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James Noble
Work Department
Dispute Resolution & Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Based in our Tier 1 ranked (Legal 500) Singapore office, James Noble leads the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia and the largest, most diverse offshore litigation team in Singapore. James advises on Cayman, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law, and is the only Cayman and BVI admitted (and Bermuda registered) litigator in Singapore.
A specialist in complex and high value shareholder litigation, asset recovery, cross-border enforcement and insolvency, James has over 20 years’ experience working in a wide variety of commercial, trust and estate disputes and private wealth matters. He regularly acts in high profile and market leading cases, particularly in connection with listed companies, and has specialist expertise in appellate matters in both the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.
James is frequently recognised as one of the outstanding offshore litigators in Asia by market leading legal directories and publications. In particular, he is ranked consistently by Chambers Asia and is listed as a Leading Individual for the Offshore category in Singapore in The Legal 500 Asia 2023 Guide. He has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Offshore Client Choice List and as one of the Top 15 Offshore Litigators in Asia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In addition, James was recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) as part of the publication’s prestigious annual A-List series. Earlier this year, James was named as an expert in asset recovery by Who’s Who Legal in its Southeast Asia guide.
James is an active contributor of thought leadership pieces, and is most recently a co-author of a textbook published by The Global Legal Post on “Commercial Litigation and Enforcement”.
Clients describe James as “an outstanding team leader, able to integrate a high-level awareness of his clients’ commercial objectives with an uncanny oversight of what the most junior associate, or busiest London silk, is doing to deliver the results needed for a positive outcome. Always calm in a tough and highly competitive environment.” He is also noted as “a great lawyer, with a very sensible approach to litigation matters” and “whom clients respond really well to”.
James is a registered foreign lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). He is a member of the Main Organising Committee of INSOL and is an active contributor to the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). He is also one of the first offshore law practitioners to be approved as a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS).
Memberships
James is a James is a registered foreign lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). He is a member of the Main Organising Committee of INSOL and is an active contributor to the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). He is also one of the first offshore law practitioners to be approved as a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS).
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Offshore
(Leading partners)Carey Olsen Singapore LLP launched a Singapore office back in 2017 and in a short period has become the largest offshore firm in Singapore. Providing a full-service approach to the market, it covers dispute resolution, insolvency, banking and finance, corporate and M&A, and private wealth. The team provides Cayman, BVI, Bermuda and Jersey law expertise. It has a China desk, dedicated to advising Chinese clients on disputes, corporate and private wealth matters, and has achieved further growth in clients from Australia, Japan, South Korea and India. With one of the most established dispute resolution teams amongst the offshore firms in Singapore, the firm has made further headway in shareholder disputes, insolvency cases, trust and private wealth matters, and cases connected to Section 238 of the Cayman Islands Companies Act. The office is also noted for crypto disputes and other cases in the fintech arena. On the transactional side, the firm has experienced growth in Nasdaq listings using a Cayman or BVI vehicle, fund raising for large and mid-cap managers, and trusts and private wealth work for family offices and ultra high net-worth individuals. Anthony McKenzie is the Singapore office managing partner and head of the Asia corporate practice. Cayman and BVI admitted James Noble leads the firm’s litigation, insolvency and restructuring team in Asia, which includes fluent Mandarin and Cantonese speaker Helen Wang (‘ability to understand the Chinese business landscape is also unparalleled‘). Tom Katsaros heads the funds team.
Foreign-based expertise > Leading firms
(Leading partners)With offices located in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Carey Olsen is very well-positioned to advise on a wide range of Caribbean-based matters surrounding Bermuda, BVI, and Cayman law. In Carey Olsen LLP’s London office, managing partner Jasmine Amaria is notable for her expertise in the BVI and Cayman law aspects of corporate, finance, and investment funds matters, including fund formation, M&A transactions, and joint ventures. Richard Brown, also in London, focuses his BVI practice on dispute resolution, litigation, and insolvency-related cases, which includes complex fraud and asset tracing cases. Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP‘s practice is home to managing partner Michael Padarin, who is notably active in the formation, operation, and restructuring of private equity and venture capital funds, while Jeremy Lightfoot leads the disputes team, which also includes Tim Haynes and Matthew Watson. Haynes is particularly skilled in representing Asia-based clients in commercial disputes, while Watson is a Bermuda law specialist. In Carey Olsen Singapore LLP, managing partner Anthony McKenzie leads the corporate group for Asia with notable expertise in Cayman Islands, BVI, and Bermuda law, frequently handling corporate, investment funds, and finance transactions. James Noble sits at the helm of the litigation, insolvency, and restructuring department, and head of funds Tom Katsaros is another notable presence in the team, as is litigation specialist Helen Wang.