Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The International Business Companies Act, 1984 was a statute of the British Virgin Islands which permitted the incorporation of International Business Companies within the Territory. The Act played in a huge role in the economic and financial development of the Territory in the 1990s. The original Act was copied widely by other offshore financial centres. The Act was drafted principally by five people: Lewis Hunte, the then Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands; Neville Westwood, Michael Riegels and Richard Peters, who were partners at the law firm, Harneys; and Paul Butler, a partner from the U.S. law firm of Shearman & Sterling.