Nicholas Plowman

Practice Areas

BVI and Cayman law in Europe and Asia

Corporate

Hedge Funds

Investment Funds

Listed Funds Liquid Strategies and UCITS

Managers and Sponsors

Mergers and Acquisitions

Private Equity

Real Estate

Real Estate Infrastructure and Energy Funds

Venture Capital and Special Strategy Funds

Career

Nick is the Practice Partner of Ogier in Hong Kong and the Head of Ogier's Investment Funds team 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 joined Ogier in January 2006 from Slaughter and May, London where he practiced as a corporate M&A lawyer. He 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.

Nick has been recognised in a number of directory listings:

Asia Business Law Journal - The A-List: Top Offshore Lawyers 2022

Euromoney's Expert Guides in the 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2018 editions - World's Leading Investment Funds Lawyer

Chambers Asia-Pacific (2012 - 2019)

Who's Who Private Funds Lawyer (2012)

Asialaw Leading Lawyer (2013)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2013 - 2019)

IFLR1000 (2014 - 2019) - Investment Funds Leading Lawyer

Asian Legal Business' Offshore Client Choice List (2016 - 2021) - One of the top offshore lawyers in Asia

Nick received his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Asian Economic History (First Class)) from the University of Auckland.

Nick is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, the British Virgin Islands and New Zealand and is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Admitted in:

1998 - New Zealand

2006 - British Virgin Islands

2006 - England and Wales (non practising)