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Guide To Blockchain & Crypto-Assets In The British Virgin Islands 2026

The British Virgin Islands has positioned itself as a leading offshore financial centre for blockchain and crypto-asset businesses, offering a flexible regulatory framework that balances...

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Appleby

CRS 2.0 In The British Virgin Islands: A Summary Of Key Changes

The BVI’s April 2026 update to its CRS Guidance Notes advances the implementation of CRS 2.0, expanding the scope of reportable accounts and introducing new compliance and reporting obligations ahead of the first reporting deadline on 31 May 2027.

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BVI Cryptoasset Fraud Guide | Global Legal Post

Written by Associate Nia Statham and Partner Shaun Reardon-John, this guide shares the legal asset recovery tools available for victims of cryptoasset fraud in the British Virgin Islands.

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The BVI FSC Publishes Its Priorities And Expectations For The 2026 Compliance Inspection Program

The Compliance Inspection Program will run from March 2026 to February 2027 with a focus on the trust corporate service providers, investment business and virtual assets service providers sectors.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Dividends By BVI Business Companies

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Key Developments In The BVI Beneficial Ownership Regime

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Appleby

Is My Vessel Eligible For BVI Registration?

British Virgin Islands Transport

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O'Neal Webster

BVI Corporate Review – Q2 2025

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

BVI Beneficial Ownership Filings Now Extended To 1 January 2026

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Enmiendas A La Ley De Sociedades Comerciales De BVI

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Icaza Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman

The BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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BVI Corporate Reform 2025: What Businesses Need To Know

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) For Blockchain & Web 3 Projects

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New Beneficial Ownership Obligations On BVI Trustees

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Fraud, Asset Tracing And Recovery 2026 - British Virgin Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Carey Olsen

Heads Or Tails: Structuring For Bankruptcy Remoteness In Digital Assets, The View From The BVI

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Walkers

The Interaction Between Arbitration Clauses And Applications Under Companies Acts And Related Legislation Offshore

British Virgin Islands Litigation

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Collas Crill

Recognition First: Foreign Judgments And BVI Insolvency After JJW Hotels V Rhodes

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Conyers

Do I Need Sanction? Liquidation Orders In The BVI And Scope Of Powers – Revisited

British Virgin Islands Insolvency

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Conyers

Q&A On The BVI's Updated Beneficial Ownership Regime

The BVI has implemented changes to its beneficial ownership framework as relevant to companies and limited partnership, with key changes effective from 2 January 2025.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Harneys

An Overview Of Outsourcing In The BVI And The Cayman Islands

As business and commerce grow there is a need for primary service providers to rely on and use secondary service providers...

Worldwide Commercial

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Harneys

Update To The BVI Limited Partnership Act

On 2 January 2025, the British Virgin Islands Limited Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2024 was brought into force...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Harneys

Registering Security Interests Created By BVI Business Companies In The British Virgin Islands

This concise guide discusses the BVI Business Companies Act as it relates to the registration of security interests granted by a BVI Business Company. Where a Company creates a security interest over its own assets.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Harneys

Key Amendments To The Beneficial Owners Register Directive

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Harneys

Ten Things You Need To Know About… BVI Economic Substance

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

British Virgin Islands For Token Issuance & Web 3 (Video)

Worldwide Technology

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Cavenwell 3.0

Dissolution Of A Solvent Company In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Company Court Restorations In A Nutshell (Podcast)

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Harneys

Changes To BVI Business Companies Act, 2023 Amendments - Filing An Annual Return

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

BVI Economic Substance Act 2020 & Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act 2020

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Privacy And Regulatory Compliance – European And BVI Perspectives

British Virgin Islands Privacy

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Forbes Hare

Chambers Global Practice Guide To Private Equity 2022: BVI

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Immigration Comparative Guide

British Virgin Islands Immigration

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Carey Olsen

BVI Economic Substance Act 2020 & Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act 2020

BVI Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act and Related Rules and Regulations...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Conyers

Privacy And Regulatory Compliance – European And BVI Perspectives

Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-37/20 | Luxembourg Business Registers and C-601/20 | Sovim S.A.

British Virgin Islands Privacy

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Forbes Hare

Chambers Global Practice Guide To Private Equity 2022: BVI

Their contribution formed part of the 2022 Private Equity guide published by Chambers and Partners in October 2022.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Immigration Comparative Guide

Immigration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of British Virgin Islands, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

British Virgin Islands Immigration

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Carey Olsen

Guide To BVI Closed-Ended Investment Funds

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Maples Group

BVI Economic Substance: Takeaways From The First Economic Substance Reporting Period

For many companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the first deadline for reporting on economic substance (ES) compliance was 29 December 2020

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

Alternative Investment Funds Comparative Guide

Alternative Investment Funds Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of British Virgin Islands, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Collas Crill

Substance Filing Deadline Approaches For BVI Companies And Partnerships

Following the economic substance reforms that took effect in the BVI from the start of 2019, most BVI companies have until the end of December 2020 to submit their first economic substance report.

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Walkers

Overriding The Original Register Of Members Held Abroad: BVI Commercial Court Confirms Its Power To Reconstitute A Register Of Members

Jeremy Lightfoot and Catie Wang discuss the recent case in which the BVI Commercial Court has confirmed that the Court has the jurisdiction to appoint the company's registered agent...

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

New Regulatory Regime For Closed Ended Funds In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

The Substantive Issue Of Economic Substance: A BVI Perspective

British Virgin Islands Tax

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O'Neal Webster

British Virgin Islands (BVI) | Economic Substance Requirements

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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AGPLAW | A.G. Paphitis & Co. LLC

Global Implications For Offshore Financial Centres And Companies In The Wake Of EU Requirements For Economic Substance

Worldwide Wealth Mgt

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O'Neal Webster

Economic Substance Update

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Collas Crill

Economic Substance Update

British Virgin Islands Strategy

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Collas Crill

Economic Substance Requirements In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Tax

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Appleby

Updates In Respect Of The Common Reporting Standard ("CRS")

British Virgin Islands Finance

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Walkers

BVI Segregated Portfolio Companies – Use In Closed Ended Fund Structures

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Ogier

Legal And Economic Significance Of Offshore Finance In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Wealth Mgt

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O'Neal Webster

The British Virgin Islands Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System

British Virgin Islands Wealth Mgt

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Carey Olsen

BVI Introduces Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Maples Group

Continuing Obligations For British Virgin Islands Regulated Entities

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

The Application Process For Regulatory Licences And Approvals In The British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Commercial

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Carey Olsen

BVI Business Companies: New Registry Fees From 1 January 2018

British Virgin Islands Wealth Mgt

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Harneys

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