Ian Mann

Harneys Partner named to Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite 2018

Arbitrability of intra-company disputes - An offshore perspective

Asset tracing in the BVI

Harneys wins Asia Transformation and Turnaround Association Award

Harneys advises on restructuring of LDK Solar Co. Ltd.

Harneys Hong Kong advises Titan Resources in BVI scheme of arrangement

Harneys advises INSOL International on standard directions for insolvent trusts

Harneys publishes fourth edition of authoritative BVI commercial law textbook

Harneys wins two China Business Law Journal Deal of the Year Awards

​Harneys launches new department to manage Listed Company Disputes

Harneys Asia commended for solution-oriented and commercial advice in Legal 500

Harneys lawyers named Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite 2019

The Court of Appeal confirms that BVI liquidators can turn back time

Trial is not a dress rehearsal. It is the first and last night of the show

Vicky Lord and Ian Mann named in China Business Law Journal’s A-List 2020

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” Season two – Episode five: Just and equitable winding up

Harneys advises China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. on its US$4.76 billion take-private transaction

Share Appraisal Litigation: the latest from Delaware

The Privy Council affirms winding up of a quasi-partnership

Court prefers company valuation in Chinese take-private litigation

Negative declaratory relief: what is it and when may it be granted?

Ian Mann and Chai Ridgers named as Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers by Lawdragon

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” Season two – Episode four: Reflective loss rule - paired back for the modern age

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Who is that?

Directors, betrayal and authority - The Privy Council considers directors’ duties and an extension of the Duomatic principle

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” Season two, episode three - Privatisations: 2020 the year of coming home

Red Card for Robins’ Owner as Swindon Town FC Fortification Application Denied

Access to data: A beneficiary’s privilege

Ian Mann named as a Top Trust Litigator in Citywealth’s Top 100

Harneys partners recognised in Doyle's Leading Estates, Probate & Succession Litigation Lawyers 2020 list

Harneys partners recognised in ALB Offshore Client Choice List 2020

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” season two, episode two: CEFC Shanghai - landmark common law recognition of PRC administrators in Hong Kong. Would BVI/Cayman Islands follow suit?

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10”: Season two, episode one - Directors' Duties during troubling times

Just & equitable winding up – a higher threshold than unfair prejudice

Harneys launches new restructuring podcast: R&I over Wi-Fi

Harneys wins three awards from China Business Law Journal

Judicial comity between Courts in the Cayman Islands and in Hong Kong

Ocean Sino Ltd – BVI Court of Appeal pulls up the handbrake on just & equitable petitions

BVI confirms jurisdiction for the Pooling of Liquidation Assets matching that of the Cayman Islands

Revisiting Fairfield Sentry and the clawback of redemption proceeds

Lifting the stay on proceedings against Cayman Islands companies in liquidation

Koshigi Limited and Svoboda Corporation v. Donna Union Foundation (BVIHCMAPP2018/0043 and 0050 of 17 January 2019)

The cost of expert shopping

Victory for Shanda Games in Privy Council minority discount appeal

Hong Kong leads the way with its inaugural recognition of Mainland appointed Administrators

Harneys Asia provides “efficient, competent and knowledgeable advice” – Legal 500

Harneys appoints new managing partner in Singapore and introduces new Litigation team

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” – Episode five: The role of Emmadart in China Milk and China Shanshui

Zacaroli J provides guidance for sanction hearings

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” – Episode four: Derivative Actions

Simply Read: Holding Back the Tears

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” – Episode three: The Privy Council

That's a wrap: Harneys Hong Kong Litigation and Restructuring Seminar

Lishi Fong selected as one of Asian Legal Business’ 40 Under 40

Harneys Litigation and Restructuring Seminar marks the start of HKRW

Harneys Hong Kong upholds ranking from IFLR1000

Harneys litigation podcast “Take 10” – Episode two: Supreme Tycoon

UK Supreme Court: Prorogation null and of no effect

KYC Laws in the Cayman Islands under the Spotlight

Sheffield Dis-United (1)

Harneys launches litigation podcast “Take 10” – Episode one: Unfair prejudice and quasi partnerships - the Dinglis judgment

Exceptions to worldwide freezing orders: English High Court confirms it is not for the Court to second-guess directors

Delaware Courts revive Unaffected Trading Price as indicator of Fair Value

China Agrotech Blog #1: Successful restructuring of China Agrotech Holdings

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal confirms key finding in Ctrip v eHi was wrong

Harneys launches Asia Trusts & Private Client Advisory Group

Vacation – a good time of year for lots of reasons – a potentially confusing time for BVI lawyers!

