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2025 Overview Of BVI Regulation And Shareholder Disputes

In this article, Shaun Reardon-John provides a bird's-eye view on how BVI regulation of the financial service sector has improved within the BVI over the past 20 years. He also shares how this has impacted BVI shareholder disputes

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Baker & Partners

Restructuring And Insolvency In British Virgin Islands (PLC)

This Q&A guide to restructuring and insolvency law in the British Virgin Islands gives a high level overview of the most common forms of security granted over immovable and movable property; creditors' and shareholders...

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

From Dissolution To Liquidation: Creditor-Led Restoration Of Dissolved BVI Companies

Restoration applications are nothing new in the BVI. With hundreds of thousands of active companies and many more struck off due to administrative oversight...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Starting Up A Hedge Fund In Hong Kong? Should I Use A Hong Kong, BVI, Or Cayman Islands Structure?

Hong Kong's status as an open jurisdiction offers hedge fund managers unparalleled flexibility to choose the domicile of their fund structure, free from restrictive local mandates.

Worldwide Finance

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Carey Olsen

BVI Court Of Appeal Upholds Directors' Right To Inspect Company Documents, Including Litigation Funding Details

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

Fraud, Asset Tracing And Recovery 2025 - British Virgin Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Enmiendas A La Ley De Sociedades Comerciales De BVI

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Icaza Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman

Twenty Tips And Tricks For BVI Trustees And Registered Agents – Part Two

British Virgin Islands Family

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O'Neal Webster

British Virgin Islands Litigation Guide 2025 (Chambers)

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

BVI Government Amends The BVI Charter Acts, In Effect June 1, 2025

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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O'Neal Webster

A Specialist Court For A Global Hub: Celebrating 15 Years Of BVI Commercial Court

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Conyers

Reciprocal Enforcement Between Hong Kong And China – Expanded Options

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Harneys

How Claims Work In The BVI

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Harneys

Establishing A BVI Approved Manager: Key Considerations

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Maples Group

Succession Planning Using Cascading Share Classes In A BVI Company

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

IKON Shina Ltd v Smyshliaeva: Where The Rubber Meets The Road On The Enforcement Of Foreign Insolvency Judgments In The BVI

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Walkers

Is My Vessel Eligible For BVI Registration?

British Virgin Islands Transport

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O'Neal Webster

BVI Beneficial Ownership Reporting Reminder: Key Filings, Updates And Exemptions

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Commercial Real Estate Debt Burden Concerns: The BVI Perspective

With commercial property companies' debt burdens reaching pre-2008 levels and warnings being issued this month by the European Central Bank....

British Virgin Islands Real Estate

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Conyers

Conyers Secures US$178 Million Judgment For Claimant In Long-running BVI Shareholder Dispute

On 24-25 October 2023, Justice Wallbank of the BVI Commercial Court presided over a valuation trial in the matter of Soemarli Lie v Ng Min Hong & Success Overseas Finance Limited...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

British Virgin Islands Reinstated To EU's List Of Cooperative Jurisdictions For Tax Purposes

We are pleased to announce that following a meeting of the European Union's Economic and Financial Affairs Council on October 17, 2023, the British Virgin Islands (BVI)...

European Union Tax

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O'Neal Webster

BVI Court Rules That Bondholder Stands As Contingent Creditor

This briefing discusses the Decision, how it squares up against the position in other offshore jurisdictions, and takeaways for investors and issuers alike.

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

Legal And Court Systems In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Appleby

Litigation Funding In British Virgin Islands Liquidations: Practical Guidance For Liquidators

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Ogier

New Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Released

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Ogier

Is Section 175 Of The BVI Business Companies Act Sufficient To Ward Off Unauthorised Disposals Of Assets?

