Our BVI specialist Banking and Finance team provides expert legal advice relating to corporate finance transactions, secured and unsecured lending and other financing matters including syndicated and bi-lateral loan facilities, banking regulation, documentation, taking security, redomiciliation and the establishment and operation of banking institutions in the British Virgin Islands.

The team is supported by our global Litigation and Restructuring and Insolvency teams. The team is also ISDA’s counsel in the BVI.

Services

• Review and drafting of banking and finance documentation.
  
  
• Advice on financing structures involving entities established in BVI (including asset finance, structured finance and real property holding structures).
  
  
• Advice on BVI security packages, including security over shares of BVI companies and enforcement of security.
  
  
• Review and drafting of corporate approvals and ancillary conditions precedent documentation for BVI entities and liaising with BVI registered agents.
  
  
• Ongoing BVI regulatory and compliance advice.
  
  
• General banking legal advice, including on data protection and confidentiality.
  
  
• Set off and netting advice. Click here for more details on our Derivatives services.
  
  
• Conducting and advising on searches at the BVI Registry of Corporate Affairs and the BVI High Court.
  
  
• Advice on and attending to any required filings with the BVI Registry of Corporate Affairs.
  
  
• Incorporation and establishment of BVI SPVs. Click here for more details on our Structured Finance services.