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Switching Your Company Into Or Out Of The British Virgin Islands (Simplified Chinese) 把您的公司转入或转出英属维尔京群岛
Read our briefing on switching your company into or out of the British Virgin Islands in Simplified Chinese.
British Virgin IslandsWealth Management
Ogier
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Strong First Quarter Results For The BVI Financial Services Sector
The British Virgin Islands financial services sector has demonstrated remarkable strength in early 2026, with new company incorporations surging 10% year-over-year to reach the highest first-quarter performance in four years. The jurisdiction's expanding ecosystem now encompasses over 362,000 active companies, growing fintech and virtual asset services, and more than 2,000 registered investment funds, signaling sustained global confidence in BVI structures for cross-border transactions.
British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

O'Neal Webster

New Inheritance Tax Rules To Impact Non-Domiciles Holding UK Property Through Offshore Companies And Trusts

On Monday, 5 December, the Government announced the results of the consultation on the proposed reforms to the taxation of non-domiciles.

British Virgin IslandsTax

BVI: New Registry fees For BVI Business Companies

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.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Head Of Dispute Resolution In BVI To Speak At INSOL International BVI Seminar

Ogier's Head of Dispute Resolution in the BVI is speaking about solutions to common obstacles faced by liquidators in the early stages of a liquidation at an INSOL seminar today (17 November).

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

BVI Court Ruling Highlights Potential Risk In Some Standard Form M&As

On 19 March 2014 the Commercial Court handed down its ruling in C v W Inc (BVIHC (Com) 2013/149).

British Virgin IslandsCorporate/Commercial Law

BVI Business Companies: New Registry Fees From 1 January 2018

The fees charged to BVI Business Companies by the Registry of Corporate Affairs are to increase following the first substantive review since the BVI Business Companies Act came into force in 2005.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

BVI Business Companies: New Registry Fees From 1 July 2017

The fees charged to BVI Business Companies by the Registry of Corporate Affairs are to increase following the first substantive review since the BVI Business Companies Act came into force in 2005.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

BVI Publishes New Regulations Governing Use Of Restricted Words And Phrases In Company Names

Harneys is advising clients that there are new regulations governing the use of restricted company names in the British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin IslandsCorporate/Commercial Law

BVI Court Issues Pivotal Guidance On Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause

Winding up proceedings brought on just and equitable grounds relating to BVI companies will not be caught by an exclusive jurisdiction clause contained in a shareholders agreement.

British Virgin IslandsCorporate/Commercial Law

BVI Court Clarifies The Meaning Of Member Under The BVI Company Law

In the recent case of Comodo Holdings Ltd v (1) Renaissance Ventures Ltd; and (2) Joseph Katz (executor for the estate of Eric D Emanuel Dec’d) Harneys successfully argued that the Applicant defendants’ and application for a stay in favour of arbitration in New York must be refused because R. and J. were not members of the respondent claimant company for the purposes of the Articles and/or the BVI Business Companies Act 2004.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Capital Economics Report Released

Capital markets have also become increasingly global, with investors seeking returns from beyond their domestic markets and investees accessing wider sources of finance.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Litigation Update: Claim Stayed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds Notwithstanding That Remedy Sought Under BVI Companies Legislation

The High Court in the BVI is often called to adjudicate upon applications for stays on forum non conveniens grounds. In a recent case, Febvre Company Limited v Grape Expectations SA, the Court had to consider, it seems for the first time, the issue of whether it was appropriate to stay on forum non conveniens grounds a claim for rectification of the share register of the defendant BVI company (represented by Harneys).

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Succession Planning For Your BVI Company Shares

Where the owner of a BVI company dies, his/her interest in shares in a BVI company cannot be validly transmitted to his/her heirs until the appropriate grant (of probate, letters of administration...

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

BVI Government Amends Work Permit Fees

The BVI Government recently enacted a new revenue-increasing measure which raises the fees for annual and temporary work permits...

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Developments In Norwich Pharmacal In Foreign Proceedings – What You Need To Know

Two recent judgments broaden the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction in the BVI, each by the two incumbent Commercial Court justices...

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

The BVI's Critical Role In Global Finance

For decades, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been a leading international financial centre that continues to play a unique and neutral role in global finance.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

BVI Update Following Hurricane Irma

Our BVI practice comprises BVI-qualified lawyers working in the BVI and other Carey Olsen offices across all time zones...

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Private Trust Companies: How To Obtain The Best Of All Worlds

This article considers why private trust companies are currently so popular, various structuring issues which those setting up private trust companies should take into consideration.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

Recent Scheme Of Arrangement Believed To Be BVI’s First

New ground was broken last December in the British Virgin Islands when what is believed to be the first scheme of arrangement procedure under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (BCA) was completed.

British Virgin IslandsWealth Management

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