Crossing the line to cross-examination

Trinidad and Tobago Appeal - The Importance of Transparency

Thou Shalt Not Compete! Restrictive Covenants Under the Spotlight

Harneys supports the IWIRC Hong Kong Black Tie Dinner

Privy Council confirms automatic right to appeal disclosure provisions within freezing orders

Mistaken Decisions of Cayman Islands Company Directors - when will the Court set aside and legislative change on the horizon

Harneys Listco Dispute Unit (LDU)

Two Hong Kong Partners recognised in ALB Offshore Client Choice List 2019

Suspicious minds: Guidance on the test for dishonesty in dishonest assistance claims

“A knave does not escape liability because he is dealing with a fool”

The Healthier Side of INSOL - Singapore 2019

Just and equitable principles considered in Samoan winder

Not in (Asia) Private: Court supervision of a solvent voluntary liquidation

The Harneys Team at INSOL 2019 in Singapore

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal upholds Restraint Order granted at the request of the US Department of Justice

“Direct threats require direct action” (Dick Cheney)

Harneys wins three awards from China Business Law Journal

“Trusting” correspondent banks: Welcome clarification for offshore banking and finance

Misplaced Trust – What happens when your trustee goes AWOL?

Let it go - Guide to challenging freezing and receivership orders from the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal

Harneys wins multiple “Deal of the Year” Awards from China Business Law Journal

This is not a wind up: BVI court approves restructuring provisional liquidation

BVI Commercial Court provides welcome guidance on Norwich Pharmacal Relief in aid of foreign proceedings

The Greater China Restructuring Forum 2019

When the evidence just doesn’t fit

Incorporation of non-standard standard terms

That’s a wrap: Singapore Cross Border Litigation & Restructuring Seminar

Shanda Games Limited: Court of Appeal lands further knock out to Dissenting Shareholders

“Responsive to clients’ needs” – Harneys’ Hong Kong team retains its IFLR1000 rankings

Singapore cross-border litigation and restructuring seminar

Hong Kong Restructuring Week is here!

The Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review 2019 - Offshore: Cayman Islands

“Failed conspiracies bring swift retribution” (Aristotle)

No stay of execution from Winding Up Orders

The Restructuring Review: Harneys lawyers contribute to the Cayman Islands & British Virgin Islands Chapters

Anti-plastic initiative: Reduce, Reuse, Refuse

The Restructuring Review: Cayman Islands

The Restructuring Review: British Virgin Islands

Cayman Court considers grant of retrospective Beddoe relief in foreign proceedings

‘Custer’s Last Stand’ in the Cayman Islands Courts – Last-Ditch Efforts to Adjourn the Harlequin Winding-Up Petition

Cross Border Litigation & Restructuring Seminar – 9 October 2018

Strike Out Summons issued prematurely

Ian Mann, Paul Sephton, and Adam James lead the way for Harneys Asia

Inspection of documents refused where it would not be necessary for the fair disposal of proceedings

INSOL International Dubai One Day Seminar: Ian Mann speaking on Offshore panel

Competing take-private proposals – Re Ehi Car Services Limited

Tainted trust assets held in limbo and impede termination of the trust

Further clarification on discovery obligations in Appraisal Litigation: Nord Anglia

Cayman Islands Companies to be given legal protection at out of court meetings

Who is the dispute resolution lawyer of the year? Ian Mann shortlisted

Industry Practice versus Articles of Association; Directors beware

Privy Council Setting Aside Trustee’s Exercise of Discretion

China establishes a one-stop dispute resolution platform for handling international disputes

Extension of limitation period for civil claims – a key feature in China’s progression towards a Civil Code

Zhaopin Limited – The “Shanda Effect” on Interim Payments

Meridan Trust Company Ltd v Batista & others: Free standing receiverships in the Cayman Islands

Ian Mann features in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite List

Bermuda Court of Appeal – US sanctions (still) defeat creditor

2 years running – Harneys ranked in the Top 30: GRR 100 Guide

Cayman Court of Appeal considers the Nilon Rectification Jurisdiction

Security for costs – Don’t Delay!

