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Having your cake and eating it: how to retain settlor control in BVI and Cayman trust structures
In recent years there has been a growing demand in offshore jurisdictions for more innovative and user-friendly trust solutions. This briefing outlines how the BVI and Cayman Islands have sought to meet this demand via specific legislative amendments to classic trust principles.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 01 May 2012 | Practice Area: Succession Planning and Trusts
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Free standing relief - a review of "Black Swan" orders in the BVI
It has been almost three years since the Black Swan case brought about substantial change to BVI law. In this detailed article, Harneys' Phillip Kite and Claire Robey set out where BVI law now stands in this important area.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 17 April 2012 | Practice Area: Regulation and Compliance
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A guide to takovers and corporate reconstructions in the BVI
In this guide, Harneys' corporate and commercial team provides a detailed comparison of takeovers and corporate reconstructions in the British Virgin Islands. The comparison examines the advantages, disadvantages and procedural steps for plans of arrangement, mergers, consolidations, and much more.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 29 February 2012 | Practice Area: Mergers & Acquisitions
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The 2012 guide to investment funds in the British Virgin Islands - key questions and answers
This comprehensive guide, courtesy of Harneys and The Practical Law Company, uses a question and answer format to examine in detail the types of retail and hedge funds in the BVI, the regulatory framework that governs them and the requirements that apply to managers or operators of these funds.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 25 January 2012 | Practice Area: Regulation and Compliance
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Recognising your limits: the treatment of segregated portfolio companies in onshore liquidations
The British Virgin Islands promotes a type of company known as 'segregated portfolio companies'. This article explores the likely way in which a court in an onshore common law jurisdiction may deal with the various issues which would arise in relation to an insolvent British Virgin Islands SPC.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 12 December 2011 | Practice Area: Corporate Financing
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Disclosure orders – a weapon to track and recover assets
This article from offshore specialists Harneys outlines how disclosure orders constitute an important weapon for the tracking down and recovery of assets, and therefore, an important area in both the Commercial Court and the High Court.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 08 December 2011 | Practice Area: Sales and Asset Finance
An arrangement for any occasion – the growing use of the BVI as a restructuring venue
Due to global challenges faced by multinationals, corporate restructuring, involving mergers consolidations, de-mergers and acquisitions, are being scrutinised and increasingly used. The BVI Business Companies Act 2004 provides a number of options in this context, including a plan of arrangement.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 14 October 2011 | Practice Area: Corporate
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Offshore companies: are they being managed appropriately?
Following the Weavering case, this briefing offers tips to help to ensure that best practice is consistently followed throughout the life of an offshore company.
Law Firm: Wragge & Co | Published: 07 October 2011 | Practice Area: Corporate Governance
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BVI and Cayman case notes – redemption of shares and consideration; discounted valuation; restoration cases
This update from offshore specialists Harneys summarises another busy quarter in the commercial courts. Case notes are given on a claim brought by the liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited; a "protocol" to value shares; a series of restoration cases and the finality of foreign judgments.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 30 September 2011 | Practice Area: Collective Investment Schemes
Pirates of the Caribbean: loan enforcement issues in the BVI
The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal recently handed down the latest decision in the long-running case of Alfa Telecom Turkey Ltd v Cukurova Finance International Ltd. This briefing provides background and commentary on the case and looks at how it will affect commercial lawyers in the BVI.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 31 August 2011 | Practice Area: Regulation and Compliance
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