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BVI Private Client Global Guide

O’Neal Webster is pleased to announce its participation in producing the BVI Private Client chapter of The Legal 500 Private Client Global Guide, a comparative guide to private client questions in key jurisdictions around the world. O’Neal Webster partners Christopher…
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Legal and Economic Significance of Offshore Finance in the British Virgin Islands

International financial records recently stolen from two offshore services firms and 19 corporate registries maintained by governments were leaked to journalists and their details subsequently published around the world. But beyond the hype, however, we find no intelligent inferences of…
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BVI Capital Economics Study and History of International Trade Vindicates Offshore Centre

International Trade The history of trade can be traced back for thousands of years, from the early days of bartering to the introduction of money, and now, modern, complex trade and finance arrangements between individuals, countries, and international trade groups.…
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RIP: Winding up a BVI Company Through Voluntary Liquidation

“All good things must come to an end.” – Well-known saying by Geoffrey Chaucer (1374). Why Choose Voluntary Liquidation BVI companies are commonly incorporated without a specific termination period. However, once they have served their useful business purpose their owners…
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Protect Your BVI Business Company Assets

For years, the BVI Business Companies Act has provided an attractive and appropriate vehicle to hold property in the BVI and abroad, many finding it a particularly useful strategy in estate planning. But persons who neglect their BVI Business Company…
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Jamaica’s Consumer Protection Laws

This Q&A excerpt from Christopher Simpson on Jamaica’s consumer protection laws was first published in the Dialogue’s “Latin America Financial Services Advisor,” April 5, 2017. Q: Jamaica’s government is planning to create a new financial services consumer protection agency. Finance…
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BVI Hosts International Disputes at New, State of the Art Arbitration Centre

There is no dispute that the 2017 hard-opening of the new ‘state of the art’ British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre signals the BVI’s intent to become the leading arbitral and dispute resolution destination in the Caribbean. The Centre, an…
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