The landscape of offshore dispute resolution in the Asia-Pacific region is shaped by an array of distinguished lawyers, each with unique expertise and experience. Having established strong practices in various offshore jurisdictions – including the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands – these individuals make crucial contributions to the strategic resolution of complex commercial disputes, financial services disputes, and trust disputes. As well as shaping the industry narrative, they also provide legal leadership in areas such as company restructuring, liquidation and offshore trust. This article spotlights some of the outstanding figures in the field.
The offshore dispute resolution legal landscape is marked by its intricate complexity, given the unique legal and regulatory frameworks across the many jurisdictions. Lawyers specializing in this area must, therefore, have the capacity to navigate multi-jurisdictional and complex transactions and disputes. Additionally, they must be adept at handling shareholder disputes, family disputes for high net worth clients, and contentious matters raised from transactions.
Given the caliber of legal professionals operating within this space in the Asia-Pacific region, we are pleased to showcase a collection of lawyers whose reputations in the industry are nothing short of exceptional. Listed alphabetically, here are ten lawyers who have demonstrated outstanding proficiency in offshore dispute resolution.
Joanne Collett, Walkers
Joanne Collett, Walkers possesses solid expertise in handling insolvency and restructuring mandates. She also advises on shareholder disputes and fund-related matters and has recently been involved in buyout and privatisation transactions.
Aisling Dwyer, Maples Group
Aisling Dwyer is lauded for her litigation capabilities. She provides representation before the BVI and Cayman Islands courts, with broad experience in dispute resolution, predominantly in contentious restructuring and insolvency matters.
Shaun Folpp, Campbells
Shaun Folpp is the managing partner of Campbells’ Hong Kong office. He has extensive experience handling BVI and Cayman aspects of general commercial, financial services and trust dispute cases, as well as liquidation and take-private mandates.
Oliver Payne, Ogier
Oliver Payne leads Ogier’s dispute resolution and restructuring and insolvency practice. He is a specialist in Cayman Islands and BVI law and has a talent for managing debt restructurings and wind-up proceedings.
Tom Pugh, Walkers
Tom Pugh often advises creditors about debtor negotiations, liquidations, restructurings and recovery matters. He is known for successfully handling multi-jurisdictional matters.
Chai Ridgers, Harney Westwood & Riegels
Chai Ridgers is recognized as a restructuring and insolvency specialist. As the head of the firm’s Asia restructuring practice, he has exceptional expertise in acting for distressed firms on insolvency and restructuring mandates.
Sam Robertson, Forbes Hare
Sam Robertson runs a successful litigation and insolvency practice at Forbes Hare. Situated in Singapore, he provides representation in British Virgin Islands mandates, encompassing company restructuring, liquidation and commercial disputes.
Eliot Simpson, Appleby
Eliot Simpson has extensive experience dealing with a large scope of commercial litigation, focusing on shareholder disputes, privatisation processes, and restructuring and insolvency cases. He leads the dispute resolution practice and operates out of the Hong Kong office.
Joanne Verbiesen, Bedell Cristin
Joanne Verbiesen joined Bedell Cristin in 2021. She has won recognition for her expertise in offshore trust. She is also highly sought after for her knowledge on contentious matters such as shareholder disputes arising from transactions.
James Noble, Carey Olsen
James Noble heads Carey Olsen’s litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia. He is known for advising on shareholder disputes and family disputes for high net worth clients.
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