
James Bergstrom
Partner
Legal
Cayman Islands

James Bergstrom
Partner
Cayman Islands
Big things are happening at Ogier. Change is embedded in everything we do. It is redefining our talent, our ways of working, our platforms of delivery, our culture.
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Ogier provides practical advice on a unique combination of six laws: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg. Our global network covers Asian, European and US time zones.
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You don’t pay for a learning curve when you instruct us. We have been focused on funds since the beginning of the industry.
Our Investment Funds team advises on the full spectrum of fund structures and strategies, including hedge, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, energy, credit, debt, venture capital, cryptocurrency, hybrid, impact and sustainable investing.
We provide clients with innovative solutions to all manner of legal requirements, to meet each client's distinct set of regulatory and commercial demands.
Supported by our experienced colleagues in our Corporate, Banking and Finance, Fund Finance and Dispute Resolution teams, we can provide a holistic service for every possible investment fund client need.
Our services include advising on structuring and supporting fund formation, including the provision of registered office and company secretarial services to investment managers, ancillary services such as AML officer services and FATCA/CRS compliance matters, establishment of corporate fund vehicles, general partners, limited partnerships carry and special purpose vehicles, and advising on regulations (including fund licensing and automatic exchange of information, corporate governance and investor disputes).
We are in a unique position to be able to offer cross-jurisdictional advice covering each of BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg laws. We also have a thriving office in Hong Kong and unmatched insights into Asia through our Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo offices.
Through our network of offices, we frequently advise clients in respect of complex multi-jurisdictional structures.
We have advised clients through every conceivable market condition and, working closely with Ogier's Restructuring and Corporate Recovery team, we have extensive experience advising on winding-up arrangements (both contentious and non-contentious), including redemption arrangements, liquidity constraints, illiquid asset disposals, suspensions, investor disputes and solvent and insolvent terminations.
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James Bergstrom
Partner
Legal
Cayman Islands
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Cayman Islands
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Partner
Legal
British Virgin Islands, Guernsey
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Partner
British Virgin Islands, Guernsey
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Hong Kong
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Niamh Lalor
Partner
Legal
Jersey
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Jersey
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Simon Schilder
Partner
Legal
British Virgin Islands
Simon Schilder
Partner
British Virgin Islands
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26 April 2023
Ogier in Guernsey advises on the establishment of Vision Blue Resources
Bryon Rees
Team: Richard Doyle, Gabrielle Payne, James Walsh, Damian de Klerk
Guernsey
Deal
26 April 2023 | 2 min read
Ogier advises on the launch of Pacific Waterdrip Digital Asset Fund and its sub-funds
Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣
Team: Alan Wong 黄伟麟, Sabrina Leung 梁沁悌
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
Deal
19 December 2022 | 2 min read
New report highlights Guernsey strength as private equity and venture capital domicile
Tim Clipstone
Team: Bryon Rees, Richard Doyle, Michelle Watson Bunn, Gabrielle Payne, James Walsh, Damian de Klerk, and 3 more
Deal
2 November 2022 | 2 min read
Ogier's Luxembourg and Cayman teams advise Partners Capital on redomiciliation of fund
Richard Bennett
Team: Nicholas Plowman 包乐文, Milan Hauber, Pierre Andriuzzi, Anne-Gaëlle Delabye
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg Legal Services
Deal
24 October 2022 | 2 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited on US $700 million group financing
Tim Clipstone
Team: Michelle Watson Bunn, Diana Collas, James Hewlett
Guernsey
Deal
1 July 2022 | 2 min read
Ogier advises Old Fashion Research on US$100m fund launch investing in crypto space
Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣
Team: Alan Wong 黄伟麟
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
Deal
28 February 2022 | 2 min read
Ogier advises Foxbit on R$110m Series A funding round with OKX
Tim Cone
Team: Dominic Athwal, Giorgio Subiotto
Cayman Islands, London
Deal
22 February 2022 | 2 min read
Ogier represents New Frontier Public Holding Ltd on the completed take-private of NYSE listed New Frontier Health Corporation
Nathan Powell
Team: Michael Snape, Oliver Payne, David Nelson, Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣, Kendrick Cheung, Alan Wong 黄伟麟
Hong Kong
Deal
2 February 2022
Ogier advises multi-family office on the structuring of a number of Jersey investment vehicles
Niamh Lalor
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Brooke Lewis
Jersey
Deal
1 February 2022
Ogier advises Canadian family office on establishing investment vehicle to hold private equity asset
James Campbell
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Richard Laignel
Jersey
Deal
Investment Funds
"This team is incredibly astute, detail-oriented, and understand the market very well"
Legal 500, 2023
18 September 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier wins Offshore Law Firm of the Year at ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2023
Nicholas Plowman 包乐文
Team: Richard Bennett, Florence Chan, Justin Davis 戴正霆, Lin Han 韩琳, Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣, Rachel Huang, and 7 more
Hong Kong
News
14 September 2023 | 5 min read
Structuring of a Jersey private equity deal
James Fox
Team: Robin Burkill, Richard Daggett
Jersey
Insight
13 September 2023 | 1 min read
Kate Hodson named Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year at Women in Business Law Awards 2023 APAC
Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣
Team: Nicholas Plowman 包乐文
Hong Kong
News
12 September 2023 | 3 min read
Terminating Cayman vehicles and minimising 2024 fees
Ridhiima Kapoor
Team: Corinne Cellier
Cayman Islands
Insight
24 August 2023 | 6 min read
Private investment funds in the BVI
Simon Schilder
Team: Tim Clipstone, Marie-Claire Fudge, Michael Killourhy
British Virgin Islands
Insight
17 August 2023 | 2 min read
Meet our LatAm expert Giorgio Subiotto
Insight
17 August 2023 | 2 min read
Conheça nosso especialista em LatAm, Giorgio Subiotto
Insight
1 August 2023 | 4 min read
Luxembourg modernises its investment fund laws
Anne-Gaëlle Delabye
Team: Philippe Burgener, Milan Hauber, Anne-Sophie Lliteras
Luxembourg Legal Services
Insight
25 July 2023 | 10 min read
Cayman Islands administrative fines regime
Martin Byers
Cayman Islands
Insight
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