Tina Meigh > 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

Finance
Corporate
Funds & Investment Management 

Position

Tina is head of Maples and Calder’s Finance team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office.  She leads the Fund Finance practice and also has extensive experience in all aspects of banking, derivatives and securitisations.  Tina represents hedge funds, private equity funds and banks on fund finance and other lending transactions, bank products, deal structures and on all types of secured transactions.  She advises a large number of international associations and financial institutions on derivatives and issues surrounding related collateral packages in the context of insolvency in the Cayman Islands.  She also has significant experience of general corporate and commercial matters and the establishment of offshore investment funds.

Career

Tina joined the Maples Group in 2005 and was elected as a partner in 2012.  She previously worked for Lovells where she completed a secondment to Citibank.  Tina has been recommended in Chambers GlobalLegal 500 and Who’s Who Legal.

Memberships

Tina sits on the Board and is Vice Chairman of the Fund Finance Association, a non-profit association for the fund finance market.  She is also a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).

Education

University of Southampton, UK, LLB (Hons)

College of Law, Guildford, UK, Legal Practice Course

Lawyer Rankings

Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Tina MeighMaples Group

With offices in key jurisdictions, the Maples Group is a key player in corporate, commercial, finance, and investment funds, and houses a specialised team advising on an array of issues, spanning asset finance work, banking issues, structured and fund financings, and insurance-linked securities. Global finance head Scott Macdonald is particularly active in CLOs, structured funds and fund derivative products, while finance team lead Tina Meigh is an expert in the fund finance space. Alongside her specialism in repackaging and structured finance transactions, Wanda Ebanks also handles ship and aircraft finance and registration issues, and regularly works with European and Latin American export credit agencies. Both asset finance co-chair Jonathon Meloy and debt capital markets specialist Anthony Philp are noted for their expertise in aircraft financing and corporate finance transactions. James Reeve‘s focus is on structured finance transactions, while head of the CSX-listing practice Amanda Lazier is a specialist in the CLO space.