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The BVI has significantly developed and promoted its role in international arbitration in the last decade. The BVI Arbitration Act (the Act), which is modelled on the UNCITRAL Model Law...

In August the British Virgin Islands will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its landmark International Business Companies Act, which gave rise to the islands’ finance industry, transformed their economy and has since been emulated elsewhere.

Most offshore jurisdictions use every effort to ensure that the key statutes and laws relating to financial services business are updated regularly to keep pace with the changing landscape of cross-border commerce.

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Government signed an agreement ("UK/BVI IGA") with the United Kingdom providing for automatic exchange of financial information relating to UK tax payers who hold accounts with BVI financial institutions, in November 2013.

This is a short guide to solvent voluntary liquidations of companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnerships remain a popular choice of vehicle for the investment fund industry, most particularly in private equity fund structures.

On 24 February 2025, the European Union announced its sixteenth sanctions package against Russia, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence.

A Double Tax Treaty between Cyprus and Iran will come into effect on 1 January 2018.

In the recent decision in Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Hsia and another (the Lakatamia Ruling), the UK Commercial Court provided helpful commentary...

It has long been popular for high net-worth people who are not domiciled in the United Kingdom to form an offshore company, often in the British Virgin Islands, for the purposes of holding property in the United Kingdom.

Interest in the setting up and distribution of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the BVI and other offshore locations has mushroomed during 2017; we expect this to continue going forward.

One of the great attractions of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") as a jurisdiction for structuring finance transactions is the simple yet thorough security registration regime applicable to BVI companies.

In our previous alert on this topic, we gave the background to the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Common Reporting Standard for the exchange of tax information.

The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law implements the EU Capital Requirements Directive on access to the activity for and prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms.

The British Virgin Islands is a well respected and sophisticated jurisdiction for the establishment of trusts.

One of the more popular features of BVI company law is its regime for registering security interests.

The Cayman Islands have recently amended the beneficial ownership register regime for Cayman Islands companies and LLCs1, refining the regime that was introduced in July 2017 (as detailed in our earlier alert).