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Lodewijk Van Setten, Senior Counsel in Walkers' BVI office, recently participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with others in the FinTech industry to discuss how algorithms and hardware...

On 31 December 2020, the BVI House of Assembly passed the so-called "Black Swan" Bill amending section 24 of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Virgin Islands) Act (Cap. 80) so as to confer...

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has issued a court notice and announced that the Commercial Division of the High Court returns to the Territory of the Virgin Islands in January 2018.

It is expected that an announcement will soon be made that will officially signal BVIs upgrade to unrestricted Category I status allowing the BVI registry to register vessels of unlimited tonnage and type.

A recent decision in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), BVIHC (Com) 0032 of 2018, is notable as being the first case of which we are aware where the BVI Court

On 23 April 2020, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA") delivered an important decision in the case of Re China CVS (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp., which focussed on the question of arbitrability of shareholder petitions...

An exempted company (a "Company") is the most commonly used type of Cayman Islands company for international transactions.

An exempted limited partnership (an "ELP") is the most commonly used Cayman Islands partnership for international transactions.

The Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the "Companies Law") imposes continuing obligations on all exempted companies.

What operational steps need to be considered to meet the economic substance test? The regulatory team at Walkers Professional Services have the answer.

Walkers Professional Services can provide two solutions to problem assets holding up the orderly wind-down of a fund: illiquidate the trust or a special purpose equity disposal vehicle.

An exempted limited partnership is the most commonly used Cayman Islands partnership for international transactions.

In the Cayman Islands, it is frequently a feature of investment funds for the voting and participating shareholder rights to be held separately by the manager and the investor(s) respectively.

Update on Cayman Islands Legislative Amendments.

Watch Walkers' Global Managing Partner, Ingrid Pierce, on Wall St. Week discuss market correction.

Airlines have discovered a novel way to raise capital during and following the challenging economic times of 2020 by using loyalty programmes as security against the debt.

All banks and trust companies (save for "private trust companies", "controlled subsidiaries" and trustees of "alternative financial instrument" trusts, as to which, ...

What are the fundamentals of board meetings? Let's discuss the best practices following the launch of a Cayman fund.