17 February 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets
Team: Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
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Oliver is Head of Dispute Resolution in Asia. His practice spans all aspects of offshore litigation and includes complex, high value fund, shareholder and banking disputes, cross-border insolvency, and breaches of directors and trustees' duties. He is a key member of the firm's global Restructuring and Insolvency team. He also has experience of resolving disputes via arbitration and mediation.
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BVI Law in Europe and Asia
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Enforcement of Judgments and Awards
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International Arbitration
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Oliver has appeared numerous times before the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and regularly works with or against silks from some of the top London sets. As a Solicitor-Advocate, Oliver holds higher rights of audience.
Oliver was named on Asia Business Law Journal's A List of top 50 offshore lawyers 2024.
His recent work has included acting for a large financial institution involved in multi-billion dollar Cayman insolvency proceedings, and advising creditors, shareholders and liquidators in a number of Cayman insolvencies. Oliver has also been heavily engaged in a number of Cayman cases involving shareholder dissent rights.
Oliver is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team. He has had conduct of member and creditor schemes of arrangements, advised large Asian financial institutions, funds and private equity on distressed positions in Cayman and BVI entities, and worked on fraud and asset tracing claims arising in the liquidation context.
Oliver relocated from Ogier's Cayman Islands office to Hong Kong in 2016, following a secondment to the Hong Kong office in the summer of 2015.
Prior to joining Ogier in 2009, Oliver trained and worked as a solicitor in Herbert Smith’s Litigation and Arbitration Division in London. During his six and a half years at Herbert Smith, Oliver worked in Hong Kong and undertook secondments to UBS and Credit Suisse.
He obtained his Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) from the University of Bristol in 2001 and completed the Legal Practice Course at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice in 2002.
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2014 - British Virgin Islands
2010 - Cayman Islands
2005 - England and Wales
Oliver is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.
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17 February 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets
Team: Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
17 February 2023 | 1 min read
加密货币纠纷的法律顾问首选——奥杰获任命担任 FTX Digital Markets清盘人的法律顾问 Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets (Simplified Chinese)
Team: Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Sophie Zhong 钟小辉, Kelvin Cheung 张肇轩
British Virgin Islands
Case
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仮想通貨訴訟屈指の法律事務所オジエ、FTX Digital Markets の清算人代表を受託 Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets (Japanese)
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Brian Lacy, Sophie Zhong 钟小辉
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
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Hong Kong
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British Virgin Islands
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Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Edwin Gomez
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
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Cayman Island Legal and Regulatory developments
Team: David Nelson, Anthony Oakes, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Nicholas Plowman 包乐文, Nathan Powell
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
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BVI Legal and Regulatory developments
Team: David Nelson, Anthony Oakes, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Nicholas Plowman 包乐文, Nathan Powell
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
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2 March 2018 | 1 min read
Ogier's work recognised in second Restructuring Deal Award from IFLR in five months
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Hong Kong, Jersey, Cayman Islands
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12 February 2018
Taiwan deal involving Ogier's Hong Kong and Cayman teams recognised with three awards
Team: Nathan Powell, Florence Chan, Edwin Gomez, Shaun Maloney
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
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4 September 2024 | 1 min read
BVIおよびケイマン諸島における開示義務の不履行
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands
Insight
28 August 2024 | 1 min read
奥杰(Ogier)香港的争议解决专家被评为亚洲的行业领导者
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Joanne Collett 高頌恩, Edwin Gomez
Hong Kong
News
22 August 2024 | 2 min read
Ogier's dispute resolution experts in Hong Kong recognised as industry leaders in Asia
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Joanne Collett 高頌恩, Edwin Gomez
Hong Kong
News
16 August 2024 | 1 min read
制裁措置がスキーム・オブ・アレンジメントに与える効果をケイマン裁判所が明示
Team: Christopher Levers, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
Insight
14 August 2024 | 1 min read
ケイマン諸島法人における多数派株主および/または多数派株主指名取締役の踰越行為に対して利害関係者が取りうる是正手段
Team: Edwin Gomez
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
Insight
2 August 2024 | 1 min read
リストラクチャリング・オフィサー制度導入後のケイマン諸島大法院における暫定清算人選任要件
Team: Christopher Levers, Marc Kish, Jeremy Snead, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Cayman Islands, Tokyo
Insight
19 July 2024 | 1 min read
ケイマン諸島の会社における同意再編の勃興
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Rachel Huang, Cecilia Li
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
Insight
8 July 2024 | 3 min read
Ogier experts in Hong Kong named in ABLJ's top 50 offshore lawyers 2024
Team: Kate Hodson 凯特·赫臣, Anthony Oakes, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Nathan Powell
Hong Kong
News
"Oliver leads what is now one of the largest and strongest teams in the Hong Kong market. He’s very experienced and really calm under pressure regardless of what is happening. He’s a real pleasure to work with"
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