ALB Offshore Shopper Selection Listing 2022

KATE HODSON
associate and head of ESG (authorized), Ogier

 

As the pinnacle of ESG (Authorized) of Ogier, Hodson advises GPs and fund managers on the institution and structuring of personal fairness funds and hedge funds in addition to advising on their fund investments.

Hodson, who has greater than 14 years’ expertise, joined the Ogier partnership in 2015 when she was 34, changing into the youngest associate within the firm and the first feminine associate within the Hong Kong office. She was appointed to guide the ESG (Authorized) follow upon her competitors of Masters in Power and Environmental Legislation from the Chinese language College of Hong Kong.

Hodson is believed to be the one non-public follow funding funds lawyer in Asia with setting legislation experience and launched the first of its sort Sustainable Investing and Impression Funds follow for an offshore legislation firm at Ogier. She can be considered one of a small variety of offshore legal professionals working within the Japan market.

She represented numerous sponsors and fund managers in addition to their onshore counsel on fund formation and capital elevating recommendation, together with advising WWF-Hong Kong on the restructuring and updating of the fund authorized paperwork for the Local weather Impression Asia Fund SP; and advising on the launch of 8F Aquaculture Fund Southeast Asia LP (Fund) closed with capital commitments of $61 million for the first shut with a goal whole capital dedication of $120 million.

Purchasers of Hodson embrace funding homes, high-profile fund managers and household offices, akin to RRJ Capital, Nomura Financial institution (Luxembourg) S.A, Daiwa Asset Administration, Grand Alliance Asset Administration, Mirae Asset World Investments (Hong Kong) Restricted.

“Kate is technically glorious, so intelligent and commercially minded. She is so quick at greedy complicated points and virtually finding options,” says a consumer. Provides praises her as being “very commercially sensible, with a robust affiliate bench

 

JEREMY LIGHTFOOT
associate, Carey Olsen

 

Lightfoot joined Carey Olsen in February 2020 and has greater than 15 years of authorized expertise. As the pinnacle of the dispute decision and litigation follow within the firm’s Hong Kong office, his follow is targeted on high-value and sophisticated industrial and company litigation, insolvency and restructuring issues beneath the legal guidelines of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.

Previous to becoming a member of Carey Olsen, Lightfoot was primarily based within the British Virgin Islands with one other offshore legislation firm earlier than relocating in 2017 to guide its litigation, insolvency and restructuring follow in Hong Kong. Earlier than shifting offshore, he practiced for a decade as a barrister at a number one chamber in London.

Amongst his most noteworthy work, Lightfoot acted for a key shareholder in a high-value (greater than $300 million) and high-profile shareholder dispute regarding a Cayman Islands-registered firm involving a few of the largest allegations of fraud ever made in respect of a HKSE-listed firm. He additionally represented the profitable claimant in securing enforcement within the British Virgin Islands of a PRC judgment, which is believed to be the second reported time that such outcome has been achieved.

Throughout the interval of 2020 to 2021, Lightfoot has acted as lead associate for almost all shareholders in a posh dispute with proceedings in three jurisdictions concerning management of a Cayman integrated firm with a valuation of $40 billion.

Lightfoot was listed by ALB in 2021 as one of many Prime 15 Offshore Litigators in Asia in consideration of his excellent efficiency in a number of notable instances.

“Jeremy is among the {most professional} legal professionals I’ve ever labored with. We will belief him with many difficult issues,” says a consumer. One other says Lightfoot has “glorious information of the legislation, he anticipates what the following strikes of the opponents might be, thus he can information us correctly and produce profitable outcomes.”

 

JENNY NIP
associate and head of PRC Group, Campbells

 

Because the Hong Kong-based Head of PRC Group at Campbells, Nip is devoted to all areas of company transactions, together with capital market transactions, M&A, take-private offers, downstream non-public fairness financing and funding offers. Nip has represented issuers, arrangers and traders in pre-IPO financings and listings of BVI and Cayman Islands firms on inventory exchanges across the globe. IPOs she has suggested on embrace Mediwelcome Healthcare, Keymed Biosciences and UNQ Holdings Restricted on the Hong Kong Inventory Trade; and Hywin Holdings and Infobird on NASDAQ. She has additionally been carefully concerned in fairness and debt transactions, together with the Collection A financing for HT Flying Automotive, Collection D financing for Rainmed Medical Restricted, bond issuance and listings of XD and Huafa 2021 I Firm Restricted on the Hong Kong Inventory Trade, and the acquisition of Smithfield Meals by Shuanghui Group.

Nip has been named on the ALB Offshore Shopper Selection record in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and featured as a Notable Point out in 2017. A number of of her shoppers embrace New World Improvement Firm Restricted, Wharf (Holdings) Restricted, Akeso, Peijia Medical Restricted, Zhuhai Huafa Group, Hywin Holdings, XD, Mediwelcome Healthcare Administration & Know-how, Yonghe Medical Group, and Jiangxiaobai Holdings.

