Joanne Collett

Banking Disputes; Corporate and Financial Services Disputes; Dispute Resolution; Funds Disputes; Restructuring and Insolvency

Joanne is a partner in Ogier's Dispute Resolution team, based in Hong Kong, with more than 22 years' experience specialising in insolvency and restructuring matters (including almost 12 years in Hong Kong). She regularly represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, shareholders, investors, directors, fund managers and insolvency practitioners regarding Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law with respect to a broad range of issues arising in relation to offshore entities and structures.

Joanne has significant experience advising clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters arising from insolvency queries, questions relating to funds, and commercial disputes, including complex restructurings and privatisations.

She regularly represents companies experiencing financial distress and their stakeholders regarding protective steps, enforcement of rights and remedies, including in cross border related matters, taking and enforcing security, and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, interim relief in support of foreign proceedings and using both in court and out of court options and strategies.

She has particular experience in advising on corporate governance questions and directors' duties, and regularly gives advice regarding structuring and insolvency risk assessment for finance and corporate transactions, as well as acting for target companies, buyer consortiums, financiers and dissenting shareholders in relation to mergers and appraisal cases of US listed companies.

Admitted in:

2013 - Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

2013 - England and Wales (non-practising)

2010 - Cayman Islands

2008 - New York (non-practising)

2002 - Australia (non-practising)

Joanne is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong, a member of INSOL International, and a member of IWIRC.