On January 16 2016 the European Union implemented the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which scaled back sanctions on Iran and marked the country's return to international capital (and other) markets.

The Government of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") has published a Guide outlining how the European Union Savings Tax Directive ("EUSD") is to be implemented in the Territory. More comprehensive guidelines are expected to be issued in due course.

HedgeNews Africa sits down with Patrick Colegrave of interna¬tional offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels to discuss the offshore landscape for South African hedge fund managers.

The BVI Commercial Court has just provided guidance on wasted costs principles and their application to the duties of an applicant's legal practitioner on an ex parte application.

The absence of any Takeover Code has sometimes made it difficult for directors of British Virgin Islands (BVI) companies and their advisers to determine what are the applicable rules when a BVI company is faced by a takeover offer. In basic terms, a takeover can be described as the acquisition by a person of all of the shares in a company save for those held by the offeror.

Speech made by Mr. John Lawrence, the newly appointed Director of the Financial Services Commission at the Launch of the Financial Services Commission, 2 February 2004, The Valley, Anguilla

An overview of the various investment fund vehicles available in the British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin Islands companies are employed in geographically diverse corporate structures, with the effect that challenging global economic conditions have continued to dampen the mergers and acquisitions environment involving BVI companies.