Harney Westwood & Riegels

[2] In its early days, Harold Harney founded the first resident legal practice firm in the BVI, later joined by Neville Westwood in 1967 and Michael Riegels in 1973.

[3] Notable alumni of Harneys include: The firm has worked with the government of the BVI over the years in relation to the development of the offshore finance industry in the Territory.

The first new office was opened in Anguilla (1998), followed by London (2002), Hong Kong (2005), the Cayman Islands (2008), Cyprus (2009), Montevideo (2010), Singapore (2014), Vancouver (2014), Shanghai (2015) and Tokyo (2015).

It also had dedicated practice groups relating to regulatory compliance (including tax information exchange) and sanctions.

[5] Harneys is one of only two law firms in the world (the other being Allen & Overy) which provides official opinions to ISDA on close-out netting analysis for three or more different jurisdictions (BVI, Anguilla, and Cyprus).