HPA Lawyers Limited

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the complexities of International Law

We offer high-quality legal services with a global reach through our team of over 250 experts located worldwide.

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HPA Lawyers Limited

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Legal & Related Services

Expert legal and fiduciary assistance for your international business needs.

Legal Services

We assist you both in our capacity as your advisors as well as practicing lawyers who can guide you through the process from start to finish.

 

  • Private wealth structuring.
  • Corporate law.
  • Finance law.
  • Restructuring.
  • BVI fund license applications and compliance.
  • Virtual Asset Service Provider (‘VASP’) license applications and compliance.
  • Provision of legal opinions for financing, redomiciliations and other corporate affairs.

Related Services

We guarantee high-quality services at a fair price while only recommending the best and tested professionals.

 

  • Fiduciary and trust services (including personal directorships, VISTA and purpose trusts).
  • Company formations, registered agent and office, and secretarial support.
  • BVI Economic Substance compliance.
  • Funds and appointed representative services.
  • Accounting, tax services, and financial reporting.
  • Partnerships, liquidations, and corporate reorganizations.
  • Specialized services including custody, escrow, captive insurance, and yacht/shipping registrations.
We invite you to reach out through our contact form; our team will assist you promptly, providing the necessary guidance with the highest level of professionalism.
OUR TRUSTED EXPERTS

Our distinguished leadership team is composed of our co-founders and partners,

who bring strong expertise and strategic vision to comprehensively support every project. Their experience and commitment ensure professional guidance and a results-driven approach.

Stephen Abletshauser

Founding Partner.

Stephen is a triple-admitted wealth structuring expert based in Barbados. He specializes in offshore trusts, funds and companies for ultra-high net worth clients focusing on asset protection, estate planning and tax consequences.

Ebrahim Asvat K.

Founding Partner.

Dr. Asvat is a distinguished lawyer and academic with experience as Legal Counselor to the Vice-President of Panama. He founded a private micro-credit institution, is a published author, and fluent in Spanish, English, and Gujarati.

Indira Birkwood

Partner.

Indira is a highly regarded BVI Banking & Finance lawyer with over 26 years of BVI experience, 10 of which have been on the ground in the BVI.

EXPANDED TEAM

John Carrington KC

Consultant.

Barrister and Solicitor at Law admitted Anguilla (2002), Antigua (2004), Dominica (2012), Grenada (2011), St. Kitts/Nevis (2009), St Vincent (2012), Trinidad and Tobago (1983), Turks and Caicos Islands (2009), Virgin Islands (1996).

Rob Foote

Partner.

Robert has been practising BVI law for over sixteen years. He specialises in corporate and commercial dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, and contentious trust matters.

Karen Gilbert

Partner.

Karen is a corporate and banking lawyer based in London with over 17 years of offshore experience. She practiced English law in the UK before moving to the BVI, where she spent five years with an international firm, and later returned to London to help establish and work at the BVI firm’s office for 12 years.

Wenhao Han

Partner.

Wenhao is a native Chinese speaker with over 18 years of extensive experience advising clients in cross-border commercial disputes under English law and offshore laws.

Michele Hibbert

Executive Director.

As a Panamanian lawyer and BVI resident, Michele manages Spencer West BVI’s office with a strong grasp of the local market and unwavering dedication to excellence.

Dawnalee Hodge

Regulatory Senior Officer (MLRO).

More than 23 years of experience in client relations and portfolio management; ensuring entities are incorporated and documents are maintained in accordance to the governing laws of the British Virgin Islands financial jurisdiction.

Zac Lucas

Partner.

Zac specializes in international private client law, covering tax, trust, estate, family, divorce, succession, family business governance, succession planning, and private client regulatory laws such as CRS, MDR, Economic Substance Rules, and Beneficial Ownership Registers.

Daniel Russell

Partner.

Daniel qualified in BVI (2017), Cayman (2018) and England (2009), Dan regularly advises on the whole of life of private funds and mutual funds, venture capital investments and series equity financing, digital assets.

Peter Vas

Partner.

Peter has acted on offshore transactional matters for around a decade and advises clients on the BVI and the Cayman Islands law aspects of corporate and finance transactions.

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International support
and global perspective in the

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

Leveragind Decades of Expertise for Your Benefit.

Meet Our Founders

Our founders have decades of international law experience, specializing in BVI trust, fund, and company structures.

Exceptional Global Legal Services

We provide City of London quality work with a team of over 250 legal experts worldwide, delivering exceptional global legal services.

Our Commitment to Clients

We serve our clients with efficiency, effectiveness, and grace, striving for ethical and superb outcomes.