Mr Simon Hopwood > Maples Group > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile
Maples Group Offices
2ND FLOOR SIR WALTER RALEIGH HOUSE
48-50 ESPLANADE
St Helier
JE2 3QB
Jersey
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Mr Simon Hopwood
Work Department
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
Finance
Listing Services
Position
Simon is head of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Jersey office. He has significant experience in the establishment, structuring and maintenance of offshore funds and other investment, acquisition and holding structures within the real estate, private equity and hedge fund sectors. He also has a particular specialism in the establishment and structuring of UK REITs and Shariah-compliant funds and other investment, acquisition and financing structures.
Simon acts for a wide range of clients, whether as fund promotors or investors, including well-known financial institutions, investment managers and sovereign wealth funds, as well as boutique investment managers, established family offices and high net worth investors.
Simon also advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financing transactions and offshore listings on The International Stock Exchange (“TISE”) or elsewhere.
Career
Simon joined the Maples Group in Jersey in 2018. He was previously at another international law firm for 15 years where he was a Group Partner within the Investment Funds Group since 2008. Prior to that Simon worked in London as a Senior Lawyer in the private equity and investment funds team at SJ Berwin and then as Legal Counsel at Barings Private Equity Partners.
Languages
English
Education
University of Kingston, Law LLB Hons, 1991
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Investment funds
(Leading individuals)US, Middle Eastern and Asian fund managers come to Maples Group for advice on the establishment and structuring of funds, ranging from private equity and hedge funds to venture capital and real estate vehicles. The practice is noted for its expertise in co-investment structures and GP-led restructuring transactions, with further experience handling deals that require Sharia compliance. Leading the team in tandem are Simon Hopwood, a UK REIT and Islamic finance specialist, and Tim Morgan
, who supports private equity houses with the launch of new funds and funds transactions.
Jersey > Banking and finance
Maples Group advises both international banks and US private equity funds on matters of leveraged, fund and real estate finance, while also offering expertise on Sharia-compliant loan structures. Practice head Mark Crichton specialises in Jersey trust and holding structures, including Islamic finance arrangements. Paul Burton handles securitisation transactions and other leveraged and structured finance matters, while Simon Hopwood is noted for his UK REIT and Sharia-compliant funds practice. Amy Black is noted for her work financing downstream private equity acquisitions in, addition to assisting with both lender and borrower-side financings.