British Virgin Islands

As a business or individual seeking to take advantage of the BVI’s jurisdictional benefits, you will need to work with a law firm who offers local expertise combined with multinational experience. Conyers was the first international firm in the British Virgin Islands, with our office established in 1996, and we have been at the heart of the jurisdiction’s development into an International Financial Centre. As an acknowledged market leader, we are well placed to provide you with all the legal advice and services you need in the BVI.

Our finance, banking and investment fund practice is substantial and as a client you will benefit from our long-standing relationships with leading financial institutions, investment managers and private equity houses, as well as with Government and regulators.

Should you require assistance with litigation, restructuring or insolvency, the expertise of our lawyers in these areas is unmatched in the BVI. Our litigation team has been instructed on many of the most high profile commercial disputes in the region, in addition to several landmark cases.

Our Private Client & Trust team are specialists in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious trust matters, advising companies, high net worth individuals and family offices. If you are establishing a company, fund or trust, Conyers Client Services can provide you with a range of corporate administration, secretarial, trust and company management services to meet your long-term needs.

• Advised on both the largest M&A transaction and the largest IPO in BVI to date
• Advise the largest BVI hedge funds as well as start-up asset managers

Global network, local knowledge

Complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions require professional advisers who can offer coordinated and timely service around the globe. Our BVI practice is supported by our offices in London, Hong Kong and Singapore, ensuring that you receive a high-level of efficient and seamless service wherever you are located.

We would welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can assist you. Please call or email any of our team listed below.

CORPORATE

Conyers BVI corporate practice is the market leader, particularly in offshore mergers and acquisitions and IPOs, having advised on both the largest M&A transaction and the largest IPO in the jurisdiction to date.  We regularly advise on finance matters involving either BVI borrowers or guarantors, providing timely and cost effective assistance to allow parties to close transactions as anticipated. We advise the largest BVI hedge funds as well as start-up managers, delivering the relevant advice for the nature of the fund. We were instrumental in the establishment of the regulations permitting incubator funds and approved friends and family funds.

LITIGATION & RESTRUCTURING

Our litigation team is the most experienced of any firm in the BVI. We are frequently involved in leading international litigation work and have acted on many of the reported cases both before the Commercial Court and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. Conyers’ exemplary reputation in the jurisdiction has led to a distinguished track record of advising on high profile disputes. These have included acting in the largest asset tracing litigation from and by Commonwealth of Independent States, through to the largest and most complex receiverships involving the People’s Republic of China.

PRIVATE CLIENT & TRUST

Our BVI private client and trust practice specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious work, including establishment of trust structures for tax and estate planning purposes, restructuring trusts with or without court assistance, and advising on trustee powers and duties, cross-border succession, and testate and intestate issues for BVI situated assets.

CONYERS CLIENT SERVICES

Conyers Client Services provides a range of corporate administration, secretarial, trust and company management services to meet all your ongoing business needs in the BVI.