BVI Commercial Court re-opens

Grand Court gives directions for dissenter discovery in appraisal action

China: solving the zombie problem

BVI Court of Appeal reaffirms it will rarely reverse findings of fact

What is working offshore really like? 10 Minutes with William Peake

Singapore and BVI Courts co-operate against cross border fraud

Comparative Legal Guide British Virgin Islands: Restructuring & Insolvency

BVI Freezing Injunction; what is ‘good arguable case’?

The Healthier Side of INSOL

Getting “Schooled” in Nord Anglia – Extra Safeguards for Companies Facing Appraisal Litigation in Cayman

Asset Recovery Asia: Fraud Litigation, Enforcement & Contentious Insolvency

Team Harneys will be at INSOL 2018 in NYC

Dissenters’ discovery: the Court of Appeal rules

A big week of Rugby in Hong Kong

Bermuda: Contra Proferentum and Extrinsic Evidence

Substance of Aldi Principles Apply in BVI

Bermuda Court defends economic holders in Fund

Judicial Independence: A Welcome Clarification

Cayman Court recognises HK JPLs to petition in Cayman – but was there locus?

BVI: Derivative actions: is good faith a requirement?

Dissenter cases: Settling the minority discount issue

Introducing – Harneys’ Listco Dispute Unit

Harneys wins at IFLR Asia Awards

Fishing expedition in the Cayman Islands

How BVI and Hong Kong Courts Cooperate on Cases – A CPD Accredited Panel Discussion

10 Minutes With: Muhammad Faridi and Benjamin Jackson, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Deleveraging the Dragon

Shareholder Activism Offshore: Q4 2017 activity leading to active 2018

A Brave New World: Cayman Islands Derivative Claims in US Courts

New BVI High Court Judge: The Honourable Justice Ann-Marie Smith

A New Fraud State of Mind

The “money box” jurisdiction – finding a fraudster

Happy Holidays from Harneys

Don’t Go Chasing [Distribution] Waterfalls

Payment of Liquidation Fees: Pacific Harbor Asia Fund I, Ltd.

Harneys Litigation launches recruitment drive

Cayman: Will the “real” loser please stand up? Indemnity costs awarded against non-party for bad behavior

“The Healthier Side of INSOL” 2018

Widening the Goalposts? Unfair Prejudice in Blackpool FC (1)

Directors’ Duties: Current Developments

Battle of the Trusts: Meritus Trust Co. Ltd v. Butterfield Trust

Harneys writes Offshore Chapter in GRR’s Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review 2018

Eggs-actly in breach for director in Fabergé brand

Information obtained under compulsion by liquidators - When is it appropriate to share?

Hot Off The Press: New Edition of Cross-Border Insolvency with Harneys Chapter

Court of Appeal to consider basis and scope of discovery in Cayman share valuation proceedings

GRR Live Hong Kong

Cross Border Litigation Day is a winner

In The Matters Of Ocean Rig Udw Inc., et al

BVI Court: Business as usual... except for emergency measures

The law has changed: Assistance to Hong Kong liquidators of a Cayman Islands company

Cross Border Litigation Day - 11 October 2017

Dissenter discovery in Cayman Islands share valuation litigation

Court of Appeal to determine whether interim payment regime applies to Cayman share valuation proceedings

Food for Thought: Should the Cayman Islands adopt a practice direction that would require contributories’ to state in their winding up petition whether they consent to a validation order?

Update on the Territory of the Virgin Islands: Temporary Relocation of Commercial Division of the High Court to Saint Lucia

BVI Office Temporary Closure

Scraping by the Court rules

Harneys Wins Offshore Law Firm of the Year in Hong Kong

New High Court Judge of the Commercial Court BVI: The Honourable Justice K. Neville Adderley

The Cayman Islands’ ‘creditor’ committee – give and take

Hasty Filings and Lessons Learned: A Bermuda Case Study

Prime Sight- under attack?

Submission to the jurisdiction and Nilon- the Privy Council’s view

Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings (FSD 186 of 2016) (Judgment on Full Powers)

A new Intellectual Property regime for the Cayman Islands

Who is the dispute resolution lawyer of the year?

