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The BVI has approved the first significant amendments to its Business Companies Act (BCA) since 2006.

O'Neal Webster is pleased to announce its participation in the publication of The Legal 500 Private Client Global Guide.

New legislation is currently being considered by the BVI Government which is expected to require in-scope entities that carry on particular activities to have economic substance within the BVI.

Grief, shock and the resulting shift in family and business dynamics could be a catalyst for economic and emotional disruption within a family business.

In April 2015 the BVI, the Cayman Islands and certain other jurisdictions were removed from Italy's blacklist of jurisdictions.

The Government of the British Virgin Islands gazetted the BVI Business Companies Act (Amendment of Schedule 1)(No. 3) Order, 2016 on 20 December 2016 concerning new Registry fees to be charged to BVI Business Companies.

In an article first published by Citywealth, Ogier Marcus Leese says that UHNW Chinese and Southeast Asian families are taking business transfer issues more seriously as the stakes are higher...

Harneys has recently acted for a client and obtained an order from the BVI High Court for the appointment of a liquidator over a re-insurance company under the BVI Insolvency Act.

The Insolvency Act, 2003 of the British Virgin Islands (the "IA") provides that netting provisions in financial contracts are exempted from the insolvency provisions of the IA.

This guide presents a consolidation of the British Virgin Islands Mutual Legal Assistance (Tax Matters) Act, 2003.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is currently a tax neutral Category 2 Red Ensign port of British Registry operating under the authority of the Merchant Shipping Act, 2001.

The latest edition of our British Virgin Islands ("BVI") law update, a summary of BVI legal and regulatory developments in recent months.

The gravity of any arbitration award lies in its successful enforcement.

On 30 March 2015, the Trustee (Amendment) Act, 2015 (the "Amendment") came into force in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"). This follows similar amendments in respect of partnerships and companies.

Appleby has acted as British Virgin Islands ("BVI") and Isle of Man counsel to Playtech Limited in its redomiciliation from the BVI to the Isle of Man and subsequent move from AIM to a Premium Listing on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Main Market.

The FSC releases the Public Funds Code to supplement SIBA and the Mutual Funds Regulations.

The first quarter of 2007 has been a very good one for the BVI. On the back of a continued golden period for much of the global economy, the BVI continues to boom. The Financial Times Special Report on the BVI, which was published on 9 March, paid a glowing tribute to the way in which the BVI has continued to develop and position itself.