Locations

British Virgin Islands

Background

British Virgin Islands (BVI) Law

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a leading offshore finance centre with a legal system based on English common law and with many benefits including modern laws, high regulatory standards, and the reputation of being a tax neutral and politically stable jurisdiction.

These benefits all help to foster, among other things, the successful structuring of finance transactions, establishment, administration and regulation of investment funds, and the formation of holding companies and investment and finance vehicles for clients worldwide

At Loeb Smith, our attorneys give specialized advice for financial, institutional, business and private clients on matters of British Virgin Islands laws. With years of experience and a wealth of knowledge pertaining to BVI, we provide advice and legal expertise at the highest level.

Loeb Smith British Virgin Islands office provide full service commercial advice on matters of BVI law to financial, institutional, business and private clients both locally and internationally, as well as specialised regulatory and compliance and entity formation and management services. We service a strong base of clients in the US, UK, Canada and throughout Europe, as well as in the Middle East, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.

  • address

    6th Floor, Waters Edge, Building 1,
    Wickham’s Cay 2, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

    (Postal Address:  P.O. Box 3575, Tortola, VG110, British Virgin Islands)

  • email info@loebsmith.com
  • telephone +1 (284) 494 1848

Why the British Virgin Islands?

The BVI is a British overseas territory with a legal system based on English common law. The BVI has established a politically stable and cost-efficient tax-neutral platform, thriving international business industry, recognised and ranked among one of world’s recognised popular international jurisdictions.

The BVI offers an independent and robust Financial Services Commission, acknowledged as a strong and sophisticated regulator and an international platform with a global footprint where government has created strong international trade and diplomatic relationships.

Major respected companies worldwide use BVI business companies to manage their cross-border activities. Companies, institutions, and private individuals use them for holding companies for various assets, corporate group structuring, investment business, joint ventures, listings, real estate, family, trust, estate and succession planning, and other assets registration.

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Loeb Smith is a law firm with a proven record of providing creative and insightful legal advice and solutions on BVI law. We assist our clients with practical and responsive advice that brings excellent results.

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Practice Areas

  • Our British Virgin Island corporate practice group delivers expert legal assistance on a wide range of corporate matters, including company incorporations, formation of limited partnerships, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs. We support our BVI clients with issues pertaining to shareholder disputes, fiduciary issues, issuing legal opinions, legal due diligence reports and more, making sure our clients acquire insightful, practical advice that will deal with their primary concerns.

  • The blockchain technology, fintech and cryptocurrency practice area is one of the most fast-paced industries that is constantly growing and evolving, and our attorneys in our BVI practice are highly experienced in this territory, enabling them to provide their thorough expertise to our BVI clients.

    They are ready to assist with:

    • Initial coin or token offerings or security token offerings (ICOs/ITOs/STOs)
    • Issues related to offshore investment funds investing in digital assets and specific risk factors
    • Advising on tokenized funds investing in venture capital or real estate
    • Advising on corporate, financing and intellectual property issues related to investments in blockchain companies and joint venture projects
    • Advising token issuers and cryptocurrency funds on compliance with the Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations
  • Our British Virgin Island corporate practice group delivers expert legal assistance on a wide range of corporate matters, including company incorporations, formation of limited partnerships, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs. We support our BVI clients with issues pertaining to shareholder disputes, fiduciary issues, issuing legal opinions, legal due diligence reports and more, making sure our clients acquire insightful, practical advice that will deal with their primary concerns.

  • Loeb Smith provides the necessary British Virgin Islands law expertise to resolve issues when entities often face complex problems in dealing with enforcement of security asset tracing, schemes of arrangement and other court driven restructurings.  

    • Debt & Equity Rescheduling and Refinancing
    • Distressed situations, asset investing, M&A, funds and private equity
    • Funds restructuring
    • Banking and corporate/Funds restructuring and re-organization
    • Winding-up proceedings and much more…
  • Our Investment Funds Group has extensive experience in advising investment managers on the formation, structure and launch of a broad range of investment funds. Dedicated to being insightful, commercial and responsive, we are ready to assist our clients with:

    • Formation and launch of Incubator Funds
    • Approved Funds
    • Private Equity Funds
    • Professional Funds
    • Public Funds
    • Private Investment Funds
    • Other Asset Classes
  • Our BVI Private Wealth team provide client-focused and creative commercial solutions based on many years of advising on PE investments and on the structuring, formation and launch of PE funds.

    This includes advising settlors, trustees and beneficiaries on private wealth and estate planning issues.

    • FATCA/CRS
    • AML Compliance
    • Regulatory Appeals
    • Economic Substance
    • Beneficial Ownership
    • Regulatory Inspection
    • Provision of Directorships
    • Corporate Services- Incorporation
    • Registration of Intellectual Property
    • Provision of Nominee Shareholders
  • British Virgin Islands ensures our clients receives the best understanding and advice in areas regarding Economic Substance compliance and Beneficial Ownership filing and including: –

    • Organization and governance structure
    • Manuals with prevention policies and procedures draft and review
    • Risk management framework and Business risk assessment
    • Compliance monitoring & independent testing of e.g. Economic Substance, FATCA/CRS and AML/KYC circumstances
    • AML /CTF/ Sanction report, client files, annual returns, AML Annual Returns, beneficiary ownerships filings
    • And much more…
办公地点

