The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) are home to 361,491 active companies as of 31 December 2023. This article considers the reasons for the BVI’s popularity as a jurisdiction to structure international transactions....more
5/22/2024
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Welcome to the first edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update for 2024 covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.
The first quarter of 2024 saw continued strong activity in the BVI office. Our corporate...more
5/20/2024
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As described in more detail in our recent client bulletin, BVI companies are now required to prepare and file with their registered agent an “annual return” containing a basic balance sheet and income statement. This annual...more
3/28/2024
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Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.
Q4 of 2023 saw a strong uptick in activity in the BVI office. Our corporate legal team continued...more
BVI companies are flexible and low cost vehicles which can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of their members and their proposed purposes while being internationally recognised and listed on exchanges around the...more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.
Q3 of 2023 has been a busy quarter for the BVI office. Our corporate team continued to advise on...more
11/7/2023
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Following a meeting of the Council of the European Union on 17 October 2023, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) was removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (Annex I), the EU’s so-called...more
Recent As described in more detail in our recent client bulletin, BVI companies are now required to prepare and file with their registered agent an “annual return” containing a basic balance sheet and income statement....more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.
Following the flurry of legislative amendments in the latter half of 2022 and Q1 2023, Q2 has...more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.
The first quarter of 2023 saw a raft of amendments to existing BVI legislation being introduced...more
4/28/2023
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In this first in a series of monthly webinars, Partners Robert Briant, Anton Goldstein and Counsel Rachael Pape provide a practical overview of recent changes to company law in the British Virgin Islands and discuss the...more
Following the introduction of the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act 2018 ( ES Act) and the passing of the deadline for the first filings thereunder to be made by BVI entities, the BVI International...more
On 9 July 2021, the Data Protection Act, 2021 (the DPA) came into force in the British Virgin Islands (the BVI).The DPA applies to all BVI companies, limited partnerships and other entities that process, have control over or...more
In this series of articles we consider two of the more common requests we see in terms of fund structuring options: Multi-Class Funds, and Hybrid Funds. This second article in the series will consider Hybrid Funds....more
7/2/2021
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In this series of articles we consider two of the more common requests we see in terms of fund structuring options: Multi-Class Funds, and Hybrid Funds. This first article in the series will consider Multi-Class Funds. Hybrid...more