One consumer is quoted as saying: “She is kind of conversant in Chinese language shoppers and their mind-set and dealing with issues. She all the time makes efforts to deal with shoppers’ issues.” One other provides: “Along with her strong tech-nical abilities, she can be extremely revolutionary and sensible when it comes to provision of authorized options. She can be a really hard-working lawyer, reachable 24/7.”

 

JAMES NOBLE
associate and head of litigation, insolvency and restructuring, Asia, Carey Olsen

 

Noble, previously the Singapore managing associate of one other main offshore firm, joined Carey Olsen in 2019 as its Asia head of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring crew. Carey Olsen now has the biggest offshore litigation crew in Singapore.

A specialist in complicated and high-value shareholder litigation, asset restoration, cross-border enforcement and insolvency, Noble has over 20 years of expertise advising on a broad spectrum of economic, belief and property disputes and personal wealth issues.

Noble repeatedly acts in market-leading instances. He not too long ago represented an ASX listed mining entity in ICC arbitration proceedings, in addition to on a first-of-its-kind Half XIX utility within the BVI. He has additionally represented main stakeholders in a worldwide dispute referring to the biggest timber firm in Malaysia. One of many appeals within the proceedings was not too long ago heard within the Privy Council in London.

Caldicott Worldwide, KPMG, China Huarong Worldwide Holdings, China Nationwide Offshore Oil Company, Hillhouse Capital Administration, Deutsche Financial institution, and Ernst & Younger are a few of his outstanding shoppers.

Noble is the one litigator in Singapore to be admitted in each Cayman and BVI. He’s additionally a registered Bermuda practitioner. Noble was named by ALB in its record of Offshore Shopper Selection legal professionals of 2021. He was additionally recognised as considered one of ALB’s Prime 15 Offshore Litigators in Asia.

“James is a wonderful lawyer who stays extremely responsive and pragmatic in probably the most difficult circumstances,” says a consumer. One other says he’s “deeply skilled in offshore disputes, capable of present fast recommendation, and really astute on technique.”

 

ANTHONY OAKES
associate and head of banking & finance, Asia, Ogier

 

Oakes, who joined Ogier’s Hong Kong office in January 2014 and have become associate in 2015, is the pinnacle of finance follow in Asia, offering BVI and Cayman authorized recommendation pertaining to financing transactions and restructuring. He has greater than 27 years of expertise.

Oakes has labored extensively on refinancing, schemes of association, investor/shareholder rights and actions, bond restructurings, non-public fairness, cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing transactions, M&A and IPO.

Since becoming a member of Ogier, Oakes has suggested on a number of notable transactions, together with aiding as BVI counsel to Modern Amperex Know-how on its $1.5 billion debt offshore bond issuance, which was the biggest US greenback bonds issuance made by a Chinese language non-public enterprise and nominated within the Debt Market Deal of the 12 months(Premium class) at ALB China Legislation Awards 2021; and performing as Cayman Islands counsel in reference to a young provide by Lenovo Perpetual Securities Restricted for its excellent $1 billion on 5.375 p.c perpetual securities within the type of cumulative most popular shares, which additionally made the finalist within the Debt Market Deal of the 12 months (Premium class) on the ALB China Legislation Awards 2021.

Oakes’ shoppers embrace world-renowned financial establishments and consulting firms, akin to Credit score Suisse, ICBCI and PwC. He’s acknowledged as one of many main legal professionals within the associated fields by a number of awards within the trade. He has been among the many solely few legal professionals which have been featured within the ALB Offshore Shopper Listing for six consecutive years (2016-2021).

“Tony is a fine operator who’s the right mix of attributes that any lawyer ought to have – empathy, perspective, care and conscientiousness,” says a consumer. “Tony has been pivotal when we’ve got confronted a really difficult construction and his proposed strategy facilitated the deal going forward – for which our personal shoppers have been very grateful. He’s additionally only a great individual, which issues.”

 

NICHOLAS PLOWMAN
Hong Kong follow associate and head of Funding Funds – Asia, Ogier

 

Plowman, a founding member of Ogier’s Hong Kong workplace, has greater than sixteen years of expertise working within the offshore authorized sector within the area. Below his management, Ogier’s Hong Kong office has grown to greater than 120 folks, together with 62 within the authorized crew.

