Nicholas Plowman
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
Band 3
About
Provided by Nicholas Plowman
Practice Areas
BVI and Cayman law in Europe and Asia
Corporate
Hedge Funds
Investment Funds
Listed Funds Liquid Strategies and UCITS
Managers and Sponsors
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate
Real Estate Infrastructure and Energy Funds
Venture Capital and Special Strategy Funds
Career
Nick is the Practice Partner of Ogier in Hong Kong and the Head of Ogier's Investment Funds team in Asia. He acts for a wide variety of Asian fund managers in the private equity, long only and hedge fund space. His clients represent some of the more sophisticated and respected fund managers in Asia.
Nick joined Ogier in January 2006 from Slaughter and May, London where he practiced as a corporate M&A lawyer. He subsequently founded Ogier's Hong Kong office in February 2007. Nick's primary focus has since been on building Ogier's now significant Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands investment funds and venture capital practice in Asia. He acts for a wide variety of Asian fund managers in the private equity, long only and hedge fund space. His clients represent some of the more sophisticated and respected fund managers in Asia. Nick is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team.
Nick has been recognised in a number of directory listings:
Asia Business Law Journal - The A-List: Top Offshore Lawyers 2022
Euromoney's Expert Guides in the 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2018 editions - World's Leading Investment Funds Lawyer
Chambers Asia-Pacific (2012 - 2019)
Who's Who Private Funds Lawyer (2012)
Asialaw Leading Lawyer (2013)
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2013 - 2019)
IFLR1000 (2014 - 2019) - Investment Funds Leading Lawyer
Asian Legal Business' Offshore Client Choice List (2016 - 2021) - One of the top offshore lawyers in Asia
Nick received his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Asian Economic History (First Class)) from the University of Auckland.
Nick is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, the British Virgin Islands and New Zealand and is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.
Admitted in:
1998 - New Zealand
2006 - British Virgin Islands
2006 - England and Wales (non practising)
Chambers Review
Global
Nicholas Plowman leads the investment fund practice and has considerable experience acting as Cayman and BVI law counsel on fund formation and investment mandates. He also offers regulatory advice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nick has provided comprehensive, accurate and to-the-point advice to us for many years. He delivers on time and on budget."
"Nick has provided comprehensive, accurate and to-the-point advice to us for many years. He delivers on time and on budget."
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