About Us

Cowie & Co is a boutique law firm based in Hong Kong, servicing regional and international corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals in complex local and multi-jurisdictional corporate, commercial, banking & finance and marine & trade matters.

We are particularly well known for our work in representing corporates, high-net worth and ultra-high-net worth individuals in the financing and sale & purchase of high-value assets.   We are details oriented, conduct ourselves with the utmost discretion and operate with the sense of urgency and professionalism that such clients demand.

Our lawyers come from international law firm backgrounds and have extensive experience in the areas in which we regularly advise.   We pride ourselves on being approachable and pragmatic – we advise our clients accordingly.   We achieve our clients’ objectives without exposing them to undue risk or over-lawyering matters when simple solutions will suffice.   

As an independent Hong Kong based law firm, we have built strong relationships with law firms in other regional and international jurisdictions and we regularly receive referral work from across this network of close affiliates.      

Our People

Antony Cowie

FOUNDING PARTNER

Tel: +852 2777 0488
Mobile : +852 6414 8221
Email  : antony.cowie@cowie-law.com

Antony is a Corporate, Finance and Shipping Transactional lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising international shipping industry clients on a wide range of transactional matters.

Antony has worked at top-tier international law firms in senior positions, as well as having worked in-house as Head of Legal both with an internationally renowned ship broking company one of the market-leading third-party technical ship managers in Hong Kong.  Having worked both in private practice with law firms and on the client-side of transactions for many years, Antony has an in-depth knowledge of the shipping industry and the various stakeholders.

Antony represents a wide range of clients in sub-sectors across the broader shipping and maritime space, including ship owners, banks/financiers, leasing companies, charterers, operators, ship brokers, third-party ship managers and crewing and manning agencies.   He also actively advises on mega-yacht/superyacht related matters – including newbuilds, refits, sale and purchase and a wide range of other matters.   Outside of the shipping sector Antony advises hedge funds, private equity firms, restaurant groups, manufacturers, fashion brands and stakeholders in other industries.

Antony founded Cowie & Co in October 2023.  

Antony’s transactional experience and current practice encompasses:

    • high-value asset sale and purchase (via shares in owning companies or straight asset purchases)

    • ship/yacht finance

    • sale and leasebacks / Chinese leasing / JOLCO

    • charters – bareboat / time / voyage + pooling agreements

    • vessel flagging: registration and ownership of vessels

    • registration/discharge of security over maritime assets

    • third-party technical management contracts

    • Syndicated commercial lending

    • Security package / suites

    • Asset Finance – Ships / Yachts / Aircraft

    • Mid-market mergers and acquisitions : share sale and purchase / cash / share swaps

    • Investment / Subscription Agreements

    • Joint ventures – JV Agreements

    • Shareholder Agreements

    • Private Equity / Venture Capital investments

    • General corporate finance advisory

Margo To

ASSOCIATE

Tel: +852 2777 0000
Mobile : +852 0000
Email  : margo.to@cowie-law.com

Margo is an asset finance lawyer based in Hong Kong, with a particular focus on shipping finance and super-yacht finance and sale & purchase.

Margo has experience acting for banks, financial institutions, lessors, ship owners and high-net worth individuals in a variety of cross-border financing transactions, including pre-delivery and post-delivery financings, sale and leasebacks, sale and purchase of new-buildings and second-hand vessels and restructuring.