Caroline Barton > Appleby > Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
9th Floor
60 Nexus Way Camana Bay
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
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Caroline Barton
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Caroline is a partner within the Corporate department in Cayman.
Her practice areas include asset and project finance, corporate and fund finance, restructuring and mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, private equity and bond offerings.
Caroline regularly represents an extensive list of financial and private equity institutions as well as corporations. Her vast experience reaches across capital markets, corporate, aircraft and shipping.
Caroline is ranked by Legal500 as a “Next Generation Partner – Banking, Finance & Capital Markets. She has also been recognised by Who’s Who Legal with respect to Aircraft Finance, and is acknowledged as ‘Highly Regarded’ in IFLR1000’s 2023 Capital markets and Banking law rankings.
She is ranked by Chambers Global as ‘Band 4: Corporate & Finance Cayman Islands’, earning client feedback such as “she understands local regulations and is good with structuring” and “working with Caroline has been smooth and efficient.” Previous rankings have praised her as “super responsive, always available and solution-oriented.”
Memberships
Caroline is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and the Law Society of England and Wales. She is also the current Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands and a notary public registered in the Cayman Islands.
Education
- University of Bristol (England)
- Nottingham Trent University (England)
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)Appleby has a leading role in the market, and is regularly sought by blue-chip underwriters for its expertise in SPACs, CLOs and lender-side fund financing deals. Coordinating between offices in Cayman, Bermuda and Jersey, the group houses a robust team that includes structured finance lead Benjamin Woolf and head of banking and asset finance Caroline Barton, who specialises in aircraft and vessel financing. Simon Raftopoulos leads the local corporate practice and is a member of the corporate finance and private equity teams, and Jacob MacAdam has expertise in regulatory work. Senior associate Tamanna Keir has extensive experience on leveraged financing, securities lending transactions, and cross-border M&A, while Georgina Pullinger is also highly recommended for fund and corporate finance work.
Cayman Islands > Corporate and commercial
Spearheaded by corporate finance and PE specialist Simon Raftopoulos, Appleby‘s team routinely advises a deep roster of blue-chip underwriters, banks and other financial institutions on SPACs, CLOs, M&A, corporate finance mandates and restructurings. The team includes corporate finance and regulatory expert Jacob MacAdam, and group head of both the banking and asset finance, and transport and logistics teams Caroline Barton, who regularly advises on capital markets, corporate, aircraft and shipping matters. Global co-head of the SPACs group Dean Bennett and head of the structured finance practice Benjamin Woolf are also noted for their expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Cayman Islands
- Leading individuals Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial Cayman Islands