Kate Hodson

Practice Areas

BVI law in Europe and Asia; Cayman law in Europe and Asia; Corporate; Hedge Funds; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds; Sustainable Investing and ESG; Managers and Sponsors

Career

Kate is a partner in Ogier’s investment funds practice in Hong Kong, part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team, and is Head of ESG (Legal) for Ogier. She advises a large number of sponsors and fund managers as well as their onshore counsel on the establishment and structuring of private equity funds, hedge funds and other closed ended and opened ended fund structures. She also advises LPs, managers, trustees, family offices, HNWIs, administrators and other service providers on fund related issues and other corporate matters. Kate specialises in fund formation and capital raising advice.

Kate advises GPs and fund managers on the establishment and structuring of private equity funds and hedge funds as well as advising LPs on their fund investments. Kate is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. Her experience covers a broad range of strategies and industries, including impact funds and sustainable investment funds, real estate, credit funds, venture capital and infrastructure funds. Following her passion for sustainable investment Kate undertook a masters in Energy and Environmental law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and launched Ogier's Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds practice, the first of its kind for an offshore law firm. Kate is also one of a small group of offshore lawyers with a significant Japan practice, advising Japanese managers on establishing Cayman Islands unit trust fund structures and GP/LP closed ended fund structures. Her clients include some of the largest investment houses and prominent fund managers in Japan. Kate also acts for a number of family offices in the set-up of private fund structures for HNWIs.

In 2020 Kate completed a Masters in Energy and Environmental Law from The Chinese University of Hong Kong where she achieved a Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the Gane Prize for Energy and Environmental Law.

Kate was named among the top law lawyers for Ultra High Net Worth Individuals by Billionaire.com in conjunction with Wealth and was named one of Asia's Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 by Asia Legal Business in both 2016 and 2019.

Kate joined Ogier Hong Kong in 2010 from Allen & Overy where she trained as a finance lawyer. She is well placed to advise on the full life-cycle of an investment fund, including advising on downstream investment transactions, shareholder arrangements, liquidations, financings and regulatory matters in respect of both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law.

Kate obtained her Bachelor of Science from Nottingham University and subsequently completed her graduate diploma in law (GDL) and the Legal Practice Course with distinction at Nottingham Law School.

Professional Memberships

Kate is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong.