Carey Olsen Singapore LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Firm Profile
Carey Olsen Singapore LLP Offices
10 Collyer Quay #29-10
Ocean Financial Centre
Singapore 049315
Singapore
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Singapore > Offshore Tier 1
Carey Olsen Singapore LLP maintains a dominating presence in Singapore’s offshore legal market, consistently demonstrating its full service capabilities when providing the complete range of services including banking and finance, funds, corporate, private wealth, insolvency, trusts and dispute resolution. Leading on the transactional side is Anthony McKenzie, bringing extensive experience in offshore corporate, investment funds and finance transactions, as well as being admitted to practice in the Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda. James Noble leads the contentious offering and is a specialist in complex and high-value shareholder litigation, asset-recovery, cross-border enforcement and insolvency. Tom Kastaros’ practice focuses primarily on the establishment, structuring and maintenance of offshore PE and hedge funds, while Helen Wang, who was promoted to partner in January 2023, has a wealth of experience advising clients on cross-border litigation across the banking and financial services, energy and resources, and insurance sectors. Counsel’s Kate Lan, Amelia Tan and Rebecca Lee are key members, with the former well-versed in complex shareholder, insolvency and company law related disputes; and the latter, highly sought after by top corporates, holding companies and family offices.Practice head(s):
Anthony McKenzie; James Noble; Tom Katsaros
Other key lawyers:
Rachel Yao; Helen Wang; Nicholas Lee; Wei Xun Toh; Rebecca Lee; Kate Lan; Amelia Tan
Testimonials
‘Carey Olsen Singapore’s dispute resolution team is in my view the A-Team of all offshore practices operating in Singapore today. They would be my go-to team for complex, multi-jurisdiction work involving any corporate or commercial dispute resolution in the BVI or Cayman Islands, or Singapore arbitration work, and they have a stellar array of clients drawn from across the Asia Pacific region and beyond that underscores their status as the best of the best.’
‘James Noble is quite simply the best of the best. James possesses that rare combination in a team leader of great legal insight, great leadership skills and a frightening eye for detail.’
‘Kate Lan is a hard-hitting senior lawyer who is a determined fighter for her client’s interests, always going the extra mile. Kate is a joy to deal with: formidably talented and hard working.’
‘Amelia Tan has the gift of making everything seem straightforward and simple, which belies the very hard work she puts into preparing every brief. Amelia is utterly dependable, meticulous in her preparation, and always meets or exceeds expectations.’
‘Carey Olsen Singapore provided BVI advice and support for a restructuring and M&A transaction. They made a difficult transaction and closing much smoother and would be flexible around other stakeholders who were unhelpful.’
‘Anthony Mckenzie was responsive, commercial and put forward an excellent team.’
‘Fast responses and clear advice.’
‘Helen Wang is particularly excellent. Confident, knowledgeable and commercial.’
Key clients
Babel Holding Limited
Caldicott Worldwide Ltd
G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd.
Kathryn Ma (Private client)
Mubadala Petroleum (Thailand) Holdings Limited
Smarter Microelectronics
XanPool
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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. For more information on specific regions, please click on the tabs below.- Asia
- UK
Practice head(s):
Jasmine Amaria; Michael Padarin; Anthony McKenzie
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Carey Olsen’s dispute resolution team is in my view the A-Team of all offshore practices operating today. They would be my go-to team for complex, multi-jurisdictional work involving any corporate or commercial dispute in the BVI or Cayman Islands, or arbitration in Singapore, and they have a stellar array of clients drawn from across the Asia Pacific region and beyond, which underscores their status as the best of the best.’
‘James Noble – Quite simply the best of the best – James possesses that rare combination in a team leader of great legal insight, great leadership skills and a frightening eye for detail. He also makes things happen – getting his clients from where they are to where they want to be.’
‘We work closely with Sheba Raza. The difference is that Sheba always feels part of the team she is working with as she takes the trouble to identify what is needed and when to play her role in any transactions that she is involved in.’
‘Richard Brown is superb as a lawyer, as a litigator and as a strategist. I cannot recommend him too highly.’
‘Matthew Watson is very experienced in heavy trust and commercial litigation, he is a sound lawyer, has superb tactical sense, excellent client skills and is phenomenally hardworking: a great guy!’
‘Deep reservoirs of expertise and experience in dealing with complex, high-value international trust and estate disputes.’
‘Helen Wang is very experienced with great cross-jurisdictional knowledge and analysis. Reassuring to work with, and someone who is easy to trust.’
