Offshore
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
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Provided by Carey Olsen
With a heritage that dates back to 1898, Carey Olsen is one of the most established and distinguished offshore law firms, advising on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices.
Carey Olsen opened its Singapore office in 2015 and office in Hong Kong SAR in 2016, both offices provide Asia-based clients with the full spectrum of corporate, investment fund, banking and finance, dispute resolution and insolvency services, including contentious, semi-contentious and advisory matters.
Our services in Asia include:
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate
- Dispute resolution and litigation
- Family office
- Investment funds
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private client
- Private equity
- Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Trusts and private wealth
- Venture capital
Clients include global financial institutions, investment funds, private equity houses, multinational corporations, public organisations, founders, start-ups, corporate services firms, fund administration companies, sovereign wealth funds, high-net-worth individuals, family offices and trustees.
We work alongside Asia-Pacific’s leading regional and domestic law firms, including the Chinese ‘Red Circle’ law firms, all the world’s largest international law firms, accountancy firms and insolvency practitioners.
Chambers Review
Carey Olsen operates an accomplished and growing practice with expertise on the corporate, finance and dispute resolution fronts. It houses teams of specialists offering expertise in M&A, capital raising, investment fund and financing mandates, and advises a number of private equity funds, financial institutions and corporations. The team is equally equipped to handle restructuring and insolvency cases as well as litigation and arbitration proceedings. The firm is highly familiar with Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda and Channel Islands laws.
Work Highlights
- Carey Olsen acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Grand Centrex regarding its business combination with a SPAC RF Acquisition. This will result in the client being listed on Nasdaq.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carey Olsen has provided timely, clear and actionable advice on complicated topics with referenced support."
"The team is able to provide insight into the pros and cons of the various offshore jurisdictions. They are very responsive and the work product is of a consistently high standard."
"Carey Olsen has provided timely, clear and actionable advice on complicated topics with referenced support."
"The team is able to provide insight into the pros and cons of the various offshore jurisdictions. They are very responsive and the work product is of a consistently high standard."
Notable Practitioners
James Noble leads Carey Olsen's litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia. This includes advising on shareholder disputes, and high net worth clients' multi-jurisdictional litigation. His work of late involves debt restructuring for virtual capital companies.
"James Nobleis a great leaderwith a very strong sense of the big picture and the client's commercial objectives but at the same time, he has an eagle eye for detail."
"James Noble is a rainmaker at the firm. He is a very efficient and knowledgeable lawyer."
Timothy Haynes has considerable experience advising on BVI, Cayman Islands and Bermuda law. He is acknowledged for his extensive experience in commercial litigation, corporate restructuring and insolvency cases.
"Tim is a super experienced practitioner, balancing technical excellence against sage commercial advice about whether a particular suit or application is worthwhile."
"Tim Haynes is super experienced and clever. I refer my most complex litigation matters to Tim."
Jeremy Lightfoot heads the dispute resolution and litigation practice in Hong Kong. He handles big-ticket shareholder disputes and contentious restructuring and insolvency matters, and advises on Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda law.
"Jeremy Lightfoot is practical and responsive."
Matthew Watson is a partner in the Hong Kong office who draws upon previous experience practising in Bermuda. He is especially noted for his handling of trust and estate disputes as well as restructurings and insolvencies for high net worth clients.
"Matthew Watson is leading the charge on the client side. He is brilliant, on top of all the moving parts with very clear communication."
"Matthew is very responsive and competent. He looks after his clients well."
Anthony McKenzie is the managing partner of the Singapore office and heads the corporate team in Asia. He acts on corporate transactions and IPOs involving Cayman, BVI and Bermuda law elements, with recent work on fund formation and asset restructurings.
Michael Padarin is the head of Carey Olsen's investment funds practice. He acts for clients on a variety of capital raising matters including IPOs and fund formations. He also represented lenders in the subscription credit facilities to funds.
Ranked Lawyers at
Carey Olsen
Asia-Pacific Region
Members
Provided by Carey Olsen
Amelia Tan
Head of Department
Dhanshuklal Vekaria
Eason Huang
Helen Wang
James Webb
Kate Lan
Kimberley Leng
Kimberley Weng
Matthew Watson
Michael Padarin
Head of Department
Monique Hansen
Nicholas Lee
Rachel Yao
Rebecca Lee
Ryan Chong
Susan McKinstray
Tiffy Wan
Tim Haynes
Wei Xun Toh
Xia Li
Yi Yang
Clients
Provided by Carey Olsen
Board of directors of China Customer Relations Centers, Inc.
West China Cement Limited