Nick Harrold > Maples Group > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
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26th Floor, Central Plaza
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Wanchai
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Nick Harrold
Work Department
Funds & Investment Management
Position
Nick is partner of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team at the Maples Group. Nick specialises in all aspects of investment funds, advising an international client base, with a particular focus on advising clients who wish to target the Japanese market. He is recommended by Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a standout funds specialist who has the “ability to quickly understand very complicated structures” and whose “strength lies in his ability to apply legal principles to some of the most complex, novel and challenging commercial issues”. He is recognised by Legal 500 Asia Pacific as “client-friendly, innovative and commercial’ and having an “in-depth knowledge” of the Japanese market.
Career
Nick joined the Maples Group in 2007. He previously worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and for Norton Rose in London and Hong Kong including a secondment to Société Générale in London. Nick has been ranked as a highly-regarded funds lawyer in IFLR1000.
Languages
English
Education
Leicester University (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Offshore
Working collaboratively with team’s in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, London, Dubai and Dublin, Maples Group has a long-established reputation for servicing multinational clients on their investments in Asia, as well as Asia-based clients on their overseas investments. Providing the full spectrum of legal services, the practice is particularly well noted for its expertise advising on corporate, finance, insolvency, funds and investments, and dispute resolution issues. Michael Gagie is a leading figure and heads the BVI law practice, specialising in downstream PE, corporate, commercial, and banking and structured finance work. Head of the Asia corporate offering, Matt Roberts focuses on advising financial institutions, asset managers, and publicly listed and private companies. Nick Harrold is particularly adept regarding Japanese-related investments, while Iain Anderson caters to a broad range of PE and hedge funds, boutique managers, smaller start-up funds and investee companies.