Practice Expertise
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Aviation Finance
- Debt Capital Markets
Areas of Practice
- Aviation Finance
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- Fund Listings
- High Yield
- Investment Funds
- Listing Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity Funds
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulatory
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements 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 also 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 particular, he is the only offshore lawyer based in Singapore distinguished on the 2022 CBLJ A-list. Other than CBLJ, Anthony is also recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 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
- Aviation Finance
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- Fund Listings
- High Yield
- Investment Funds
- Listing Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity Funds
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulatory
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
Professional Career
Anthony was formerly with Allen & Overy LLP in London and Australia and Maples and Calder in the Cayman Islands.
Anthony was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia in 2002, as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2006, as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands in 2007, as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) in 2014 and is enrolled as a registered associate in Bermuda.
麦安腾律师(Anthony McKenzie)是凯瑞奥信新加坡办公室管理合伙人以及亚洲公司业务主管,也是凯瑞奥信亚洲各办公室的创始合伙人及香港办公室的非驻地合伙人。
他是开曼群岛、英属维尔京群岛(BVI)和百慕大法律方面的专家,也是新加坡仅有的两名获准在这三个关键离岸法律领域执业的合伙人之一。他还是新加坡唯一获得开曼群岛和BVI许可并在百慕大群岛及专注于非诉讼业务的合伙人。
麦安腾律师在离岸公司事务、投资资金和金融交易方面具备丰富的经验,包括兼并与收购、合资公司设立、担保及非担保融资计划、优先股发行、首次公开募股 (IPO) 以及资本市场交易等。
他还经常就杠杆和收购融资、银团贷款、结构性融资、基金融资交易以及担保和非担保一般企业贷款向全球金融机构、担保人和借款人提供咨询。
他在为客户提供关于开曼群岛和BVI受监管以及非监管的投资基金架构、设立以及维护相关法律建议上也具备丰富的经验。
麦安腾律师不仅被《法律 500 强》(The Legal 500)评为“领先律师”,还被IFLR1000、《钱伯斯全球》以及《钱伯斯亚太》评为年度领先开曼律师。他还从2020年开始每年持续入选著名的《商法》 “A-List 法律精英”榜单,被公认为是中国市场的精英国际律师。更值得一提的是,麦安腾律师是唯一荣登2022年《商法》“A-List 法律精英”榜单的新加坡常驻离岸法律师,他还获得了《亚洲商业法律期刊》(Asia Business Law Journal)认可并荣登“2022 年度离岸律师50强”排行榜,此排行榜为该杂志著名的年度 A-List 法律精英榜单的一部分。2019年,他还因在亚洲提供出色的客户服务入选了《亚洲法律杂志》(Asian Legal Business)的“离岸客户选择榜单”。
客户形容麦安腾律师是“出色的离岸法律市场领导者,提供顶级的服务,拥有深刻的商业见解,兼具备深厚的法律严谨性和商业智慧”。客户还称赞他“极具亲和力,以积极的服务态度提供专业意见,并促成交易”。
职业履历
麦安腾律师曾任职于Allen & Overy LLP伦敦和澳大利亚分所,以及Maples & Calder的开曼办公室。
麦安腾律师具有以下国家/地域的律师资格:2002年,澳大利亚执业律师资格 、 2006年,英格兰和威尔士律师资格 、2007年,开曼群岛执业律师资格 、 2014年,英属维尔京群岛执业律师资格、 百慕大执业律师资格。
Recent Experience
- Cayman Islands investment funds
- The view from offshore
- Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act
- Carey Olsen Singapore and Hong Kong recognised in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023
- Carey Olsen's Anthony McKenzie named one of the leading lawyers in Chinese market
- Carey Olsen is Silver Sponsor of AIMA Singapore Annual Forum
- Back in the spotlight – Beneficial ownership regime in the Cayman Islands
- Carey Olsen celebrates eight new entries in Legal 500 Asia 2023 with Singapore office ranked Tier 1 for second year in a row
- Carey Olsen acts in six China Business Law Journal deals of the year
- Carey Olsen shortlisted for offshore law firm of the year in Asia Legal Awards
- Celebrating 125 years of Carey Olsen
- Bermuda Economic Substance Guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Carey Olsen is attending the SVCA Conference 2023
- BVI Economic Substance Guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Carey Olsen advises on Smarter Microelectronics' IPO
- Cayman Islands funds - governance update
- Carey Olsen wins China Business Law Award for fintech and blockchain
- Carey Olsen shortlisted for Best Offshore Law Firm at HFM Asian Services Awards 2023
- Carey Olsen is Platinum Sponsor of the 5th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- Singapore as a regional legal hub
- Cayman Islands funds - governance update
- 22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Caribbean
- 2024: The Offshore View
Articles
2024: The Offshore View
By Anthony McKenzie |December 2023
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