Tim Coak > Maples Group > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Maples Group Offices
PO BOX 309
UGLAND HOUSE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET,GEORGE TOWN
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
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Tim Coak
Work Department
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
Position
Tim is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He advises private equity funds, hedge funds and investment managers on investment fund formation, restructuring and fund transactions. He also advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
Career
Tim joined the Maples Group in 2012 and was elected as a partner in 2018. He previously worked in the investment funds teams at DLA Piper, Debevoise & Plimpton and Freshfields (in London and Dubai). Tim has been recognised as a leading lawyer by Who’s Who Legal and as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500.
Memberships
Tim is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
Education
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK, MA (Hons), Law
Nottingham Law School, UK
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Investment funds
(Next Generation Partners)Maples Group‘s sizeable team offers clients ‘a very deep bench‘ of dedicated specialists. ‘Pre-eminent practitioner‘ Michael Richardson acts as global head of the practice, and has extensive experience advising on transactional and restructuring issues relating to offshore investment funds. Managing partner Jonathan Green specialises in private equity and hedge fund formation; such funds are also the focus of Jeremy Bomford and Lee Davis, who are well versed in assisting with ongoing maintenance work. Stephen Watler is regularly instructed by Asian clients to advise on SPCs and other investment fund structures. Tim Coak and Iain McMurdo are also noted. As an additional strength, the firm is able to provide EU-regulated fund advice from its Irish desk in Cayman.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Regulatory and compliance