Principal Service Areas:

Mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholders agreements, funds and other investment and subscription arrangements, financing arrangements, media related work and commercial contracts of all types.

Experience:

Oliver has acted in commercial transactions in the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and many other Asian jurisdictions, including; mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, investment and subscription arrangements and corporate transactions of all types. Oliver has acted in connection with the establishment of numerous investment funds, including open and closed ended corporate funds, unit trusts and limited partnerships. Oliver has acted for both underwriters and corporate issuers in connection with a number of initial public offerings, and for both borrowers and lenders in connection with various banking transactions, and related security arrangements. Oliver has acted in connection with distributorship and agency agreements, manufacturing agreements, licensing (including software licensing) and sponsorship agreements, consultancy and employment agreements, and commercial contracts of all types. Oliver has advised on regulatory issues under the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance and on various other regulatory issues in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. Oliver has considerable experience of advising in connection with shareholder disputes and the pre-litigious stages of other corporate/commercial disputes.

Throughout his career, Oliver has represented a broad range of clients, including banks and other financial institutions, fund managers, major property developers and other listed companies in Hong Kong, major international television and record companies, manufacturers, retailers and numerous other privately held companies and entrepreneurs.