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The recently established Commercial Court in the British Virgin Islands has been busy on a number of important cases and Phillip Kite, global head of litigation at Harneys, discusses two of the distressed fund cases that have recently been decided in the BVI.

With the implementation from 3 January 2018 of EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (MiFID II) and accompanying Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (MiFIR), additional requirements ...

Harneys has for many years worked together with many of the leading law firms in Africa as well as law firms outside of Africa advising on Africa focused transactions.

On 2 December 2024, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) released several key documents to guide insurance entities in their year-end reporting and compliance obligations.

If you are already registered with CIMA, then you will have received a reminder email by now. You must renew your registration or licence if you are already appointed as a director of an entity...

The recent amendments to the British Virgin Islands Trustee Act (the Act) has rightly resurrected an old rule commonly known as the rule in Hastings-Bass which is restricted by the decision...

The BVI Government has announced the conclusion of negotiations with the US on a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) under FATCA.

Some of the many attractions of the British Virgin Islands are the relatively sophisticated legal system, low operating costs and creditor friendly insolvency regime.

In recent years and in the wake of the global financial crisis, international financial centers have faced unprecedented political and regulatory pressure.

The plaintiff was a shareholder of a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the Company).

On 4 November 2015 the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Cavendish Square Holdings BV v Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67.

The phrase "Mergers and Acquisitions" is used as a shorthand for the sale and purchase of businesses around the world. In the US, and some other legal systems, such transactions are typically effected...

The Cayman Islands is the leading jurisdiction for the offshore investment funds industry due to its combination of flexible and appropriate regulation, an approachable and effective regulator, professional service provider expertise, high reputation among investors and a tax neutral regime.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Court tightens up on creditors raising spurious disputes and relying on arbitration clauses to avoid insolvency

It seems that 2017 will go down as the year of the ICO. Whilst still not mainstream, the pool of people in the financial services sector who have never heard of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies...

Insolvency law in Bermuda is principally regulated by the Companies Act 1981 and the Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982, supplemented by a wide body of case law.

BVI company law has two overarching characteristics. Firstly, it maximises flexibility to ensure that international users of offshore vehicles can structure their companies in a way that suits their needs.

On 30 March 2015 a new section (the New Section) relating to trustees' obligations to maintain trust records was inserted into the British Virgin Islands' (BVI) Trustee Ordinance.