Emily Forbes

• Involved in the fraud investigations and assets recovery of the largest feeder fund in the British Virgin Islands of the Madoff’s Ponzi scheme
• Facilitated the relocation of one of the world’s leading ocean liner and cargo shipping carriers from Hong Kong to an alternative jurisdiction by way of Members’ Voluntary Liquidation
• Participated in the Official Liquidation of a Segregated Portfolios Company in the Cayman Islands
• Oversaw the Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation of the Hong Kong subsidiary of an online global language provider based in London
• Managed the Court Liquidation of a protected cell company in Guernsey;
• Coordinated a cross-border insolvency and restructuring project of a financial group with subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, Indonesia and Malaysia
• Assisted the joint liquidators in Hong Kong and Bermuda of a Bermudian company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with subsidiaries in Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong and China
• Head of the Insolvency Department of the Registrar of Companies of the Bermuda Government

Professional Background

• Assistant Official Receiver, Office of the Official Receiver, Bermuda
• Chief Insolvency Officer, Office of the Official Receiver, Bermuda
• Senior Manager, Krys Global, Bermuda
• Manager, Corporate and Advisory, RSM Nelson Wheeler, Hong Kong
• Assistant Manager, Corporate and Advisory, Alvarez & Marsal, Hong Kong
• Assistant Manager, Corporate and Advisory, BDO, Hong Kong
• Insolvency Administrator, Corporate and Advisory, Grant Thornton, Hong Kong

Education

• Nottingham Trent University, Master’s Degree in Insolvency Laws (Distinction), 2015
• The University of Westminster, Legal Practice Course (LPC), 2013
• City University of Hong Kong, B.A. (Honours) in Accountancy, 1999

Associations

• Member of the Chartered Professional Accountant of Bermuda, 2022
• Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), 2006
• Certified Public Accountant of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA), 2002

Languages

• Cantonese
• Mandarin