Offshore
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
Email address
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+852 3656 6000About
Provided by Ogier
Ogier's Hong Kong office provides British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey legal services to clients in the Asian time zone, working together with our Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo client services offices.
Our corporate administration business, Ogier Global, works closely with Ogier's partner-led legal teams in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and Luxembourg to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles, including public and private companies, partnerships and trusts. This offering is also complimented by a team of practitioners focused on Sustainable Investment Consulting services.
International languages
Our lawyers and professional staff speak English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese to better service our Asian clients in their native languages.
International finance, private wealth and dispute resolution
For the Asia region, Ogier focuses on international finance and corporate law with a particular emphasis on investment funds, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and finance. We also have a private wealth practice, which advises trustees, high net worth individuals and families throughout Asia, as well as a dispute resolution practice providing contentious and non-contentious restructuring and corporate recovery legal services.
We act for a number of leading global financial institutions, investment managers and corporate entities and are also instructed by many leading law firms and intermediaries.
Chambers Review
Ogier operates a diverse practice offering expertise in Channel Islands, Cayman, BVI and Luxembourg law. Ogier distinguishes itself through its North Asia focus, innovative investment funds and private equity work, and well-regarded litigation team. The team counsels high net worth individuals and families throughout Asia on private wealth matters, assisting with trusts, foundations and family governance issues. It also maintains an accomplished banking and finance offering, advising on a range of loan financing and capital markets transactions. Ogier attracts an array of work from financial institutions, asset management firms, venture capital funds and private corporations. The team's key clients include DCP Capital, Partners Capital Investment Group and Tianrui (International) Holding Company.
Work Highlights
- Ogier acted as BVI counsel to the joint liquidators on the liquidation of Unigroup, a government-backed technology conglomerate listed in Hong Kong.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Ogier team have extensive lending-related experience and can provide legal advice for a wide variety of products."
"They know what we want and when we want it. They are very good at deliverables and meeting deadlines."
"The team are skilled in advising on complex and cross-jurisdictional funds in private markets. They are also very experienced with public market funds."
"The Ogier team have extensive lending-related experience and can provide legal advice for a wide variety of products."
"They know what we want and when we want it. They are very good at deliverables and meeting deadlines."
"The team are skilled in advising on complex and cross-jurisdictional funds in private markets. They are also very experienced with public market funds."
Notable Practitioners
Joanne Verbiesen stands out for her expertise in offshore trusts. She is also sought after for her knowledge in contentious matters such as shareholder disputes arising from transactions.
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