Carey Olsen

The firm: With a heritage that dates back to 1898, Carey Olsen is one of the most established and distinguished offshore law firms, advising on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices.

Carey Olsen’s BVI office opened in 2013 and has quickly grown to become one of the leading international legal practices in the BVI, focusing on international commercial transactions, dispute resolution, investment funds and offshore structures involving BVI companies.

The BVI practice is managed by partner Alex-Hall Taylor, supported by senior lawyers with significant BVI and international experience.

Areas of practice: Carey Olsen offers clients the full range of legal advice relating to the following services:

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and commercial
• Dispute resolution and litigation
• Investment funds
• Regulatory
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Trusts and private wealth

Carey Olsen has the international experience to provide accurate, efficient legal services for all transactions involving the BVI, including where BVI entities form part of a wider multi-jurisdictional structure. We also provide clients with access to BVI company management services through our affiliate CO Services.

We work alongside all the major international law firms, accountancy firms and insolvency practitioners and our clients include global financial institutions, investment funds, private equity houses, multi-national corporations, sovereign wealth funds, high net worth individuals, family offices, directors, trustees and private clients.

We also have BVI-qualified lawyers in our Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Cape Town offices ensuring we are able to provide BVI legal advice across all time zones.