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Ogier

The BVI IAC Arbitration Rules 2021: "A Statement Of Intent For The Future"

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Conyers

Important Amendments To The BVI Business Companies Act Take Effect On January 1, 2023

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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O'Neal Webster

The Recoverability Of Foreign Lawyers' Fees

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Forbes Hare

BVI Commercial Court Provides Helpful Guidance On The Function Of Ancillary Claims In A Complex Dispute Concerning Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Limited

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Walkers

Privy Council Dismisses Appeal In BVI Unfair Prejudice Proceedings

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Walkers

Chainswap: BVI Court Injuncts Assets Of Unidentified Crypto Wallets

British Virgin Islands Technology

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Maples Group

The Recoverability Of Foreign Lawyers' Fees

When the Legal Practitioners Act, 2015 (the "LPA") came into force in the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI"), it rewrote the rules governing the legal costs that parties to BVI court proceedings can recover...

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Forbes Hare

BVI Commercial Court Provides Helpful Guidance On The Function Of Ancillary Claims In A Complex Dispute Concerning Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Limited

Walkers has secured a further victory for its client, Ms. Zhao Long, in a complex dispute regarding the ownership of shares in a significant PRC pharmaceutical company in a further judgment of the British Virgin Islands...

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Walkers

Privy Council Dismisses Appeal In BVI Unfair Prejudice Proceedings

Walkers has successfully acted for its client, Successful Trend Investments Corporation ("STIC"), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI") which is part of a conglomerate of

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Walkers

Chainswap: BVI Court Injuncts Assets Of Unidentified Crypto Wallets

In a first for the territory, the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Commercial Court has granted a worldwide freezing order against persons unknown, being those allegedly responsible for cybercrime...

British Virgin Islands Technology

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Maples Group

Joint Provisional Liquidators Appointed: All Year Holdings Limited

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Conyers

BVI Offers International Arbitration Forum

The British Virgin Islands is currently a fledgling but promising forum for the arbitration of commercial disputes.

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

The Last Rites For The Siskina?

On 4 October 2021, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered its much anticipated decision in Broad Idea International Limited v. Convoy Collateral...

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Appleby

BVI Court Puts Substance Over Form When Considering Technical Defences To Issues Of Service And Injunctive Relief

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, welcomes a recent judgment from the BVI Commercial Court in Durant International Corp (in Liquidation) v Flavio Maluf, which brings clarification to important issues ...

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Maples Group

Conyers Secures Costs For Opposing Creditors: TLG Atma Ltd (Applicant) v Atlas Mara Limited (Respondent) BVIHC (COM) 0027 Of 2021

In its judgment dated 28 July 2021, the BVI Commercial Court, determined both that as matter of jurisdiction, and in the exercise of his discretion he should permit creditors...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

The BVI's New Data Protection Law Explained

British Virgin Islands Privacy

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Collas Crill

King Bun Limited And Others v. Lau Man Sang, James And Others Claim No. BVIHCM 2017/086

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Conyers

英属处女群岛商业法院就有关鲁南制药集团股份有限公司的长期纠纷案件作出判决

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Walkers

BVI Commercial Court Hands Down Judgment In Long-running Dispute Concerning Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Limited

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Walkers

When Can A Director Of A BVI Company Appear In-person Before The BVI Commercial Court?

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

"They Stand And Fall Together" - Privity Of Interests In Recognition Of Foreign Judgments

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Walkers

The Black Swan Flies Again: Current Status Of Interim Standalone Relief In Support Of Foreign Proceedings In The BVI

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Collas Crill

BVI Commercial Court Discharges Injunction Restraining Privatisation Of NASDAQ-Listed BVI Company

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Ogier

BVI Commercial Court Confirms Implied Cross Undertaking In Damages In Receivership Order

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Snapshot: Arbitration In The British Virgin Islands For Asia-Based Parties

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Ogier

Additional Amendments To BVI's Trustee Act Including Re-Introduction Of The ‘Old Rule In HASTINGS-BASS'

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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O'Neal Webster

BVI Commercial Court Demonstrates Ability To Protect Interests Of US Investors In BVI Companies

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Ogier

Privy Council Emphasizes The Primary Role Of The Trial Judge As The Decision-Maker In Shareholders' Disputes – The Scope For Appellate Intervention Is Limited

Worldwide Commercial

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Conyers

Determining Forum And Governing Law For Claims Involving Foreign Defendants

British Virgin Islands Government

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Mourant

Redomiciling A BVI Or Cayman Islands Company To Singapore

Worldwide Commercial

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Maples Group

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