Webster Dyrud Mitchell is at the forefront of Anguilla’s development in offshore finance and commercial law.

The firm is fortunate that John Dyrud, Partner, served as a principal drafting consultant of the Government of Anguilla's legislative revision programme for the substantive financial services legislation and our lawyers continue to maintain a close involvement in on-going law reform and new legislative projects.

Pam Webster, Managing Partner, has worked as Counsel for the Government of Anguilla, and is currently the President of the Anguilla Financial Services Association ("AFSA"), the private sector association, responsible for shaping the jurisdiction's financial services industry.

Through its litigation department, the Firm acted as a catalyst to the liberalization of the telecommunications industry in Anguilla, thereby paving the way for a competitive environment under the new Telecommunications Act.

John Dyrud, Partner, and Harry Wiggin, Consultant, lawyers at Anguilla law firm Webster Dyrud Mitchell, have played a leading role in the development and drafting of the new Anguilla Foundation Act, which broadens the appeal of Anguilla for a whole new category of financial services clients. This legislation was enacted in July 2008.

The Act enables Anguilla to offer the civil law private foundation concept as an alternative to the existing common law trust available in Anguilla, while providing a high level of protection in terms of anti-forced heirship rules and rules overriding foreign laws and judgments. It also has the unique advantage, compared with similar legislation in other jurisdictions, of permitting enforcement under an almost infinite variety of procedural and/or geographic regimes.

These strong protections will keep Anguilla at the forefront in this field. We consider that the proposed Anguilla legislation is an improvement over previous foundations legislation enacted in other jurisdictions and that it will be warmly welcomed in the international estate planning community.

Our lawyers will continue to maintain a close involvement in on-going law reform and new legislative projects.