‘Jeremy Lightfoot is an outstanding litigation lawyer and an impressive critical thinker, always thinking steps ahead of the game. Since he is so good at what he does, we can easily build trust with him and his legal team and always feel we are in good hands. He is also very professional, patient and incredibly helpful throughout the course of the engagement. We would definitely recommend him.’
Key clients
Arrowcrest Limited
Attestor Value Master Fund LP
Babel Holding Limited
Bank of China
Bullish/Block.One
Caldicott Worldwide Ltd
Carbon Growth Partners
CITIC Bank
EQT AB
Fulham Company Limited
Fullgoal Asset Management (HK) Limited
G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd.
Huaxing Growth Capital
IDEG Investment Management Limited
InterEnergy Holdings Limited
JD Sports Gym Ltd
Leapfrog Investments Group Ltd
Marunouchi Innovation Partners Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Mubadala Petroleum (Thailand) Holdings Limited
Oasis Investments II Master Fund Limited
OCBC Wing Hang Bank
PayProp
Permira
Smarter Microelectronics
Spathiphy Capital Management Limited
Stoneway Capital Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, (Hong Kong branch)
The Federal Republic of Nigeria
United Overseas Bank
XanPool
Work highlights
- Acted as BVI and Cayman corporate and regulatory counsel in connection with the combination of EQT AB with Baring Private Equity Asia.
- Advised Marunouchi Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. on the successful launch of the Marunouchi Climate Tech Growth Fund L.P.
- Acting for Babel Holding Limited, a Cayman company, with respect to the restructuring of its debts.
Carey Olsen Singapore LLP > Firm Profile
The firm: With a heritage that dates back to 1898, Carey Olsen is one of the most established and distinguished offshore law firms, advising on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices.
Carey Olsen opened its Singapore office in 2015, giving our clients in the region direct access to our offshore legal services in their own time zone and in the context of their own commercial environment.
Along with an international perspective and the support of a global network, our lawyers on the ground in Singapore have an in-depth understanding of the Asia market, and the team comprises English, Mandarin and Bahasa speakers.
We work alongside Asia-Pacific’s leading regional and domestic law firms, all the world’s largest international law firms and accountancy firms and our clients include global financial institutions, investment funds, private equity houses, corporate service providers, multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Banking and finance | Anthony McKenzie | anthony.mckenzie@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8311 |
Corporate and commercial | Anthony McKenzie | anthony.mckenzie@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8311 |
Investment funds | Anthony McKenzie | anthony.mckenzie@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8311 |
Listing services | Anthony McKenzie | anthony.mckenzie@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8311 |
Regulatory | Anthony McKenzie | anthony.mckenzie@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8311 |
Restructuring and insolvency | James Noble | james.noble@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8322 |
Dispute resolution and litigation | James Noble | james.noble@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8322 |
Regulatory | James Noble | james.noble@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8322 |
Trusts and private wealth | James Noble | james.noble@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8322 |
Private Client | James Noble | james.noble@careyolsen.com | +65 6911 8322 |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Eng How Cheow | Eng How is a member of the corporate practice based in Singapore.… | View Profile | |
Yan Chng | Yan Chng is a senior associate in our litigation, insolvency and restructuring… | View Profile | |
Ryan Chong | Ryan is an associate in the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in… | View Profile | |
Christine Fernandez | Christine is a member of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring team in… | View Profile | |
Tom Katsaros | Tom is principal – head of funds, Singapore specialising in the establishment,… | View Profile | |
Kate Lan | Kate is counsel in Carey Olsen’s litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in… | View Profile | |
Rebecca Lee | Rebecca is counsel in Carey Olsen’s corporate practice in Singapore. She advises… | View Profile | |
Nicholas Lee | Nicholas is an associate in Carey Olsen’s dispute resolution team in Singapore.… | View Profile | |
Anthony McKenzie | Anthony is the managing partner of our Singapore office and the head… | View Profile | |
Susan McKinstray | Susan is counsel in Carey Olsen’s corporate practice in Singapore. She has… | View Profile | |
James Noble | Based in our Tier 1 ranked (Legal 500) Singapore office, James Noble… | View Profile | |
Amelia Tan | Amelia is counsel in Carey Olsen’s litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in… | View Profile | |
Wei Xun Toh | Wei Xun is based in Carey Olsen’s Singapore office, specialising in the… | View Profile | |
Helen Wang | Helen TEP is a partner in our litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice… | View Profile | |
Maggie Yan | Maggie is based in Carey Olsen’s Singapore office. She specialises in corporate… | View Profile | |
Rachel Yao | Rachel is counsel in Carey Olsen’s Singapore office and leads the firm’s… | View Profile |
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