Practically Speaking

In this episode, our BVI Managing Director of Client Services, Amy Roost and Rachel Graham, managing partner from our strategic alliance partner, Harneys law firm discuss the key reporting and compliance changes affecting British Virgin Islands companies during 2025 and into early 2026, including updated requirements for annual financial returns and beneficial ownership filings.

In this episode, Partner Rachel Graham and Managing Director of Client Services Amy Roost, along with guest expert Sonia Dhesi, Owner and Managing Director of Appleton Company Services Limited, provide key information in relation to the newly implemented Overseas Entity register. Key takeaways Any non-UK entity, which holds land in the UK, needs to register as an Overseas Entity at Companies House...

As part of the BVI’s commitment to the FATF Recommendations on the availability of basic company information via a company registry, from 1 January 2023, the names of directors of BVI companies will be made available by the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the BVI ( the Registry ) for payment of a fee. What we know so far: A list of directors will be available via the Registry on payment of a fee...

In this episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Dispute Resolution Counsel Francesca Gibbons look at information disclosure and the available options in respect of BVI companies Key takeaways :     The information a BVI company is required by law to maintain and retain includes: Statutory records and registers – relating to the company    Financial and other Recor...

Key takeaways A chargee is someone who has the benefit of security that has been granted by a BVI company Numerous features make using a BVI company attractive to lenders for structuring finance transactions including: Clear and simple registration process Robust insolvency legislative regime providing protection – very similar to UK law The ability for companies to provide financial assistance to...

In this episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Director of Client Services Amy Roost outline the process of becoming a shareholder of a BVI company. Key Takeaways: Do your due diligence as to what your rights as a shareholder will be, BVI law is very flexible in this regard. Key documents will be the memorandum and articles of association. Decision making for BVI companies tends to be pr...

In this episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Director of Client Services, Amy Roost discuss the significance of corporate governance from a legal and fiduciary perspective. Key takeaways The statutory and corporate administration considerations for the average user of a BVI company. The importance of ensuring entities' legal and accounting record keeping requirements are met. The impac...

Welcome to season two of our Practically Speaking podcast. This season London based, Transactions Partner, Rachel Graham and Director of Client Services, Amy Roost will be exploring the ins and outs of the lifecycle of a BVI company. In the first episode, Rachel and Amy will be talking about becoming and acting as a director of a BVI company. Key takeaways The importance of directors for BVI compa...

Providing practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities. This season focuses on the lifecycle of a BVI company.

Our podcast series Practically Speaking, was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities. In our eighth episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Senior Associate within Harneys’ Private Wealth team, Matthew Howson discuss the following: What happens when a non-resident holder of BVI shares passes away, whether th...

Our podcast series Practically Speaking was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities.  In our seventh episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Director of Fiduciary & Custodial Kerry Graziola discuss how to establish substance for relevant in scope entities in the BVI, outlining:  The obligations...

Our podcast series Practically Speaking, was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities.  In our sixth episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Transactional Counsel Thomas Dugdale discuss the following: What a continuation, “re-domiciliation” or “migration” is  Why continue or migrate to another juris...

Our podcast series Practically Speaking was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities.  In our fifth episode, Director of Client Services Amy Roost and Global Head of Investment Funds, Philip Graham discuss the following:  Private Investment Funds ( PIFs ), what they are and why they were introduced &nbs...

Our podcast series Practically Speaking, was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders of BVI entities.  In our fourth episode, Transactional Partner  Rachel Graham  and Director of Fiduciary & Custodial  Kerry Graziola  discuss the following:  the liquidation process in the BVI  the external fac...

During this episode of our Practically Speaking podcast series,  Rachel Graham  and  Amy Roost  discuss the ins and outs of de-enveloping BVI companies, outlining: which companies may want to de-envelope and why  commonly used structures involving BVI companies for holding real estate and other assets options available for de-enveloping assets from these structures key ste...

In our second episode, Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Director of Client Services Amy Roost discuss the options available to directors and shareholders when a BVI company has reached the end of its useful life, with a particular focus on the on-going annual reporting obligations under the economic substance regime.   Key Takeaways:  Where an entity is no longer required the...

Transactional Partner Rachel Graham and Director of Client Services Amy Roost host the first episode of our new podcast series: Practically Speaking. This series was launched to provide our listeners with practical advice and insights on issues applicable to stakeholders in BVI. We hope that the series will be of interest to directors, shareholders, trustees and others concerned with BVI entities....