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Re-opening a trial with further evidence in the Cayman Islands

Model Directions for an Insolvent Trust

Qihoo 360 Technology Ltd – forensic searches key to discovery

Food For Thought: Did the Privy Council get it wrong in Nilon? The BVI needs a one-stop-shop for rectification claims

The Honourable Mr Justice Harris – Video Interview on Recognition of Foreign Liquidators

10 Minutes With: Piers Plumptre of Gibson Dunn re: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Shareholder Dissent – One Expert Voice: Qunar Cayman Islands Limited

Lord Mance’s new book: Privy Council Practice

Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings (FSD 186 of 2016) (costs)

Palladyne International Asset Management [2017] (FSD 68 of 2016)

The need for parallel schemes: efficacy and dissentient creditors

Food for thought: Is it time for a dedicated “restructuring officer” in Cayman Islands law?

No risk of dissipation, no clean hands: no winding-up

Harneys Happenings

Lord Clarke on the integrity of our system

Lord Neuberger casts doubt on the Gibbs principle

Harneys voted in top 30: GRR 100 Guide

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017: Edward Bannister QC

10 Minutes With: Rupert Purser, Burford Capital

Ian Mann & Gary Loh speak at c5 forum

Grand Court Not in the Empire State of Mind to Enforce Foreign Judgment

Hong Kong Companies Court Judge on cross-border insolvency

Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement: Uni–Asia Holdings Limited

Cayman Fair Value Claims: Do Dissenters need to beware of Delaware?

BVI adopts guidelines for communication and cooperation between courts

BVI adopts guidelines for communication and cooperation between courts

The Inaugural Meeting of the Judicial Insolvency Network

10 Minutes With: Margot MacInnis, Borrelli Walsh (Cayman)

INSOL 2017: Ian Mann introduces Marie Rowbotham, Martin Kenney and Alex Moglia

In the matter of Shanda Games Limited

10 Minutes With: Una Barrett, PwC & Wayne Walsh, Department of Justice HKSAR

Upcoming Event in Cayman: "Cayman’s Future with Asia: Litigation & Restructuring Opportunities, Pitfalls & Predictions"

Harneys’ Highlights at the INSOL 2017 Tenth World Quadrennial Congress

Matsuura v A&S Company Limited

Food for thought: Right of unregistered shareholders to petition to the Cayman Court

Cross-Border Insolvency Panel: Four Judges Participate

BVI Court not the correct forum: Noble More Group Ltd

Interim payments jurisdiction applies to fair value claims

Ian Mann's video fed into INSOL Sydney: abusive debtors

In the Matter of Capitalhold Limited

5km Fun Run @ INSOL - A real success!

10 Minutes with Rose Kehoe: Chinese Company Take-Private Transactions

JIN Guidelines adopted in Bermuda – first Offshore Court to do so

Cayman Court exercises discretion to substitute a paralysed trustee: Re Various trusts

International Women's Day: Who are Harneys female litigators?

Harneys head down under for INSOL 2017

Harneys double whammy at IFLR Asia Awards

Clarity from the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

BVI: Can beneficial shareholders really bring unfair prejudice claims without the legal owners?

Radical New Interpretation of Cayman Restructuring Law - CHC Group Ltd

How the SEC obtains Grand Court Assistance

Harneys wins China Business Law Journal Deal of the Year Awards

Harneys launches Offshore Litigation Blog

INSOL 2017 – Harneys 5km Fun Run

Cayman Islands Share Valuation Disputes & Professional Dissenting Shareholders

10 minutes with Cayman valuation services leader, Tim Derksen, Deloitte

10 minutes with The Hon. Justice Barry Leon, BVI

In Re Appraisal of Dell Inc.

10 minutes with Chief Registrar Shiona Allenger

Discovery in Cayman Islands Fair Value Litigation

Cayman Islands restructuring ruling in Re Grand T G Gold Holdings Limited

Mergers and fair value: What does it mean to a dissenting shareholder?

Disclosure of Information in the BVI

Black Swan: Stand-alone injunctions in support of foreign proceedings

Cayman insolvency update: Petitioning for change?

BVI: Arbitration agreements and insolvency proceedings

BVI and Cayman Insolvency Law: A Comparison

Appointing an inspector: A viable alternative to liquidation in the Cayman Islands?

Schemes: Recognition or parallel schemes of arrangement