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Maples and Calder

THE EXCHANGE BUILDING, 5TH FLOOR, DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE, SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, PO BOX 119980, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Tortola, London, Hong Kong, Grand Cayman, Dublin, Dubai

What we say about the firm's legal practice in United Arab Emirates

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Maples and Calder is a third tier firm,

Maples and Calder provides tailored BVI and Cayman Islands law advice from its Dubai office, making it a go-to practice for clients (including many of the foreign and regional law firms) seeking offshore counsel, and meaning it is a regular fixture on large-scale finance transactions. In 2011, capital markets specialist Tahir Jawed provided Cayman Islands advice to IPIC on its $1bn bonds issuance, and to EFG-Hermes Holding on its $542m acquisition of Credit Libanais.

Investment funds

Within Investment funds, Maples and Calder is a third tier firm,

Maples and Calder is ‘among the preferred firms for offshore advice’, and provides advice that is ‘well thought out and presented’. ‘Top-notch lawyer’ Philip Ireland and the ‘responsive and involved’ Tahir Jawed acted for EFG-Hermes on the master-feeder structure of its MENA fixed-income fund. Ireland also worked alongside associate Robin Harding on the Cayman aspects of a $500m shari’ah-compliant real estate fund focused on Russia and the CIS.

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