British Virgin Islands
The BVI is a leading international finance centre with a strong domestic economy driven by high-end real estate developments and international private sector investments.
As a British overseas territory the BVI enjoys the reputation of being a tax neutral, politically stable and economically secure jurisdiction. This reputation, together with a legal system based on English common law, tight control policies and modern legislation has resulted in BVI companies being both recognised and accepted as reputable investment vehicles worldwide.
The BVI is renowned as the growing jurisdiction for offshore domiciled funds, holding companies, joint venture entities, hedge funds, captive insurance registrations and trusts for use in commercial transactions.
Expertise
Leverage Harneys’ four decades of corporate service experience by taking advantage of value added solutions that ensure your goals are met.
We provide comprehensive company formation services that put you on pace for a fast, successful incorporation. Services include private and public incorporation, determination of company name availability, plus complete oversight of documentation and the dispatch process. Available in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, and Hong Kong, our secretarial and administrative support is available to extend beyond the incorporation stage to assist you throughout the life of the business.
Our registered office and registered agent services not only provide British Virgin Islands companies and limited partnerships with a physical address, but also ensure proper maintenance of the entity’s records, registers, and other required documents.
We can help you ensure your company is administered as a standalone entity by professional directors who implement market best practices to meet your complex governance obligations. Our corporate governance team provides independent oversight relevant to regulated and unregulated entities in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus promoting the transparent and fair treatment of all the stake holders.
We offer director services to companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus. Our professional directors have a strong track record of executing complex, successful corporate strategies on behalf of our clients.
Our team can oversee your board meetings from start to finish for companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands or Cyprus. We send out board packs in advance of the meeting and can accommodate on-site meetings with video conferencing capabilities. You’ll receive comprehensive on-site support from our qualified team for a truly professional experience at either our BVI, Cayman or Cyprus offices.
Our team offers company secretarial services after incorporation to ensure your entity remains compliant with new and existing laws and regulations.
We assist companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands throughout the liquidation process, regardless of whether it’s voluntary or a strike-off.
Our team provides clients with process agent services in BVI, Cayman, London, and Hong Kong, each of which has well established commercial laws for cross-border financial transactions.
We understand the time sensitive nature required of many entities seeking incorporation in the British Virgin Islands.
We create customised accounting solutions based on your company’s specific requirements. From producing scheduled financial reports and investors’ updates to assessing compliance with accounting standards, we offer a full range of support for businesses, financial institutions, funds, high net worth individuals, and intermediaries in the British Virgin Islands.
Regulated companies and limited partnerships benefit from Harneys’ comprehensive and in-house funds service offering. We provide registered agent and office services as well as authorised representative services. Our directorship services are designed for regulated investment funds domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.
We support investment managers by providing professional independent directors who are tasked with the oversight of the fund’s activities, promoting compliance with the offering document, applicable laws and regulations, and above all a transparent fair treatment of investors.
Our team can oversee your board meetings from start to finish for companies in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands or Cyprus. We send out board packs in advance of the meeting and can accommodate on-site meetings with video conferencing capabilities. You’ll receive comprehensive on-site support from our qualified team for a truly professional experience at either our BVI, Cayman or Cyprus offices.
Our team offers company secretarial services after incorporation to ensure your entity remains compliant with new and existing laws and regulations.
We assist companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands throughout the solvent liquidation process. Our team can help you create a liquidation plan, provide a liquidator, and help you through the process.
We create customised accounting solutions based on your company’s specific requirements. From producing scheduled financial reports and investors’ updates to assessing compliance with accounting standards, we offer a full range of support for businesses, financial institutions, funds, high net worth individuals, and intermediaries in the British Virgin Islands.
We are committed to delivering practical solutions to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, their families and their businesses. Whether you are acquiring or registering a business, managing multiple and complex cross-border assets, purchasing fine art, property or a private island, our team provides a full complement of corporate, wealth and fiduciary services in the BVI and the Cayman Islands. We work alongside our highly respected lawyers to guide clients on the ideal structure to acquire, consolidate and protect your assets whilst helping to seamlessly navigate complex tax and regulatory issues to ensure that assets are passed to the next generation efficiently and in accordance with your wishes.
We help private clients ensure wealth across generations by developing plans for both estate planning and investment structures.
Utilising our team as the registered office for your private trust company is a solution laden with benefits for ultra-high net worth families.
Our team is an offshore leader when it comes to both the establishment and administration of all types trusts in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and New Zealand.
With our office as the nominee shareholder of your BVI, Cayman or Cyprus company, you retain full position as beneficial owner while simultaneously enjoying complete confidentiality concerning your offshore company.
Our team specialises in business succession trusts located in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and New Zealand.
Our private wealth team partners with family trusts and companies throughout Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and New Zealand to establish a custom structure that meets all of your goals for charitable giving.
Our family office services help high net worth clients establish strategic structures to preserve their wealth as well as their legacies.
We provide comprehensive services for clients wishing to purchase, finance, or register a yacht in the British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands.
Our clients with BVI companies, funds, and trusts may take advantage of our safe custody services for sensitive documents such as wills, deeds, and registered share certificates.
We serve as escrow agent for companies in the British Virgin Islands, acting as an independent third party to hold funds for upcoming transactions.
Our trademark registration services in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands include a trademark search, an application in the appropriate jurisdiction, and monitoring cases of infringement after your trademark is registered.
Harneys Fiduciary is an established global leader in advising clients on all aspects of offshore compliance. We ease your regulatory burden by providing you with clear legal advice and practical assistance in meeting your obligations. Our full-service regulatory and tax offering is the only one of its kind in the offshore sector. We advise on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing compliance, financial services regulation, sanctions, tax, tax information exchange and other areas of financial services regulatory law.
Our team works with companies and funds in the British Virgin Islands, along with companies in the Cayman Islands, to ensure proper compliance with AEOI (Automatic Exchange of Information).
Our experts across the world assist clients in creating solutions that ensure compliance with legal regimes such as US FATCA and UK FATCA. We partner with clients to navigate applicable FATCA regulations and correctly classify both accounts and investors.
We help clients navigate ongoing changes and updates to compliance legislation regarding Cayman funds. Clients who work with Harneys build robust solutions that strengthen their fund and minimise risk.
Our team helps companies successfully list securities in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands by registering for an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). We work with clients listing securities of all types, including bonds, equities, and warrants.
Our global footprint enables us to provide international compliance appointments for clients in all jurisdictions. When providing a money-laundering reporting officer, we conduct a thorough review of the reporting policies and procedures for suspicious activity within your fund.
We provide solutions surrounding legal entity identifiers (LEIs), which are used to identify legal entities participating in financial transactions. Required by regulatory regimes across the world, we offer cost-effective solution with discounts available for bulk business for financial services.
Our registrar and transfer agent services are designed specifically for companies in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, particularly those with low volume investor private equity, family funds, and non-complex funds and securities.
