Kate Hodson > Ogier > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Ogier Offices
11TH FLOOR, CENTRAL TOWER
28 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
HONG KONG
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Kate Hodson
Position
Partner
Career
Kate advises GPs and fund managers on the establishment and structuring of private equity funds and hedge funds as well as advising LPs on their fund investments. Kate is part of Ogier’s multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. Her experience covers a broad range of strategies and industries, including impact funds and sustainable investment funds, real estate, credit funds, venture capital and infrastructure funds. Following her passion for sustainable investment Kate undertook a masters in Energy and Environmental law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and launched Ogier’s Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds practice, the first of its kind for an offshore law firm. Kate is also one of a small group of offshore lawyers with a significant Japan practice, advising Japanese managers on establishing Cayman Islands unit trust fund structures and GP/LP closed ended fund structures. Her clients include some of the largest investment houses and prominent fund managers in Japan. Kate also acts for a number of family offices in the set-up of private fund structures for HNWIs.
In 2020 Kate completed a Masters in Energy and Environmental Law from The Chinese University of Hong Kong where she achieved a Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the Gane Prize for Energy and Environmental Law.
Kate was named among the top law lawyers for Ultra High Net Worth Individuals by Billionaire.com in conjunction with Wealth and was named one of Asia’s Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 by Asia Legal Business in both 2016 and 2019.
Kate joined Ogier Hong Kong in 2010 from Allen & Overy where she trained as a finance lawyer. She is well placed to advise on the full life-cycle of an investment fund, including advising on downstream investment transactions, shareholder arrangements, liquidations, financings and regulatory matters in respect of both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law.
Kate obtained her Bachelor of Science from Nottingham University and subsequently completed her graduate diploma in law (GDL) and the Legal Practice Course with distinction at Nottingham Law School.
Kate is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Offshore law firms
(Leading individuals)The ‘very capable, responsive and user-friendly’ team at Ogier has excellent traction in Greater China and throughout Asia Pacific, and provides ‘high-quality legal advice’ on the BVI and Cayman Island considerations to clients across a broad range of transactional and litigation work. Leveraging strong language skills and capability on the ground in Beijing and Shanghai, the firm is particularly effective at advising PRC clients across a range of corporate and securities work, including advice on ECM and DCM listings on the HKSE. In this context, the ‘commercial, proactive and responsive’ Nathan Powell has recently handled some liability management work for beleaguered PRC property issues, as well as handling a considerable volume of de-SPAC-related M&A activity. Able to read and speak Chinese, Anthony Oakes is well-placed to advise Chinese clients and provides ‘hands on, experienced and practical’ advice across a range of banking and finance mandates, including non-contentious corporate restructuring. Investment funds work remains the jewel in the firm’s crown, however, and under the guidance of the vastly experienced Nicholas Plowman, the office continues to advise Asian and international fund managers, including within the private equity and hedge fund space, across a range of fund formation, regulatory and investment matters. Kate Hodson is also well regarded within the asset management space and has a particular niche advising on Sustainable Investing and Impact funds. Drawing upon his ‘vast tactical and strategic insight’, Oliver Payne is well-positioned to provide Cayman Island and BVI litigation advice, including as it relates to winding-up proceedings and minority shareholder disputes. Of the more junior partners, David Nelson provides ‘knowledgeable, diligent and hands-on’ advice on take-private financing, acquisition financing and debt financing.