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Re Esken Ltd [2026]: A quiet shift in cross-border insolvency strategy

Cross-border insolvency doesn’t often announce itself with fireworks. Instead, it tends to evolve through careful judici...

Insight 27/05/2026
  • Jersey
  • BVI
  • Guernsey
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Re Esken Ltd [2026]: A quiet shift in cross-border insolvency strategy

BVI private wealth solutions for Latin American high-net-worth families

BVI private wealth structuring For Latin American high-net-worth (HNW) families seeking to protect, preserve and pass on...

Insight 13/05/2026
  • BVI
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BVI private wealth solutions for Latin American high-net-worth families

Trusts in transition: Adapting private wealth structures for the modern world

The way trusts are drafted, in terms of their clarity and use of everyday language, has improved immeasurably over the d...

Insight 07/05/2026
  • Jersey
  • Guernsey
  • Cayman
  • BVI
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Trusts in transition: Adapting private wealth structures for the modern world

Generative AI and legal privilege: What boards need to know

Generative AI is already part of how many organisations work, and staff will increasingly turn to it to assist with thei...

Insight 01/04/2026
  • Bermuda
  • BVI
  • Cayman
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Generative AI and legal privilege: What boards need to know

Mind the gap: Why the wider role prevails for protectors

On 19 March 2026, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ('JCPC') delivered its judgment in A and Ors (Appellants) ...

Insight 26/03/2026
  • Bermuda
  • Jersey
  • BVI
  • Cayman
  • Guernsey
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Mind the gap: Why the wider role prevails for protectors

Continuing a company out of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Just like a person, a company can migrate from one country to another. In the BVI, the process by which a company change...

Guides 01/03/2026
  • BVI
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Continuing a company out of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Can you migrate an existing trust to the BVI VISTA regime... and other frequently asked questions

The Virgin Islands Special Trust Act, 2003 (VISTA) was enacted to make special provision for trusts of shares in compani...

Insight 19/02/2026
  • BVI
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Can you migrate an existing trust to the BVI VISTA regime... and other frequently asked questions

Changes to the BVI beneficial ownership rules: What you really need to know

On 2 January 2025, amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act (BCA) and the BVI Business Companies Regulations came in...

Insight 23/01/2026
  • BVI
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Changes to the BVI beneficial ownership rules: What you really need to know

Caribbean and Bermudian Brief

Collas Crill Caribbean and Bermudian Brief – key offshore updates in one place Welcome to the Collas Crill Caribbean and...

Insight 03/12/2025
  • Cayman
  • BVI
  • Bermuda
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Caribbean and Bermudian Brief

Mitchell and another (Joint liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (in liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber; Mitchell and another (joint liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (in liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (No 2) [2025] UKSC 43

Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court (on appeal from [2024] EWCA Civ 423)Subject: Fiduciary Duties, companies in liquidat...

Insight 24/11/2025
  • BVI
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Mitchell and another (Joint liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (in liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber; Mitchell and another (joint liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (in liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (No 2) [2025] UKSC 43

Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P. and CMB Tech Bermuda Limited [2025] SC (Bda) 118 com

Court: Supreme Court of BermudaSubject: Application for expedited trial, merger appraisal, s.106 Companies Act 1981, app...

Insight 17/11/2025
  • Bermuda
  • BVI
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Alpine Partners (BVI) L.P. and CMB Tech Bermuda Limited [2025] SC (Bda) 118 com

TAX v FDQ BVIHCMMAP2024/0029

Court: Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal Subject: BVI Arbitration Act, interim injunction to restrain arbitration; ...

Insight 12/11/2025
  • BVI
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TAX v FDQ BVIHCMMAP2024/0029