14 May 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier advises Ardonagh on landmark A$2.43 billion acquisition of PSC Insurance Group
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Richard's practice primarily focusses on advising investment funds, acting for both private equity and hedge fund clients and other investment arrangement structures, on a range of issues under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Richard has experience with fund formation, regulatory issues, fund financing matters and corporate advice relating to investment and exit activity. Richard is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team and also its Sustainable and Impact Investment team.
Richard's recent work includes advising:
Richard advises across a range of issues for investment structures including work on licensing and regulatory advice, fund structuring and restructuring, managed account arrangements and financing arrangements under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Richard also advises more broadly in relation to corporate, finance and private wealth matters, including work in relation to investment and divestment activities, shareholder agreements, security arrangements and family office and "fund of one" structures. Richard is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team and also its Sustainable and Impact Investment team.
Prior to joining Ogier in 2011, Richard completed his training with Hogan Lovells LLP in London and latterly worked for the UK Financial Services Authority (now the Financial Conduct Authority). He graduated from the University of Oxford, completed his graduate diploma in law at Oxford Brookes University and the LPC at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.
Richard is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.
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2007 - England and Wales
Richard主要执业参与投资基金领域的一系列法律事务咨询,特别是私募股权和对冲基金客户,包括BVI群岛、开曼群岛和耿西岛的基金执照、基金架构和重组、融资安排等。Richard也为一系列关于企业、融资及私人财富事务提供法律意见。
在2011年加入奥杰之前,Richard在伦敦的霍金路伟国际律师事务所完成受训后,在英国金融服务监管局(现为?英国金融市场行为监管局?)工作。他毕业于牛津大学,在牛津布鲁克斯大学获得法律研究生文凭以及牛津法律研究所的法律实践研究文凭(LPC)。
Richard是受香港律师协会监管的注册外国律师。
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