Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is pleased to announce that it now has seven British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) qualified lawyers within its Isle of Man legal team, five of which are partners.
Focusing largely on Appleby’s corporate offering the team comprises six corporate lawyers and one private client lawyer who specialises in trusts work. Together with the full support of Appleby’s well established practice in Tortola, BVI, the Isle of Man team is able to provide a range of legal, corporate, trust, administration and management services in a GMT time zone.
Nick Verardi, local group head of corporate & commercial and partner of Appleby said: “This is a significant addition to our service offering to both international and domestic clients. Appleby is already unique in its ability to provide clients with advice in all three Crown Dependencies, now with the added expertise of our BVI qualified legal team we can offer BVI legal advice in a European time zone,” he continued, “Importantly, with the expertise of our knowledge management team and our physical presence in the BVI, we are able to ensure our advice is up to date and consistent with current BVI practice.”
The widespread use of BVI companies, either as holding or trading companies, has led to an increasing requirement for BVI legal advice and services around the globe. Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is the only Isle of Man based law firm with the in-house corporate expertise specialising in this area, with the added benefit of a local BVI office to provide support when required.
Across eight jurisdictions Appleby’s 30 strong BVI legal team is routinely involved in the most high profile and complex matters providing easy access to BVI legal advice for clients including banks and other financial institutions, governments, lessors and lessees, joint venture and other project developers, ship owners and high net worth individuals. In addition to BVI and Isle of Man legal advice, Appleby also facilitates the provision of legal advice in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Mauritius and the Seychelles from its Isle of Man office.
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