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In addition to being the world's leading international finance centre in which to set up companies, the BVI is now regarded as one of the world's premier trust jurisdictions.

During the past year we have seen that the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Financial Services Commission (the "Commission") has become increasingly strict with payment and filing deadline...

The record keeping obligations applicable to BVI companies and partnerships were amended in November 2012 and again in September 2014.

Hong Kong's status as an open jurisdiction offers hedge fund managers unparalleled flexibility to choose the domicile of their fund structure, free from restrictive local mandates.

Confidentiality of corporate documents and information is one of the key attractions of incorporating a company in the BVI. A company search of the BVI Registrar of Corporate Affairs will only disclose certain information and documents.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) fund finance market has seen continued growth during 2023, with increasing numbers of fund formations and general transactional activity.

Shareholders in a company that is the subject of a takeover and merger have certain intrinsic rights available to them in the event that they dissent to the merger...

In this guide, we explain what to do when you no longer need a company that has been incorporated or registered in the British Virgin Islands (Company).

When the Legal Practitioners Act, 2015 (the "LPA") came into force in the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI"), it rewrote the rules governing the legal costs that parties to BVI court proceedings can recover...

The trust has always been regarded as one of the best "succession vehicles," but its use to cater for the succession of shares in companies has historically been impeded by a rule of English trust law (the "prudent man of business rule") which is designed to help preserve the value of trust investments.

The flexible corporate legislative framework in the British Virgin Islands makes the BVI an attractive jurisdiction for incorporating public companies.

Company redomiciliation is the process by which a company moves its domicile from one jurisdiction to another by changing the country under whose laws it is registered or incorporated...

This memorandum has been prepared for the assistance of clients considering creating a trust in the British Virgin Islands. It is intended to provide a summary of the main legal requirements...

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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) have emerged as a significant player in the global financial landscape, particularly for blockchain and Web 3 projects.

This article by David Harby and Nia Statham provides a useful summary of the rules and procedures that are to be followed and is likely to be of interest to liquidators, creditors and debtors of insolvent BVI companies.

Since its enactment 20 years ago, the BVI’s International Business Companies Act (Cap. 291) (the "IBC Act") has become one of the most widely-used corporate statutes with over six hundred thousand IBCs incorporated under it. Notwithstanding such phenomenal success, practitioners and users have for some time been calling for amendments to the IBC Act as well as for an additional and more flexible range of corporate vehicles, and its twentieth anniversary marked an appropriate occasion f

BVI extending the ability to reseal foreign grants of probate and administration in the territory to numerous other jurisdictions...