Nicholas PLOWMAN
Ogier
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 3656 6014; +852 6390 5664
Email: nicholas.plowman@ogier.com
Practice areas
Investment funds; hedge funds; private equity; venture capital; corporate
Introduction
The founder of Ogier’s Hong Kong office in 2007, Nicholas Plowman, has built a strong reputation for his deep investment funds knowledge, pragmatism and to-the-point advice. Plowman heads Ogier’s significant Cayman Islands and BVI investment funds and venture capital practice in Asia, which is now the largest offshore funds team in the Hong Kong market. He acts for a wide variety of Asian fund managers in the private equity, hedge fund, and venture capital space and has invaluable experience with respect to a variety of investment fund structures and arrangements being used throughout the market. He has been named one of the top offshore lawyers in Asia for six consecutive years, and he has also been ranked as one of the “World’s Leading Investment Funds Lawyers” in all four editions of another publication’s Expert Guide. Plowman’s long-standing clients represent some of the more sophisticated and respected fund managers in Asia. He also specialises in guiding newly formed asset managers. Recent notable work includes advising on the establishment and launch of a Cayman open-ended hedge fund that won Best Emerging Hedge Fund in Asia in 2023.