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Nicholas Plowman

Nicholas Plowman

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Funds; Hedge Funds; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy Funds; Regulatory; Restructuring and Insolvency; Corporate; Managers and Sponsors; Mergers and Acquisitions; Structured Finance; Sustainable Finance

Career

Nick is the Practice Partner of Ogier in Hong Kong and the Head of Ogier's Investment Funds team in Asia. Nick has been named one of the top offshore lawyers in Asia by Asian Legal Business on its Offshore Client Choice List for six consecutive years and he has also been ranked as one of the "World's Leading Investment Funds Lawyers" in four editions of Euromoney's Expert Guides.

Nick joined Ogier in January 2006 and subsequently founded Ogier's Hong Kong office in February 2007. Nick's primary focus has since been on building Ogier's now significant Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands investment funds and venture capital practice in Asia. He acts for a wide variety of Asian fund managers in the private equity, long only and hedge fund space. His clients represent some of the more sophisticated and respected fund managers in Asia. Nick is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team.

Professional Memberships

Admitted in:

1998 - New Zealand

2006 - British Virgin Islands

2006 - England and Wales (non practising)

Nick is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds - Asia-Pacific Region

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Nicholas Plowman leads the investment fund practice and has considerable experience acting as Cayman and BVI law counsel on fund formation and investment mandates.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He has an excellent knowledge of the offshore space and is good with complex projects. He is also very generous with his time and contacts.

    Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Nicholas Plowman is an industry legend and always a huge pleasure to work with.

    Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Asia & Pacific

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