David Nelson

Practice Areas

Asset Finance; Banking and Finance; Debt Capital Markets; Derivatives; Fund Finance; Islamic Finance; Leveraged Finance; Private Equity; Real Estate Finance; Regulatory; Structured Finance; Sustainable Finance

Career

David is a partner in Ogier’s Asian finance practice, based in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience advising on the BVI and Cayman law aspects of a broad range of debt financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, fund finance, margin lending, structured finance, real estate finance and secured and unsecured general corporate lending.

As a member of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team, David specialises in refinancing, restructuring of loan financing and distressed debt investment. His achievements include advising:

- a lender (a global alternative investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong) on the sale of its non-performing loan made to a BVI company

- an investor in a convertible loan made to a global education provider to assist with its financial restructuring

- lenders and borrowers on numerous loan amendments, extensions and restructurings in a distressed context

David is also part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. He acts for private equity sponsors and lenders to them, on financing transactions, including cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing transactions, margin loans, minority "back leverage" financings, mezzanine financings, fund-level financings, syndicated facilities and loan restructurings.

Professional Memberships

Admitted in:

2010 - England & Wales

2019 - British Virgin Islands

David is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Languages Spoken

David speaks English and Mandarin (to a basic business proficiency).