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By Arabella di Iorio What do London, Paris, New York and Tortola have in common? If the ambitions of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) come to fruition, the answer will soon be that they are four of the most popular seats for international arbitration. The foundations for the BVI's ambitions were laid on 1 October 2014 when a new arbitration law came into force, replacing a tired statute based on the English 1950 and 1975 Arbitration Acts. The old 1976 act had done faithful service for nearly 40 ...

BACKGROUND On 12 December 2008, the day after the arrest of Bernard Madoff, Shell applied to redeem its 46,708.1304 shares in Fairfield Sentry (Fairf...

The Government of the Virgin Islands has taken further steps in strengthening its international relations by signing a Tax Information Exchange Agreem...

BVI: Record Keeping Obligations For BVI Companies, Partnerships, Trusts & Others The record keeping obligations applicable to BVI companies and partnerships were amended in November 2012 and again in September 2014. The changes hav...

Given the share volume of British Virgin Islands Business Companies (BCs) in existence, there is at any given time in some part of the world a transac...

The implementation of the FATCA Intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) signed by the BVI with the US and the UK has taken another step forward by way of ...