英属维尔京群岛

背景

英属维尔京群岛(BVI)法律

英属维尔京群岛 (BVI) 是领先的离岸金融中心,其法律体系以英国普通法为基础,并享有诸多优势,包括现代法律、高监管标准以及税收中立和政治稳定的声誉。

这些优势有助于促进全球客户成功构建金融交易、设立、管理和监管投资基金,以及组建控股公司和投资及金融工具。

在 Loeb Smith,我们的律师为金融、机构、商业和私人客户提供有关英属维尔京群岛法律的专业咨询。凭借多年的经验和丰富的 BVI 相关知识,我们能够提供最高水平的咨询和法律专业知识。

Loeb Smith 英属维尔京群岛办公室为本地和国际的金融、机构、商业和私人客户提供有关 BVI 法律的全方位商业咨询,以及专业的监管合规、实体设立和管理服务。我们服务于美国、英国、加拿大、欧洲各地以及中东、香港和亚洲其他地区的强大客户群。

  • address

    6th Floor, Waters Edge, Building 1,
    Wickham’s Cay 2, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

    (邮政地址: P.O. Box 3575, Tortola, VG110, British Virgin Islands)

  • email info@loebsmith.com
  • telephone +1 (284) 494 1848

为何选择英属维尔京群岛?

英属维尔京群岛是英国的海外领土,其法律体系以英国普通法为基础。英属维尔京群岛政治稳定、成本效益高、税收中立的平台,国际业务蓬勃发展,并被公认为全球最受欢迎的国际司法管辖区之一。

英属维尔京群岛拥有独立且健全的金融服务委员会,被公认为强大且成熟的监管机构,以及一个拥有全球影响力的国际平台,政府已在此建立了稳固的国际贸易和外交关系。

全球众多知名企业选择英属维尔京群岛商业公司来管理其跨境业务。企业、机构和个人均可通过英属维尔京群岛商业公司作为控股公司持有各种资产、建构企业集团、投资业务、合资企业、上市、房地产、家族、信托、遗产和继承规划以及其他资产登记。

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Loeb Smith 律师事务所在英属维尔京群岛法律领域拥有丰富的经验,
提供富有创意且富有洞察力的法律咨询和解决方案。
我们为客户提供务实且响应迅速的建议,并取得卓越的成果。

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专业领域

  • 我们英属维尔京群岛的公司业务团队提供专业的法律服务,涵盖各类公司事务,包括公司注册、有限合伙企业设立、合资企业、并购以及首次公开募股 (IPO)。我们为英属维尔京群岛的客户提供支持,涵盖股东纠纷、信托问题、出具法律意见、法律尽职调查报告等,确保客户获得富有洞察力且切实可行的建议,以解决其主要顾虑。

  • 区块链技术、金融科技和加密货币业务领域是发展最快的行业之一、业务不断茁壮和演变。我们英属维尔京群岛(BVI)业务的律师在该领域拥有丰富的经验,能够为我们的英属维尔京群岛客户提供全面的专业知识。

    他们随时准备为您提供以下方面的协助:

    • 首次代币发行 (ICO)、代币发行 (ITO) 或证券型代币发行 (STO)
    • 投资数字资产的离岸投资基金相关问题及具体风险因素
    • 为投资风险资本或房地产的代币化基金提供咨询
    • 为投资区块链公司和合资项目相关的公司、融资和知识产权问题提供咨询
    • 为代币发行者和加密货币基金提供有关英属维尔京群岛反洗钱 (AML) 法规合规方面的咨询
  • 我们英属维尔京群岛的公司事务团队提供专业的法律援助,涵盖广泛的公司事务,包括公司注册、有限合伙企业设立、合资企业、并购以及首次公开募股 (IPO)。我们为英属维尔京群岛的客户提供支持,涵盖股东纠纷、信托问题、出具法律意见、法律尽职调查报告等,确保客户获得富有洞察力且切实可行的建议,以解决他们的主要顾虑。

  • Loeb Smith 提供必要的英属维尔京群岛法律专业知识,帮助企业解决在执行担保资产追踪、债务安排计划和其他法院主导的重组过程中经常遇到的复杂问题。

    • 债务与股权重组及再融资
    • 不良资产、资产投资、并购、基金和私募股权
    • 基金重组
    • 银行及公司/基金重组与改组
    • 清盘程序等等……
  • 我们的投资基金团队就各类投资基金的设立、架构和发行方面向投资经理提供咨询服务拥有丰富的经验。我们致力于提供富有洞察力、商业化和响应迅速的服务,随时准备为客户提供以下方面的帮助:。

    • 孵化基金的设立和发行
    • 核准基金
    • 私募股权基金
    • 专业基金
    • 公募基金
    • 私募投资基金
    • 其他资产类别
  • 我们英属维尔京群岛的私人财富团队凭借多年在私募股权投资以及私募股权基金的构建、设立和发行方面的经验,提供以客户为中心且富有创意的商业解决方案。

    这包括为委托人、受托人和受益人提供有关私人财富和遗产规划方面的咨询。

    • FATCA/CRS
    • 反洗钱合规
    • 监管申诉
    • 经济实质
    • 受益所有权
    • 监管检查
    • 提供董事服务
    • 公司服务 – 注册成立
    • 知识产权注册
    • 提供名义股东服务
  • 英属维尔京群岛确保我们的客户在经济实质合规和受益所有权申报方面获得最佳理解和建议,包括:

    • 组织和治理结构
    • 包含预防政策和程序的手册起草及审核
    • 风险管理框架和业务风险评估
    • 合规监控和独立测试,例如经济实质、FATCA/CRS 以及反洗钱/了解你的客户 (AML/KYC) 情况
    • 反洗钱/反恐怖主义融资/制裁报告、客户档案、年度申报表、反洗钱年度申报表、受益所有权申报
    • 以及更多……