Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP

Calvin is an associate in Carey Olsen's corporate and finance team in Hong Kong. He has broad experience across a range of corporate finance, IPO and equity capital markets, M&A, and other general commercial matters. He also advises on a broad range of debt arrangements, including acquisition, leveraged and real estate financing, structured products, bond issuances, and debt restructuring.

Dhanshuklal Vekaria

Dhanshuklal Vekaria is counsel in the Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in Hong Kong. He has a broad range of experience in the offshore and general commercial litigation context most recently advising and acting in relation to the liquidation and winding up of a number of offshore private corporates, trust and fund structures, disputes in relation to private client trusts, fair valuation disputes, injunction and freezing orders and corporate restructuring disputes. Dhanshuklal is an experienced commercial litigator and advocate with particular expertise in valuation disputes.

Jeremy Lightfoot

Jeremy is head of the litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency practice in Hong Kong. His practice is focused on high value and complex commercial and corporate litigation as well as insolvency and restructuring matters under the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Clients and industry peers compliment Jeremy as an "excellent strategist with first rate client handling skills" (Legal 500 Asia-Pacific) and he "is widely regarded for his sharp intellect and cherished by clients for his sophisticated charm" (Asian Legal Business). His success in handling significant cases and exceeding clients expectations has earned him the recognition as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and as one of the Top 10 Offshore Litigators by the Asian Legal Business in 2023 (for the third consecutive year).

Joni Khoo

Joni is a member of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Hong Kong. She has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder/director litigation, corporate disputes, fraud and asset tracing, and cross-border and restructuring matters. She also regularly advises on interim measures in support of onshore litigation, tools to obtain information about assets/directors/shareholders, and the recognition/enforcement of orders and awards.

Kimberley Leng

Kimberley is a counsel in our Hong Kong Dispute Resolution and Insolvency team. Her practice is focused on cross-border restructuring and insolvency, as well as commercial dispute resolution, in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. She has particular experience in applications for the appointment of “soft touch” or “light touch” provisional liquidators, cross-border restructurings, and has acted for liquidators on an extensive range of matters arising out of liquidations (both compulsory and voluntary), including those requiring the recognition of foreign appointed liquidators. In addition, she has a broad range of experience in offshore commercial litigation matters. She has acted in high-value and complex commercial disputes involving, inter alia, fraud, breaches of directors’ duties, fund disputes, shareholder disputes, and minority dissent proceedings.

Mahogany Bean

Mahogany is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working in the dispute resolution and litigation team. Mahogany has developed a broad practice within the dispute resolution and litigation department taking a key interest in government and public sector work, regulatory and general civil and commercial matters.

Matthew Watson

Matthew is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution and Litigation practice in the Hong Kong office. His practice is focused on acting for high-net-worth clients and major corporations in insolvency and restructuring contexts, as well as high value and complex commercial, corporate, trust and estate litigation under the law of Bermuda. Matthew is highly recommended by peers and clients and is ranked in leading legal directories Chambers and the Legal 500, where he has been described as, "an absolute delight to work with: incredibly hard-working, excellent commercial brain, superb attention to detail and a first-rate lawyer." Other client testimonials praise his "superb tactical litigation skill" and "unwavering dedication to excellence and total commitment to the case". Matthew is also one of the leading private client professionals ranked in the Global Private Client Elite.

Michael Padarin

Michael's practice concentrates on the formation, operation and restructuring of offshore private investment funds, across the alternatives spectrum including private equity, venture, credit and secondaries funds, and their related fund sponsor vehicles. He specialises in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda law. Michael is highly regarded for his breadth of experience advising across the spectrum from emerging managers to the most sophisticated global institutional players. Michael also represents early and later stage companies in a range of industries, including fintech, blockchain, life sciences and technology, in relation to private financings, listings, cross-border investments and other M&A transactions. He is regularly instructed by leading international firms as specialist Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands counsel on complex corporate transactions. Michael lived and worked in the Cayman Islands before returning to Hong Kong and has a wealth of experience dealing with inbound and outbound China deals. During his time in the Cayman Islands Michael acted for some of North America's largest private equity houses on both fund formation and downstream transactional work. He is one of the most experienced offshore private equity specialists in the Hong Kong market.

Tiffy Wan

Tiffy is a cousel in Carey Olsen's corporate, M&A and finance team in Hong Kong where she advises our Asia and PRC-based clients on a wide variety of offshore corporate transactional matters. Tiffy’s legal practice focuses on commercial and corporate finance transactions, including Hong Kong and US-based initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary securities offerings, restructurings (including schemes of arrangement), mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, fund-raising and fund finance transactions for both public and private companies, and other general corporate instructions. Tiffy has acted for a broad range of corporations and financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region with particular experience in acting for China-based issuers and strategic acquirers.

Tim Haynes

Tim has joined Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation team in Hong Kong. Tim has over twenty years’ experience representing a wide range of Asia Pacific-based clients in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution, from corporate shareholders and liquidators to high-net-worth individuals. He advises on and litigates high value, cross-border management, shareholder, commercial, insolvency and corporate restructuring disputes, often with a connection to Hong Kong, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. He is particularly skilled at handling high-stakes management and shareholder disputes and other contentious matters arising out of distressed corporate and investment vehicles. In addition to being a Chartered Arbitrator, Tim is an experienced advocate who has appeared in numerous cases before first instance and appellate courts and in arbitration.

Winnie Lo

Winnie is a senior associate in our dispute resolution and insolvency team, and is based in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on cross-border restructuring and insolvency, as well as commercial dispute resolution. She has acted for insolvency practitioners, commercial banking institutions, directors and shareholders. She also has experience advising on a wide range of high-value and complex commercial disputes including fraud, breaches of directors’ duties and shareholder disputes.

Xia Li

Xia is counsel in our Dispute Resolution and Litigation practice. Xia specialises in complex corporate and commercial litigation, shareholders' disputes, fraud and investigatory matters and insolvency and restructuring matters in jurisdictions including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. Xia is experienced in advising clients on regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues. She has extensive experience handling high value dispute resolution matters for clients across the region, spanning a broad range of sectors, including banking and financial services, gaming and entertainment, construction and insurance. Xia is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and is proficient in Dutch and French. From 2018 to 2020, Xia worked in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, gaining significant experience on a variety of litigation, arbitration, restructuring and trusts matters. Recent experience includes advising: A Hong Kong listed company on the appointment of 'soft touch' provisional liquidators in a contested matter, together with the promotion of a subsequent restructuring plan Various liquidations of Hong Kong listed companies incorporated in Bermuda, with experience representing liquidators/provisional liquidators and creditors A UK listed company for its successful onshoring from the Cayman Islands to the UK, implemented by way of a Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement and associated capital reduction Parallel funds in relation to seeking directions from the Cayman Islands courts regarding the distribution of assets A trust on its trust administration and disclosure proceedings in the Cayman Islands A fund in insolvency in its Privy Council proceedings in relation to the appeal of a Cayman Islands Court of Appeal decision on the commencement of related New York proceedings A fund on its Cayman Islands seated arbitration using AAA Rules on a professional negligence matter A major Chinese alternative asset management firm on a Cayman Islands expert opinion for CIETAC arbitration proceedings A major PRC manufacturing group on BVI Court litigation and Hong Kong arbitration strategy and legal advice

Yi Yang

Yi has a wide range of experience assisting in cross-border commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes, derivative actions, contentious insolvency and appraisal actions involving offshore companies.

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