Kate Hodson Bio

Kate Hodson advises GPs and fund managers on the establishment and structuring of private equity funds and hedge funds as well as advising LPs on their fund investments. Kate is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. Her experience covers a broad range of strategies and industries, including impact funds and sustainable investment funds, real estate, credit funds, venture capital and infrastructure funds. Following her passion for sustainable investment Kate undertook a masters in Energy and Environmental law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and launched Ogier's Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds practice, the first of its kind for an offshore law firm. Kate is also one of a small group of offshore lawyers with a significant Japan practice, advising Japanese managers on establishing Cayman Islands unit trust fund structures and GP/LP closed ended fund structures. Her clients include some of the largest investment houses and prominent fund managers in Japan. Kate also acts for a number of family offices in the set-up of private fund structures for HNWIs.