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In the recent decision of Moody Technology Holdings Ltd[1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (the "Hong Kong Court") provides useful commentary on the jurisdiction to modify...

With over 450,000 active companies, the British Virgin Islands is the world’s most popular offshore corporate domicile.

One of the reasons why the Cayman Islands is a leading offshore jurisdiction is the flexibility of Cayman Islands companies. The main legislation regulating the formation and operation...

Death and taxes, despite our best laid plans, are still with us.

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.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has adopted two significant sets of European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines aimed...

In a recent decision in the case of TIPP Investments PCC v. Chagala Group Ltd. et al (BVIHCM 102/2016), Mr Justice Davis-White clarified the issue of the standing of beneficial shareholders that we highlighted in our previous article. As we had said was the likely outcome of any reconsideration of the case of Headstart Class F Holdings Ltd and another v Y2K Finance Inc (BVIHCV 278/2007

There are several circumstances in which a beneficial owner of shares may wish to bring an action for unfair prejudice without the participation of the legal owner of his shares.

Since its enactment in 2003, the Insolvency Act ("the Act") has made significant and positive changes to insolvency law in the BVI. Phillip Kite gives an update on the way some of the more important changes have been interpreted to date. For UK practitioners, there are also some thoughts on how the Act might enable a BVI company, with a BVI governed floating charge, to circumvent some of the provisions of the UK Enterprise Act.

A duty of confidence has been imposed by statute on certain categories of person in the Cayman Islands.

There has been a significant increase in the number of lenders enforcing against secured assets in the BVI, which has entailed an uptick in the appointment of out-of-court receivers.

Funds classified as Exempt Funds under the Investment Funds Act 2006 of Bermuda have until 3 October 2016 to be reclassified as Class A Exempt Funds or Class B Exempt Funds (the New Classes).

The long-awaited Securities and Investment Business Bill, 2010 (commonly referred to as "SIBA") received its first reading by the BVI House of Assembly on 18 March 2010. This follows public consultation in Summer 2009.

The Companies (Amendment) Law 2009 adopted this month in the Cayman Islands introduces a new and much-needed statutory merger regime which does not require court application or approval.

One of the tired narratives that you regularly hear when discussing sport is why people who throw/kick/catch a ball for a living deserve to be paid such ridiculous sums of money.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Tianrui v China Shanshui has held that a shareholder has a personal right of action against a Cayman Islands company to challenge the improper issue and allotment of shares by that company's directors.