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Maples Group
PO BOX 309
UGLAND HOUSE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET,GEORGE TOWN
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
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Matthew Gardner

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+1 345 814 5453 matthew.gardner@maples.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate
Funds & Investment Management
Finance

Position

Matthew is Managing Partner of Maples and Calder, in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office where he is also head of the Corporate team.  His expertise covers all aspects of corporate and commercial work, including private equity, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.  Matthew also advises on all types of investment funds and has extensive experience in finance and capital markets.

Career

Matthew joined the Maples Group in 2001.  He previously worked for Clifford Chance in London, Bahrain and Dubai.  He has been recommended in Legal 500, Chambers Global and IFLR1000.

Memberships

Matthew is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.

Education

University of Birmingham, UK, LLB, Law and Business

College of Law, Chester, UK, Solicitors Final

Lawyer Rankings

Cayman Islands > Corporate and commercial

(Leading individuals)

Matthew Gardner – Maples Group

As one of the largest groups in the Cayman Islands, Maples Group‘s corporate team advises on a vast range of takeovers, M&A, IPOs, SPACs, joint ventures, regulatory issues and general corporate and commercial advisory matters. Practice chair Matthew Gardner has considerable experience in public and private M&A, financings, IPOs, joint ventures and restructurings, while Suzanne Correy‘s focus is on structured finance, capital markets and investment fund transactions, especially in the Latin American region. The team also houses Daniel Lee, whose focus is on public takeovers and private equity transactions; Shari Seymour and Finn O’Hegarty, who are both noted for their work on joint venture arrangements, IPOs and restructurings; and SPAC expert Michael Johns. Newly promoted partner Kerry Ann Phillips handles restructurings and reorganisations, investment fund structuring, and investments in Latin America.

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