Tim Coak > Maples Group > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile

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

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

(Leading partners)

Tim CoakMaples Group

Maples Group fields the largest investment funds team in the Cayman Islands and can draw on an enviable wealth of talent whose expertise covers all aspects of the practice area. Per one client, the team is ‘an absolute pleasure to deal with on CIMA issues, fund formation issues, and regulatory issues in the funds space’, and the practice assists the majority of major private equity firms and the largest hedge fund managers. Overseeing the department are Sheryl Dean, who leads advice to a host of the firm’s standout clients in this area; and Michael Richardson, global head of the practice who has extensive experience advising on transactional and restructuring issues relating to offshore investment funds. Julian Ashworth focuses on private equity, hybrid and hedge fund structures and has a strong track record in some of the largest fundraises and significant downstream transactions. Jo Cunningham advises on all aspects of Cayman Islands investment funds and is regularly leads counsel on complex fund and upper tier reorganisations, including for spin outs and succession planning. Private equity and closed ended funds are the focus for Jeremy Bomford, while Gwyneth Rees is one of the key partners for hedge funds. Tim Coak assists emerging and long-standing investment managers with structuring and launching fund products, and Andrew Keast has an impressive, broad practice across the spectrum of investment funds. Alex Howard, Stephen Watler and Lee Davis are among the up-and-coming partners to note.