BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Law and Practice Contributed by: Michael Gagie, Andrew Wood, Ruairi Bourke and Joanna Russell, Maples Group
Maples Group advises global financial, institutional, business and private clients on the laws of the Brit - ish Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jer - sey and Luxembourg through its leading international law firm, Maples and Calder. With offices in key ju - risdictions around the world, the Maples Group has specific strengths in the areas of corporate commer -
cial, finance, investment funds, litigation and trusts. Maintaining relationships with leading legal counsel, the Group leverages this local expertise to deliver an integrated service offering for global business ini - tiatives. For more information, please visit: maples. com/services/legal-services.
Authors
Michael Gagie is regional managing partner of Maples and Calder’s Asia offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. He is also global head of the firm’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) practice. His experience and areas of practice
Ruairi Bourke is co-head of the British Virgin Islands corporate, finance and funds and investment management teams at Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm. He advises on a wide range of
cover both BVI and Cayman Islands law and include a broad range of banking and structured finance work, where he acts as lender counsel for international and regional banks and performs borrower work for funds and corporates. In addition, Michael has significant corporate law experience (both public and private work) and regularly advises corporates and private equity funds on joint ventures, pre-IPO structures and downstream private equity acquisitions and disposals. Andrew Wood is a partner in the Hong Kong funds and investment management team at Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm. His practice focuses on investment funds for Asian clients and includes advising on all aspects relating to the formation and maintenance of both private equity and hedge funds. In addition, he advises on a broad spectrum of matters, including downstream corporate and finance transactions and public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate law.
corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, stock exchange listings, private equity structures, private placements, corporate restructuring and reorganisation transactions and the formation of joint ventures. On the finance side, Ruairi advises on acquisition, real estate, ship and aircraft finance transactions. He also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt.
Joanna Russell is a partner in the London finance team at Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm. She is also co-head of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) funds and investment management team. She
deals with a wide variety of finance, banking and corporate law matters involving BVI and Cayman Islands companies and partnerships, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and real estate, project and asset financings. She also advises BVI investment funds, in particular on the establishment and maintenance of hedge funds and private equity funds.
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