
Ray Wearmouth
Partner
British Virgin Islands

Ray Wearmouth
Partner
British Virgin Islands
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Our British Virgin Islands team provides a seamless, round-the-clock client service from our offices in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and London.
We act for leading global financial institutions, investment managers and corporate entities from start-ups to global household names. We are instructed by many leading law firms and other intermediaries on many of the noteworthy and complex transactions and cases that involve BVI law across sectors including financial services, investment funds, energy and infrastructure, consumer goods and retail, life sciences, leisure and entertainment, manufacturing and real estate.
Learn more in our Legal Services in BVI brochure.
Our Corporate and Fiduciary Services business, Ogier Global, works closely with Ogier's partner-led legal teams in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong and Jersey to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles.
Ray Wearmouth
Partner
British Virgin Islands
Ray Wearmouth
Partner
British Virgin Islands
Monique Adams
Managing Director
British Virgin Islands
Monique Adams
Managing Director
British Virgin Islands
Leonie Kelly
Director, Head of Sustainable Investment Consulting
Hong Kong
Leonie Kelly
Director, Head of Sustainable Investment Consulting
Hong Kong
Our BVI law team has advised on many firsts including:
The largest acquisition/disposal of a BVI company (Rosneft's US$ 55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP)
The largest listed note issuance by a BVI issuer (Cemex's US$ 3 billion note issuance)
The creation of the BVI's largest joint venture company (TNK-BP)
The largest debt restructuring involving multiple BVI companies (UCR's US$ 18 billion global debt restructure)
The first takeover of a BVI company by way of a Court approved plan of arrangement
The largest receivership sale involving BVI companies (42 BVI property companies in a hotel chain receivership disposal)
The IPO of the then largest listed BVI company to date (Lenta Limited's US$ 1 billion listing on the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange and the Moscow Stock Exchange)
We regularly advise on the most significant and high-value cases and deals in the BVI. You can find our latest cases and deals here: BVI latest cases and deals.
Our BVI law team has a long-standing commitment to the jurisdiction –having been in BVI since 2007 – and is independently sought out by governmental and public sector authorities to support and steer industry and regulatory best practice.
BVI is a British overseas territory with a legal system based on English common law. Politically stable, the BVI has established a thriving international business industry, recognised and ranked among the world’s top international jurisdictions.
As an international finance centre, 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. Over 140 major businesses listed on the London, New York or Hong Kong main stock exchanges use BVI vehicles to support their international investment 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 vessel or aircraft registration.
Working at Ogier in the BVI
BVI Finance
BVI Financial Services Commission
Virgin Islands International Tax Authority
"Comprehensive and responsive service, depth of experience and continuity in transactions; one of the top firms in the BVI."
Legal 500, 2023
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