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Anthony Oakes 敖安德

Partner, 合伙人

Hong Kong

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Tony is a partner based in Ogier's Hong Kong office and is the head of Ogier’s finance practice in Asia. He provides BVI and Cayman legal advice in relation to a broad array of financing transactions and restructurings. He also has a strong focus on corporate work - including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity structures and capital markets transactions.

Background and experience

Tony was named one of the top offshore lawyers in Asia by Asian Legal Business in its Offshore Client Choice List in 2021. He has been included in the list every year since its inception in 2016, except in 2018, where he was commended. In both 2022 and 2024, Tony was named one of the Top Offshore Lawyers in Asia Business Law Journal's A-List.

Tony is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR 1000 (Notable Practitioner).

Clients say that they value Tony's "commerciality and capacity to cut through a great amount of complexity and provide straightforward advice”.

Since joining Ogier, Tony has advised on a number of landmark finance transactions, including Indonesia's national airline's US$500 million sukuk - the first non-sovereign USD Sukuk out of Indonesia and the first Asia Pacific national flag carrier to successfully issue a USD benchmark bond on a standalone basis since Qantas Airways’ USD bond offering.

Tony is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team. He has worked extensively on refinancings, corporate restructuring and reorganisations, schemes of arrangement and investor and shareholder rights and actions. He also has experience of bond restructurings. Tony advised on the successful restructuring of Mongolian Mining Corporation, a significant and complex matter named Restructuring Deal of the Year by IFLR in 2018.

Tony is also part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. He acts for private equity sponsors and lenders to them, on financing transactions, including cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing transactions, margin loans, minority ‘back leverage’ financings, mezzanine financings, fund-level financings, syndicated facilities and loan restructurings. 

Tony started his career at a leading Australian firm in Sydney. Tony then worked in-house at one of Australia's largest investment services groups, where he focused on funds establishment and structured finance transactions. Tony then moved to Hong Kong to join a magic circle law firm where he advised on capital markets transactions, private equity, structured finance and bank lending.

Tony speaks English and Mandarin.

Admitted in:
1992 - New South Wales, Australia
2008 - Hong Kong (non practising)
2013 - England and Wales (non practising)
2015 - British Virgin Islands
2024 - Ireland (non practising)

Tony is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.

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"Leading Partner"

Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2025

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"Anthony Oakes is our go-to lawyer for offshore financing"

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2025

"Tony [Anthony Oakes] is the best offshore lawyer in Hong Kong, hands down and bar none. He has a deep knowledge of the law yet is able to give practical and commercially sensible advice"

IFLR1000, 2024

"Tony Oakes has excellent client management skills and is always ready to jump into the transaction when required"

IFLR1000, 2024

"Quick response, meeting deadlines and controlling the budget"

IFLR1000, 2024

"Tony is an incredibly strong lawyer, very well known and a pleasure to see on deals on either side of the table. He’s the real deal and a star performer."

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2024

"Ranked in Who's Who Legal "

Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Macao SAR 2024

"One of the top offshore lawyers"

Asia Business Law Journal, The A-List, 2024

"Anthony Oakes is hands-on, experienced and practical"

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2024

"Anthony Oakes is always helpful, responsive and extremely knowledgeable"

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2023

"I work with Anthony for his responsiveness and proactiveness"

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2023

"One of the top 15 offshore lawyers in Asia"

Asian Legal Business Offshore Client Choice List 2022

"Highly Regarded "

IFLR1000, 2024

"Noteable practitioner"

IFLR 1000, 2022

"Anthony Oakes stands out as one of the best Cayman and BVI banking specialists in Hong Kong."

Who's Who Legal: Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR 2021

"One of the top offshore lawyers"

Asia Business Law Journal, The A-List, 2022

"Anthony Oakes is a seasoned veteran who provides strong leadership of the team and reliably sensible commercial oversight"

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2022

"Anthony Oakes is the partner we have been working with for many years. He is always reachable, very patient, and quick to respond"

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

"We are highly impressed by the responsiveness and professionalism of Ogier, especially the team led by Anthony Oakes"

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

"Leading Individual"

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

"He has commerciality and capacity to "cut through a great amount of complexity and provide straightforward advice"

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019

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