Anthony McKenzie
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Acquisition and Leveraged Finance
- Aviation Finance
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- Fund Listings
- Funds Strategies and Asset Classes
- High Yield
- Investment Funds
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate Finance View More
Profile
Anthony is the managing partner of our Singapore office and the head of our corporate practice in Asia. He is also a founding partner of Carey Olsen's Asia offices and a non-resident partner of the Hong Kong office.
Anthony is a specialist in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law and is one of only two partners in Singapore admitted to practise these three key offshore laws. He is also the only Cayman Islands and BVI admitted and Bermuda registered transactional partner in Singapore.
Anthony has a broad range of experience in offshore corporate, investment funds and finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, secured and unsecured financing arrangements, preference share issues, IPOs and capital markets transactions.
He regularly advises financial institutions, sponsors and borrowers on leveraged and acquisition finance, syndicated lending, structured finance, fund finance and secured and unsecured general corporate lending. He also has significant experience in advising clients on the structuring, formation and maintenance of regulated and unregulated investment funds in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands.
Other than being regarded a Leading Individual by The Legal 500, Anthony is ranked as a leading offshore lawyer by each of IFLR1000, Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific. He has been consistently identified by China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) in its prestigious A-List as an elite lawyer with a China practice since 2020. In 2023, Anthony is recognised in the new category of the CBLJ A-List, "The Visionaries". He is the only offshore lawyer based in Singapore distinguished on the 2022 and 2023 CBLJ A-list (2 consecutive years). Other than CBLJ, Anthony is also recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 and 2024 by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) as part of the publication's prestigious annual A-List series. In 2019, he was also recognised by Asian Legal Business in its Offshore Client Choice List for client service in Asia.
Clients describe Anthony as "a clear market leader in the offshore space. Top notch service, deep commercial understanding, striking a great balance between legal precision and commercial wisdom." He is also noted for being "extremely approachable with a can-do attitude to providing the advice needed to get transactions over the line."
Areas of Practice
- Acquisition and Leveraged Finance
- Aviation Finance
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- Fund Listings
- Funds Strategies and Asset Classes
- High Yield
- Investment Funds
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate Finance
Professional Career
Recent Experience 22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 CaribbeanEmerging trends in offshore law in 2024Carey Olsen Asia achieves its strongest Chambers rankings to dateCarey Olsen Singapore ranked Tier 1 for third consecutive year by The Legal 500 Carey Olsen amongst finalists for offshore law firm of the year at The Asia Legal Awards Carey Olsen sponsors AIMA Singapore Annual Forum 2024Cayman Islands investment funds update Q1 2024British Virgin Islands investment funds update Q1 2024Carey Olsen shortlisted for Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Awards 2024Carey Olsen partners star in China Business Law Journal's A-ListCarey Olsen attending SVCA 2024 Annual ConferenceCarey Olsen attending WSG APAC Regional meeting 2024Carey Olsen attending APLMA Private Credit Conference, SingaporeCarey Olsen sponsors AIMA Japan Annual Forum 2024Cayman Islands corporate and finance update Q2 2024Six Carey Olsen partners named top offshore lawyers by Asia Business Law JournalCarey Olsen is Gold Sponsor of the 6th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance SymposiumCarey Olsen named best offshore law firm at the China Business Law Awards 2024 Carey Olsen advises NIP Group Inc. on its IPO on Nasdaq, supporting the first esport stock from ChinaCarey Olsen are attending the AIMA Australia Forum 2024Changes to the Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership RegimeCarey Olsen Hong Kong praised in latest IFLR1000 2024 rankings Cayman Islands investment funds – autumn 2024 updateBritish Virgin Islands investment funds - autumn 2024 updateCarey Olsen are attending the AIMA APAC Forum 2024
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