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In this article, Shaun Reardon-John provides a bird's-eye view on how BVI regulation of the financial service sector has improved within the BVI over the past 20 years. He also shares how this has impacted BVI shareholder disputes

On 12 November 2025, the BVI's Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in a complex inter-family dispute concerning valuable shares (the APIC Shares)...

We are pleased to announce the enactment of the new Limited Partnership Act. The LPA represents the culmination of the efforts of fourteen lawyers from eight British Virgin Islands law firms to create a state of the art limited partnership act.

Where a British Virgin Islands company is struck off the register, its directors and members cannot carry on the company's affairs, commence or defend legal proceedings...

SIBA was enacted by the BVI to become the principal legislation governing the securities and investment business in the BVI. SIBA was enacted on 17 May 2010, together with the Mutual Funds Regulations (‘MFR').

Security over the shares in a British Virgin Islands (BVI) company may be granted either by way of a mortgage or charge...

The BVI Business Companies Amendment Act, 2022 and the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (the "Amendment Act" and the "Amendment Regulations"...

Important changes are being made to the BVI companies law. The changes are expected to come into force in the near future and there will be a 6 months transitional regime for companies to comply with the new requirements.

The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (the "BVI Court of Appeal") in Byers & Others v Chen Ningning ("Byers") has affirmed and provided important clarification...

Corporate applications ('CAs') are formal proceedings (such as winding-up petitions and unfair prejudice claims) filed pursuant to specific legislation in order to resolve corporate disputes or compel action involving or relating to a company.

On 1st March 2004, the Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands (the BVI) introduced the ground-breaking Virgin Islands Special Trusts Act, 2003 (the Act).

For the last 10 years it was assumed that the British Virgin Islands' Commercial Court had the power to grant such orders as a matter of common law.

The absence of any Takeover Code has sometimes made it difficult for directors of British Virgin Islands (BVI) companies and their advisers to determine what are the applicable rules when a BVI company is faced by a takeover offer. In basic terms, a takeover can be described as the acquisition by a person of all of the shares in a company save for those held by the offeror.

SIBA and the Investment Business (Approved Managers) Regulations, 2012 set out a number of ongoing administrative requirements with which regulated entities in the British Virgin Islands must comply.

Fraudsters sometimes choose offshore vehicles in their illegal schemes under the mistaken belief that the misappropriated assets will not be found...

As a result of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024, all companies incorporated...