separated...