Virgin Islander Ayana Hull lands big role at Maples law firm
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A local Virgin Islands attorney has been appointed partner at an international law firm with a strong presence in the territory.
Virgin Islander Ayana Hull has joined Maples and Calder — the law firm of the Maples Group — as partner and head of the Regulatory & Financial Services team in a move the firm described as a strategic investment in its BVI practice and global regulatory capabilities.
Hull brings more than 20 years of experience in BVI commercial and regulatory law. She has advised corporations, financial institutions, trustees and high-net-worth clients on matters including regulatory compliance, licensing, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, corporate structuring, data protection and digital assets. Her work also includes guidance on the application of BVI regulatory legislation to virtual asset service providers.
She is consistently recognised as a leading partner in the BVI Regulatory and Compliance Guide by Legal 500. Commenting on the appointment, Chris Capewell, Partner and Global Head of the Regulatory & Financial Services team, said the firm was delighted to welcome Hull.
“With over two decades of experience practising law in the BVI, Ayana has an exceptional depth of knowledge of the territory’s regulatory landscape and an outstanding reputation in the market,” Capewell said. “Her appointment represents a key strategic hire as we continue to grow and strengthen our global regulatory team. Ayana’s expertise, particularly in digital assets and financial services regulation, will be invaluable to our clients as they navigate an increasingly complex and evolving regulatory environment.”
Chris Newton, Managing Partner of the BVI office, said Hull’s background sets her apart.
“Ayana’s unique combination of private practice experience and time spent within the BVI Financial Services Commission gives her an unparalleled understanding of how regulation operates in this jurisdiction,” Newton said. “Clients will benefit enormously from her practical, solutions-oriented approach, and I am personally delighted to be welcoming such a highly respected colleague to the team.”
Hull previously served within the BVI Financial Services Commission and remains actively engaged in shaping the territory’s regulatory framework. She currently chairs the Commission’s Securities and Investment Business Act Advisory Committee, serves as a member of its Virtual Asset Services Provider Advisory Committee, and sits on the BVI Finance Marketing and Business Development sub-committee.
Commenting on her new role, Hull described the move as timely for both her career and the territory’s financial services industry.
“I am thrilled to join the Maples Group at such a pivotal time for the BVI’s financial services industry,” she said. “The firm’s global platform, combined with its deep commitment to the BVI market, provides an ideal foundation from which to serve clients navigating the territory’s regulatory requirements. I look forward to working with my new colleagues to deliver the highest quality advice and to contributing to the continued growth of the practice.”
Her appointment comes as the BVI continues to position itself at the forefront of global financial services regulation, particularly in emerging areas such as digital assets and virtual asset service providers.
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She is a Virgin Islander and daughter of the soil because she has done well. Her parents are from St. Kits and Nevis but she was born in Tortola. We seem to want to decide who is from here and who isn’t based on our personal feelings and based on convenience What a place and what a time to be alive! Congratulations Ayana. You have done well.
Stop trying to cause controversy because we see Myron as an island man. Ms Hull has always lived in the bvi but myron spent most of his life in Antigua . He does not know the bvi like she does!!!
Stop comparing the two she is indeed a daughter of the soil and we remain proud of her
Can someone’s nationality be based on how long they were in a country? Our ignorance knows no end. Please stop embarrassing yourself whoever you are.
Ayana is not a Virgin Islander. She is a st Kitts native. None of her parents from here. Why is this news?
Most definitely not a BVIslander,by definition.
This in no way lessens her success nor her origin but a BVIslander,she is not. Far from !!!
The reporters in these articles are lacking, in too many ways.
Ayana is an outsider like Myron Walwyn. she can easily clear that up because she a lawyer. She is not a virgins islander. Happy for her accomplishments but the news wrong to call she a virgin islander like them know she. probably it how she behave.
The yellow site said she was a daughter of the soil. I swear we are special in this place. Daughter of soil because she did well with Kittian parents. Any other time she was an island woman. LOL. Lord help us in this place. Kudos to Ayana on this monumental achievement
lord take it easy on the makeup by fifty yall look worst than some grandmothers
And the excessively bulky weave. Oh well! To each her own!
Yall judge to damn much… She looks great! Congrats Ayana!
Congrats Ayana!! May God Continue to Bless You and Guide Your Steps. Continue To Walk in Victory.
Wasn’t she at Maples before she went to harneys so why this is news?
All commenting here about where people born are sorry SICK f**ks.
Because the headline is wrong. It should read Kittitian living in bvi land big job at Maples. She is not a Virgin Islander and do not deserve to be called one if she mother and father not from here.
What is it about these VI,that folks,specifically those from the Caribbean Island chain are desperately in utter disgust of being identified with their country of origin?
Sad and scary!
The scary part is that they practice their cultural behaviours that are detrimental to these VI ,know that the before their arrival these VI were a much better place for the soul and forserenity,schools,intact families..simple goodness conducive for living with serenity decency without fear anger and anxiety. Truly a haven.
Mark, Lorna and Mather were not born here nor have BVI parents, but we don’t dim their positive articles with hatred when the work they do in this territory are posted.
What makes us select some and bash others? I guess we would feel better when persons of other races and ethnicities are the new dominant face of our territory.
I do not recall any of those mentioned snarling and wanting to be identified as BVIslanders, They have never denied their origin…much respect
They work to maintain these VI as they met it.
the slavemaster luv to see the ignorance boo. i just hate being black in bvi because the black people hate one another. oppresion and jealousy is a boss in this place.
Denying and rejecting your origin is, in my opinion, akin to rejecting your birth mother for the impossible a contrived and makebelieve pretend.
Made more alarming by embracing and practicing the destructive behaviour of the birth mother..mucked up folks these gah ruts.
@@Tammy…. what are you as a virginislander doing for the Virgin Islands? you sound so dam ignorant I could slap you through my ipad.
I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WHERE YOU ARE BORN IS WHERE YOU ARE FROM.
Congratulations to Ayana you are an inspiration
Y’all better leave Ayana alone.I remember Ayana getting teased through high school.They used to call her man head..yup..and now look who’s shine through that pack of losers.