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British Virgin Islands
Harneys
One way in which BVI companies remain relevant and popular is as a vehicle for taking a company or group public on a stock market
Ogier
The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) boom is over, but not the SPAC market, as it enjoys a "return to mean" and very possibly...
Conyers
The BVI Securities and Investment Business Act contains a consolidated version of the British Virgin Islands Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 as amended.
Appleby
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) fund finance market has seen continued growth over the past year, with increasing numbers of fund formations and general transactional activity.
Conyers
The BVI Securities and Investment Business Act contains a consolidated version of the British Virgin Islands Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 as amended.
Collas Crill
There are a number of reasons why investors opt to use British Virgin Islands (BVI) companies to conduct business: the "BVI Advantage" is well documented.
O'Neal Webster
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) has recently recognised Asia-based Fusang Exchange Ltd as its first digital securities and asset exchange.
Ogier
A security document does not need to be filed or recorded with any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or court in the BVI in order to ensure the legality
Ogier
A BVI company can grant security over its assets in any manner permitted or required in the local jurisdiction where such assets and/or tangible moveable property are located.
Ogier
Though special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are now enjoying enormous popularity, there is belief in certain quarters that their resurgence is fleeting.
Ogier
The new fund categories have proved popular with many new managers and, thanks to their growing asset bases, many of these managers are now reaching the threshold limits for conversion.
Walkers
M&A activity involving a British Virgin Islands company is principally regulated under Part IX of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended, the "Act").
Walkers
The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) (the "Act") and its predecessor statute have long recognised that companies which incorporate in one jurisdiction may benefit from the...
Carey Olsen
BVI companies regularly provide security over their assets as part of financing transactions.
Carey Olsen
Security over the shares in a BVI company may be granted either by way of a mortgage or charge pursuant to the provisions of the BVI Business Companies Act (the "Act").
Conyers
One of the key roles of BVI vehicles in international finance transactions is the provision of security (either BVI entities granting security over their own assets or security being granted over the shares of a BVI company).
European Union
Harneys
On the 12 February 2023, the EU Council has decided to regulate the handling of assets belonging to the Central Bank of Russia which are immobilised due to EU sanctions.
Worldwide
Carey Olsen
Asia-based sponsors working with multi-jurisdictional fund structures have long been familiar with the use of an offshore entity acting as either the investment manager or advisor.
Conyers
The resurgence of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as an alternative to traditional IPOs was one of the major talking points of 2020.
Maples Group
Businesses conducting cross-border transactions face the challenge of creating structures to help mitigate the increasingly complicated global framework of tax, regulation and securities law in a...
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