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Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP Offices

Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP
Suites 3610-13, Jardine House
1 Connaught Place
Central
Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong
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Jeremy Lightfoot

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Position

Jeremy is head of the litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency practice in Hong Kong. His practice is focused on high value and complex commercial and corporate litigation as well as insolvency and restructuring matters under the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.

Clients and industry peers compliment Jeremy as an “excellent strategist with first rate client handling skills” (Legal 500 Asia-Pacific) and he “is widely regarded for his sharp intellect and cherished by clients for his sophisticated charm” (Asian Legal Business).

His success in handling significant cases and exceeding clients expectations has earned him the recognition as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and as one of the Top 10 Offshore Litigators by the Asian Legal Business in 2023 (for the third consecutive year).

Career

Prior to joining Carey Olsen, Jeremy was based in the British Virgin Islands with another offshore law firm before relocating in 2017 to lead their litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Hong Kong.

Before moving offshore, Jeremy practised for a decade as a barrister at a leading chambers in London where he was noted in Legal 500 as being ‘a brilliant blend of legal and commercial acumen’.

He graduated from New College, Oxford and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2006 (currently not practising). He was admitted as a barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) in 2016 and is enrolled as a registered associate in Bermuda.

Memberships

Jeremy is a member of the Hong Kong ICPA Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty, the International Bar Association, INSOL, IWIRC, the Chancery Bar Association (Overseas Member) and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.

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Hong Kong > Offshore law firms

(Leading individuals)

Jeremy Lightfoot – Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP

Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP continues to gain traction in the market, with a number of notable recent hires raising the firm’s profile and providing it with enhanced resources with which to serve its client base. The litigation offering, which is led by the ‘responsive’ Jeremy Lightfoot has experienced most growth over the last 12 months, with the arrival in May 2023 of shareholder, corporate disputes and insolvency litigator Tim Haynes from Kobre & Kim, a particularly noteworthy hire. Praised for his ‘superb tactical sense and excellent client skills’, Matthew Watson, who joined from Bermuda firm Cox Hallett Wilkinson Limited, is also a notable hire in light of his growing reputation at handling complex trust and commercial litigation disputes. On the transactional front, the ‘responsive, committed and completely reliable’ Michael Padarin combines a thriving corporate practice with his duties as managing partner, while James Webb  ‘balances technical expertise with commercial awareness’ to provide a stellar service to clients, particularly in relation to fund finance work.

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Overview

Leveraging the expertise throughout its UK and Asia offices, Carey Olsen’s ‘incredibly responsive and effective’ global Caribbean-focused practice draws on ‘deep reservoirs of expertise and experience’ to field ‘the A-Team of all offshore practices operating today’. The firm’s team is spread across its London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices, covering Bermuda, BVI and Cayman law with particular experience in corporate, finance, funds and insolvency work, and litigation.

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Acting for ‘a stellar array of clients drawn from across the Asia Pacific region and beyond, which underscores the firm’s status as the best of the best’, Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP utilises the expertise of managing partner Michael Padarin as a go-to name for fund issues, including the formation, operation and restructuring of funds, particularly those with Cayman law elements. Jeremy Lightfoot leads the litigation practice in Hong Kong and is praised as ‘an outstanding litigation lawyer and an impressive critical thinker’; the litigation team was further bolstered in mid-2023 with the recruitments of Tim Haynes and Matthew Watson, who focus on Cayman and Bermuda issues, respectively. In Carey Olsen Singapore LLP, managing partner Anthony McKenzie also leads the corporate practice, while James Noble, who is praised as ‘quite simply the best of the best’, heads up the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice. Tom Katsaros is the primary contact in the jurisdiction for investment fund work, and litigator Helen Wang is singled out as ‘very experienced with great cross-jurisdictional knowledge and analysis’.
Key names in Carey Olsen LLP’s London office include managing partner Jasmine Amaria, who focuses on corporate, fund and finance work with a Cayman or BVI aspect, acting for clients in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Richard Brown is singled out by clients as ‘superb as a lawyer, as a litigator and as a strategist’, and provides ‘a seamless service that is second to none’; he is the primary contact for dispute resolution advice and insolvency issues involving BVI law and was further admitted as a registered associate of the Bermuda Bar in 2023. Counsel Sheba Raza is also a key name to note and ‘always feels part of the team she is working with’.

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