Plowman is extensively thought to be considered one of Hong Kong’s finest non-public fairness, hedge fund and enterprise capital legal professionals specializing in BVI and Cayman Islands legislation. Amongst a few of his most significant instances in recent times, he suggested his longstanding consumer LionRock Capital on its acquisition of a 31.05 p.c share in Italian soccer membership Inter Milan; suggested TT Bond Companions on the institution and structuring of three way partnership preparations in respect of the acquisition by Gopher Investments of Finalto from Playtech plc for $250 million; acted as BVI counsel to All-Stars Funding Cayman Restricted in relation to the institution and providing of a personal fairness fund elevating automobile investing in a $1.1 billion capital elevating by Xiaomi Company by the use of sequence F financing, which marked China’s largest TMT deal of 2014 and the biggest ever non-public placement of a China-based expertise firm.

Plowman has represented plenty of high-profile fund managers in Asia, together with Companions Capital, C Ventures, Janchor Companions, All Stars Funding Restricted, Bosera Asset Administration, Complus Asset Administration, Lion Monetary Group, Misaki Capital, RV Capital, and GCI Asset Administration.

Among the many variety of awards and accolades that he obtained, Plowman has been named as one of many high offshore legal professionals in Asia by ALB on the Offshore Shopper Selection record for six consecutive years (2016-2021).

A consumer praises Plowman as being “extremely collaborative and I do know I’m going to obtain the very best offshore recommendation out there after I flip to Nick.” One other provides that he “constantly delivers to the best customary… collaborative, industrial and consumer -focused.”

 

ROBERT SIT
counsel, Travers Thorp Alberga

 

Sit, who joined Travers Thorp Alberga following greater than ten years of authorized expertise gained from each onshore and offshore legislation firms in Hong Kong and Australia, makes a speciality of company legislation, capital markets, open-end and closed-end funds.

Sit is qualified to follow in a number of jurisdictions, together with Australia (West Australia and New South Wales), New Zealand, Republic of Eire, Hong Kong, England & Wales and the Larger Bay Space of Mainland China (admission pending). He’s additionally an skilled in offering to-the-point options and versa-tile offshore authorized recommendation to shoppers primarily based in Mainland China with multilingual proficiency and in-depth information of the market and enterprise tradition.

He has acted extensively on common company issues, together with preliminary public choices of shares of Cayman issuers on each Hong Kong Inventory Trade and New York Inventory Trade, M&A, three way partnership formation and start-ups. Examples are performing for PFC System (a listed Cayman firm in Hong Kong) in reference to its privatization by the use of scheme of association; performing for Dafeng Port Heshun Know-how Firm Restricted on the issuance of a credit score enhance-guaranteed bond due 2024 backed by Financial institution of Jiangsu’s Yangcheng Department; and performing for the creditor and filing a winding up petition on behalf of the creditor within the Grand Courtroom of the Cayman Islands towards a Cayman firm listed in Hong Kong.

Sit advises shoppers throughout a broad spectrum of industries, starting from multi-national banks and financial establishments, asset administration firms, to state-owned and privately-owned firms in mainland China and abroad, together with AMTD IDEA Group and PFC System Inc.

“Robert is responsive, sensible and brings a industrial strategy to issues,” says a consumer. Provides one other: “He is aware of what shoppers need and may all the time take care of points in a easy and industrial approach, even when the problems could not fall inside his areas of experience.”

 

PETER VAS
associate, Loeb Smith Attorneys

 

Vas, who has been within the trade for round a decade, joined Loeb Smith in its Hong Kong office in 2020 with a concentrate on banking and finance, company and restructuring transactions.

Earlier in his profession, Vas labored for a serious U.S. firm in London, after which relocated to the Channel Islands to affix a global offshore legislation firm. In 2015, he was seconded to Hong Kong and has practiced there ever since. Throughout his time at Loeb Smith, he has been closely concerned in broadening the firm’s presence within the banking and finance areas exterior of its conventional sturdy areas of funding funds and blockchain expertise transactions in Asia.

Vas has acted on a few of the largest and most complicated banking and financing and company and restructuring transactions within the Asian market. These have included offering BVI and Cayman Islands legislation recommendation in reference to China Vanke’s participation in a consortium to take World Logistic Properties non-public in a transaction valued at round $11.6 billion, which was Singapore’s largest M&A deal on file and Asia’s largest non-public fairness buyout on the time; and offering offshore legislation recommendation to M&G and MetLife in reference to a 514-million-pound ($672 million) mortgage to refinance Dolphin Sq., which concerned greater than 500 SPV firms.

A few of Vas’ shoppers embrace Canada Pension Plan Funding Board, Caldera Pacific, China Shipbuilding Trade Company, China Vanke Co., Ltd., CTBC Financial institution Co., Ltd., ICBC, Ping An Financial institution Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pudong Improvement Financial institution Co., Ltd., and Citicorp Worldwide Restricted.

“Peter could be very sensible and listens rigorously to what’s wanted, and due to this fact capable of present pragmatic recommendation,” says a consumer. “He’s all the time out there, which is exceptionally uncommon for offshore counsel.” One other consumer calls him “constantly glorious.”