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About

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Appleby is a leading offshore law firm with offices in 10 of the key international financial centres and practising the laws of 8 key jurisdictions globally, offering full legal services across corporate, finance, dispute resolution, private clients and trusts, property and regulatory. The firm’s presence in Hong Kong and Shanghai, together with its ability to draw on the expertise of more than 200 lawyers and legal professionals across our global network, ensures our clients get access to the best cross-border advice.


Our English, Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking lawyers provide Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands legal advice from Hong Kong on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions. The Hong Kong team specialises in:

  • capital markets (equity and debt),
  • banking & finance (including acquisition, leveraged, projects, asset, fund and structured financing products),
  • funds (including the establishment of investment funds),
  • mergers & acquisitions (including holding company structures, special purpose vehicles, cross-border joint venture-arrangements)

Chambers Review

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Offshore - Asia-Pacific Region

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Appleby houses a robust full-service team with practitioners skilled in finance, corporate, funds, disputes and capital markets matters. The team is noted especially for the prominence of its Bermuda law practice as well as its recognised BVI and Cayman Islands law capability. The offshore experts are active on capital markets transactions in the Seychelles and Mauritius. The team also offers dispute resolution capability, assisting with shareholder and restructuring litigation. Clients benefit from Appleby's strengthened offering in Mainland China thanks to the firm's recently opened Shanghai office.

Work Highlights

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  • Appleby acted as Cyamn Islands and BVI counsel to Hotel101 Global in the client's planned de-SPAC merger with JVSPAC Acquisition Corporation. The combined entity was expected to be publicly listed on Nasdaq.

Strengths

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Appleby can help us address multiple different offshore jurisdictions, so we can get our legal and compliance advice from one lawyer and one firm. 

Offshore respondent
Global

The team consists of seasoned professionals who are able to adopt a collaborative approach and provide the best available advice to clients covering multiple jurisdictions across different offices. 

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Global

Notable Practitioners

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Eliot Simpson
2
Eliot Simpson
2
Band 2
Eliot Simpson has extensive experience handling all manner of commercial litigation, particularly in relation to shareholder disputes, privatisation processes, and restructuring and insolvency cases. He leads the dispute resolution practice and operates out of the Hong Kong office.
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Judy Lee
2
Judy Lee
2
Band 2
Judy Lee is a corporate partner based in the Hong Kong office and co-leads Appleby's Hong Kong capital markets team. She is recognised for her specialism in various capital markets and corporate matters including IPOs and note issuances as well as finance and investment transactions.

Apart from her legal expertise, Judy is proactive and always ready to provide innovative ideas to help clients tackle challenging issues.

Judy Lee is extremely helpful and offers great client service.

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David Bulley
3
David Bulley
3
Band 3

David Bulley is the managing partner of the firm's Hong Kong and Shanghai offices and leads the corporate and restructuring practice. He is versatile in M&A, SPAC and restructuring mandates. He is additionally active in dealing with contentious restructurings and insolvencies.

David is an exceptional lawyer and an incredible partner whose thoughtful approach saved our transaction.

David Bulley is a very strategic, experienced and thoughtful lawyer.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Appleby

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Asia-Pacific Region

Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
Judy Lee
2
Judy Lee
2
Band 2
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David Bulley
3
David Bulley
3
Band 3
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Offshore: Dispute Resolution
Eliot Simpson
2
Eliot Simpson
2
Band 2
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Members

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Chris Cheng

David Bulley

David Bulley

Head of Department

Eason Huang

Fiona Chan

Kitty Chan

Lily Miao

Lorinda Peasland

Marc Parrott

Richard Grasby

Vincent Chan