13 September 2023 | 4 min read
The BVI Commercial Court – a rich region for unpaid creditors?

Justin Davis 戴正霆
Team: Shane Quinn, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
British Virgin Islands
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Legal Manager 法律经理
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Nicholas is an Asia-based offshore litigator handling complex multi-jurisdictional disputes spanning banking, insolvency and restructuring, shareholder disputes, trusts, and general commercial matters. He advises in relation to matters before the BVI and Cayman Courts and arbitrations worldwide, including under the CIETAC, FOSFA, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA and UNCITRAL Rules. He has a strong track record managing multi-jurisdictional teams to obtain judgments or awards and thereafter achieving their enforcement, including in 'difficult to enforce' jurisdictions such as Bangladesh and China.
Nicholas joined Ogier in 2018 after almost 5 years with the Hong Kong office of leading maritime lawyers Ince & Co, where he specialised in dispute resolution, insolvency, transport, and trade and appeared frequently before the High Court of Hong Kong. He is sought-after by clients, industry associations, and global media as a thought leader on international trade sanctions and has been interviewed and published by media outlets including CNN and Lloyd's Intelligence.
He read law and economics at The University of Melbourne and was the 2011 National Champion of the Sir Harry Gibbs Australian Constitutional Law Moot. Shortly thereafter he relocated to Hong Kong to complete the PCLL at The University of Hong Kong, from which he graduated with the Sir Po-shing Woo Gold Medal in Law as the top student in the litigation stream. Subsequently, Nicholas has qualified as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators.
Nicholas has also authored chapters in several leading textbooks in the fields of aviation, shipping, and trade law.
Nicholas is the first offshore lawyer and the first Australian to be granted rights of audience before the Astana International Finance Centre Court. This enables him to advise and represent clients with interests in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, a region of increasing importance and activity as part of the 'One Belt, One Road' initiative.
Prior to commencing his legal career, Nicholas was a researcher in the Washington DC office of US Senator Mike Crapo, the current Chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee, which gives him unique insight into government and regulatory matters affecting the financial sector.
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13 September 2023 | 4 min read
The BVI Commercial Court – a rich region for unpaid creditors?
Justin Davis 戴正霆
Team: Shane Quinn, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
British Virgin Islands
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10 August 2023 | 8 min read
Understanding the inspectorship remedy in the Cayman Islands
Gemma Lardner
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Corey Byrne, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣, Kelvin Cheung 张肇轩
Cayman Islands
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13 April 2023
Cayman Islands: recovery of foreign attorneys' fees for successful litigants
Michael Snape 石迈可
Team: Christopher Levers, Nour Khaleq, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
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1 November 2022
Nicholas Tam named one of Greater China's leading young lawyers by LexisNexis
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1 November 2022
谭柏荣被 LexisNexis 评为大中华区杰出青年律师之一 Nicholas Tam named one of Greater China's leading young lawyers by LexisNexis (Simplified Chinese)
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1 October 2021
Snapshot: bearer share companies in the British Virgin Islands (Japanese)
Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands
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19 May 2021
Snapshot: bearer share companies in the British Virgin Islands
Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
British Virgin Islands
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10 May 2021
Grand Court strikes out a creditor's winding up petition and comments on the relationship with arbitration clauses
Michael Snape 石迈可
Team: Christopher Levers, Nour Khaleq, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
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10 May 2021
开曼群岛大法院驳回债权人清盘呈请,并就其与仲裁条款的关系作出评论 Grand Court of the Cayman Islands strikes out a creditor's winding up petition (Simplified Chinese)
Michael Snape 石迈可
Team: Christopher Levers, Nour Khaleq, Nicholas Tam 谭柏荣
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
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