Hong Kong voted as Top International Financial Centre by Global Corporate Services Industry: Vistra 2020 Report
Trend toward onshore and mid-shore jurisdictions continues Hong Kong, March 18, 2019 – The latest report on the Corporate Services industry conducted by Vistra, a leading global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider, reveals that the trend toward onshore…
Cayman Islands: Andrew Miller joins Solomon Harris, part of Bedell Cristin
Andrew Miller has joined Solomon Harris, part of Bedell Cristin, in the Cayman Islands as partner and head of Cayman’s International Private Client practice. Andrew specialises in all aspects of non-contentious Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands international wealth structuring…
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BVI launches country assessment of living conditions
Thursday, October 25, 2018 — The British Virgin Islands has launched the Country Assessment of Living Conditions (CALC) for the islands, as the region continues to advance the efficient collection and use of statistical country data. Minister of Health and…
BVI hires second attorney to stay off EU’s blacklist
By: Pedro Goncalves |From International Investment The Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has hired another attorney from the UK to draft legislation intended to keep the territory off the European Union’s blacklist of tax haven jurisdictions. The government…
Cayman Islands’ Solomon Harris merger with Bedell Cristin completes
The partners of Solomon Harris successfully completed their merger with globally recognised offshore law firm, Bedell Cristin, on 12 October 2018. First announced in July, the merger enables Solomon Harris to expand its reach into other international markets including the…
BVI Court appoints receiver under Arbitration Act to preserve assets pending arbitration award
Authors: Vicky Lord Paula Gibbs Peter Ferrer Stuart Cullen Contributed by Harney Westwood & Riegels From ILO A BVI court has appointed Grant Thornton as a receiver over a BVI company under Section 43 of the Arbitration Act 2013 in…
New partner to lead Carey Olsen’s trusts and private wealth teams in BVI and Cayman
Leading offshore law firm Carey Olsen has appointed Bernadette Carey to head up its trusts and private wealth practice across the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands – reflecting the ongoing growth of the firm’s Caribbean offices. Ms Carey,…
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Why we need to protect turtles
Courtesy Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines From OECS Incredible to see these cute leatherback turtle hatchlings flip flopping over each other on Necker’s Turtle Beach as they make their way down to the ocean for the first time. One of my…
Leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has been appointed as the member firm for BVI and the Cayman islands
According to a press release from Mourant, Multilaw is one of the largest legal networks globally, with 9,000 lawyers across 80 firms in 100 countries. It has been in operation for nearly 30 years and the member firms have a…
Cayman Islands: Harney’s set the pace for private wealth market
For the second consecutive year, Harneys has proven itself as the forerunner for the private wealth market with its recent rankings in the 2018 Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) Guide. The firm’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) team was the sole…
