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Mr Hughie Wong
Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Hughie joined Walkers in 2008 and is a partner in the Global Investment Funds and Finance and Corporate Groups. He is based in the firm’s London office and advises on both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of transactions. He acts for alternative investment funds including their establishment, on-going corporate transactions and financing activities. He has also advised extensively on fund restructurings and distressed situations. Hughie also has significant experience in a broad range of finance and corporate transactions and regularly advises on lending and security transactions involving Cayman Islands or BVI law. Those transactions typically involve issues as to corporate restructurings, mergers, the perfection and granting of security by Cayman Islands or BVI vehicles, the charging of shares in a Cayman Islands or BVI company, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and group reorganisations and restructurings.
Career
Hughie trained and qualified at Slaughter and May, where he spent 13 years prior to joining Walkers. His practice at Slaughter and May included advising a broad range of financial institutions and corporate clients on capital markets, structured finance and banking transactions; and regulatory issues.
Education
Jurisprudence, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University | ADMITTED IN: Cayman Islands; England and Wales (not practising).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Offshore firms in London > Offshore firms in London
With capabilities spanning BVI, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and Ireland, Walkers‘ is best known for its expertise in Bermuda law and its work with sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Managing partner Jack Boldarin is an expert in emerging markets transactions. Fraser Hern oversees the insolvency, restructuring and litigation practice. Hughie Wong and Tatziana Paraguacuto co-head the investment funds practice. Neil McDonald and Patrick Ormond for corporate M&A transactions, Mark Galazzi and Catherine Overton for banking instructions, and Sara Hall for regulatory matters, are also highly recommended.