Henry Tucker

International Arbitration

Litigation & Insolvency

Investigations, Corporate Crime & Fraud

Listco Disputes

Restructuring

Digital Assets & Blockchain

Henry is Bermuda managing partner and the head of Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring in Bermuda.

Henry provides practical and leading-edge advice and representation to lenders, boards, shareholders, private equity sponsors, liquidators, receivers, trustees and beneficiaries of Bermuda structures involving cross-border security, digital assets, unique transactions, special situations, enforcement, asset realisation, corporate control, restructuring and valuation. He also advises on associated lending, M&A and alternative investments.

Henry has had a leading role in developing the cross-border landscape applicable to Bermuda incorporated multi-national entities and listed companies. He has represented and appeared for clients in many of the leading cases relating to shareholder and creditor rights, enforcement of foreign judgments and conflicts of laws. He has also authored prior iterations of the ISDA netting opinions for the jurisdiction of Bermuda. Prior to joining Harneys in 2023, Henry was a partner of another offshore law firm in Hong Kong and Bermuda.

Henry is regularly instructed to develop and implement practical strategies for the effective management of shareholder rights, including attending contentious shareholder meetings in person on behalf of boards and shareholders. He is also a leading choice for insolvency practitioners, creditors, boards and their advisors seeking assistance in securing successful implementation of restructurings, including by way of Bermuda schemes of arrangement in conjunction with parallel foreign proceedings such as Chapter 15, Chapter 11, administration and winding up. Henry has appeared in several of the leading reported decisions relating to the application of the international financial sanctions regime in Bermuda. He has represented clients in regulatory enforcement proceedings brought by the local financial regulators, from onsite inspections through to tribunal appeals against enforcement under the regulatory statutes. Henry is also instructed on non-contentious matters involving novel security and asset holding structures, with a recent emphasis on assisting in structuring and restructuring Bermuda companies licensed under the Digital Assets Business Act 2018.

Henry is a long-standing member of the Executive Committee of the Bermuda Chapter of INSOL International and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He regularly contributes to drafting key amendments to the Companies Act 1981 and Companies (Winding Up) Rules 1982 and Bermuda law related articles for industry publications including International Corporate Rescue, Asia Business Law Journal, Lexology, and Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guide.