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Respecting Annulments, Pursuing Assets: Two BVI Decisions On Arbitral Award Enforcement

Two significant recent judgments delivered by the BVI court, Abdul Kadir Al Muhaidib & Sons Company v Dr Moamena Kamel & Others BVIHC(COM)2024/0213 (29 January 2026)...

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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McLeish Orlando LLP

BVI FSC Updates Statutory Filing Requirements – Extension Granted To Certain Companies And Limited Partnerships

The BVI Financial Services Commission has as of December 24, 2025 approved an extension of the period during which existing entities formed prior to January 2, 2025...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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O'Neal Webster

Top 5 British Virgin Islands Publications Of 2025

The most-read publications out of our British Virgin Islands office in 2025 reflect readers' continued interest in the evolving legal, regulatory and commercial landscape of the jurisdiction.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

How A BVI Resident Director Can Assist With Economic Substance Requirements

Discover how appointing a BVI resident director can help your entity meet economic substance requirements, avoid penalties and maintain compliance under BVI regulations.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

BVI Court Appoints Liquidators To Foreign Dissolved Company

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

A Meeting Of Minds: The Privy Council & Duomatic Principles

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Maples Group

Carey Olsen Obtains Significant Judgment In The BVI Commercial Court For Access Bank Plc In US$200+ Million Cross-border Enforcement Claim

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

Norwich Pharmacal In The Age Of Transparency: Tracing Assets Under The BVI's New Beneficial Ownership Regime

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Conyers

2025 Overview Of BVI Regulation And Shareholder Disputes

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Baker & Partners

Restructuring And Insolvency In British Virgin Islands (PLC)

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

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

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?

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

Sancus Financial Holding Limited, Carson Wen And Julia Yuet Shan Fung v Chad Christopher Holm BVIHCMMAP2023/0025

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Collas Crill

BVI Professional Fund – The Most Popular BVI Investment Funds Product

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Campbells

BVI Companies & Limited Partnerships: Key Beneficial Ownership And Statutory Register Filing Deadlines

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

From Void Acts To Personal Liability: The UKSC On BVI Director Accountability

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Conyers

Carey Olsen Obtains Significant Judgment In The BVI Commercial Court For Access Bank Plc In US$200+ Million Cross-border Enforcement Claim

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

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

This guide explores the latest legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments in the British Virgin Islands and provides expert analysis on industry-wide topics including the local legal framework, the main stages of a fraud case, parallel proceedings, cross-jurisdictional mechanisms, recent developments, technology and other impacting factors.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Enmiendas A La Ley De Sociedades Comerciales De BVI

Todas las sociedades constituidas bajo la Ley de Sociedades Comerciales de BVI están ahora obligadas a presentar una copia de su Registro de Miembros dentro de los 30 días posteriores a la fecha de su constitución o continuación en 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

A resulting trust will generally arise by operation of law whenever a person directs property which has been acquired from his or her own resources to be placed in the name of another.

British Virgin Islands Family

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O'Neal Webster

British Virgin Islands Litigation Guide 2025 (Chambers)

The new guides provide the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings...

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

Worldwide Litigation

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Harneys

How Claims Work In The BVI

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Harneys

Commercial Real Estate Debt Burden Concerns: The BVI Perspective

British Virgin Islands Real Estate

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Conyers

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

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

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

European Union Tax

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O'Neal Webster

BVI Court Rules That Bondholder Stands As Contingent Creditor

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

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

Appleby lawyers, Andrew Willins and Olwyn Barry have authored a broad overview of the legal and court systems in the British Virgin Islands which has been updated to reflect the extensive amendments...

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Appleby

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

Currently, the British Virgin Islands has no legislative framework for regulating third party litigation funding.

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

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

Conyers BVI litigators Richard Evans and Charles Goldblatt secure the appointment of Provisional Liquidators over All Year Holdings Limited ("AYH") at an urgent hearing before the BVI Commercial Court on 20 December 2021...

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Conyers

Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2022/2023 – British Virgin Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

BVI Trusts: The Inherent Jurisdiction Of The Court To Remove And Replace A Trustee

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

BVI Commercial Court Hands Down Seminal Judgment In Unfair Prejudice Claim

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Offshore Courts' Approach To Liquidation In The Face Of Arbitration Agreements

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Harneys

BVI Offers International Arbitration Forum

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

The Last Rites For The Siskina?

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

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

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

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