17 February 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets

Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, 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 Corporate Recovery team. He also has experience of resolving disputes via arbitration and mediation.
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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
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
17 February 2023 | 0 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)
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Sophie Zhong 钟小辉, Kelvin Cheung 张肇轩
British Virgin Islands
Case
17 February 2023 | 0 min read
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)
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Brian Lacy, Sophie Zhong 钟小辉
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
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 石迈可, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, David Nelson, Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣, Kendrick Cheung, Alan Wong 黄伟麟
Hong Kong
Deal
1 December 2020 | 1 min read
Snapshot Privy Council upholds BVI Commercial Court on appropriate forum
David Welford
Team: Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
British Virgin Islands
Case
11 September 2020 | 2 min read
Ogier's BVI and Hong Kong teams advise in liquidation matter involving secured creditors
Grant Carroll
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Edwin Gomez
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
12 February 2020 | 7 min read
BVI Legal and Regulatory developments
Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣
Team: David Nelson, Anthony Oakes, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Nicholas Plowman 包乐文, Nathan Powell
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Deal
12 February 2020 | 7 min read
Cayman Island Legal and Regulatory developments
Kate Hodson 凯特 ·赫臣
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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2 March 2018 | 2 min read
Ogier''s work recognised in second Restructuring Deal Award from IFLR in five months
Anthony Oakes
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Bruce MacNeil, Marc Kish
Hong Kong, Jersey, Cayman Islands
Deal
12 February 2018
Taiwan deal involving Ogier's Hong Kong and Cayman teams recognised with three awards
Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Team: Nathan Powell, Florence Chan, Edwin Gomez, Shaun Maloney
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
Deal
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
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22 August 2023 | 1 min read
Four Ogier dispute resolution experts recognised in ALB's Top Ten Offshore Litigators 2023
Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Team: Justin Davis 戴正霆, Edwin Gomez, Michael Snape 石迈可
Hong Kong
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26 July 2023 | 5 min read
Fresh evidence on appeal: recent comments from the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal
Shane Quinn
Team: Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Insight
23 February 2023
奥杰争议解决专家安美怡(Maria On)晋升为管理律师 Dispute resolution specialist Maria On promoted to managing associate at Ogier
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23 February 2023
Dispute resolution specialist Maria On promoted to Managing Associate at Ogier
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23 February 2023 | 3 min read
Three Arrows case sees what is believed to be BVI's first ever extra-territorial summoning of company directors to appear for a private examination by joint liquidators
Brian Lacy
Team: Grant Carroll, Justin Davis 戴正霆, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼, Romauld Johnson
British Virgin Islands
Insight
13 February 2023
Cayman Court confirms interim arbitration awards may be enforced as judgments
Jeremy Snead
Team: Marc Kish, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, London
Insight
13 February 2023 | 1 min read
ケイマン諸島裁判所、暫定仲裁裁定判断が裁判所判決として執行可能であると認定
Jeremy Snead
Team: Marc Kish, Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong
Insight
10 January 2023
BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA: unanswered questions from a British Virgin Islands perspective
Oliver Payne 彭奥礼
Team: Shane Quinn, Joey Cheung 张祖儿
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
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"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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