Jonathon Meloy > 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
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate

Position

Jonathon is co-head of the Asset Finance practice in the Cayman Islands and has extensive experience of international capital markets and corporate finance transactions.  He advises on all types of aircraft finance structures, with a particular focus on aircraft portfolio securitisations, large leasing platform establishments (including partnerships with fund sponsor investors), and on- and off-balance sheet commercial aircraft finance and leasing. In addition, Jonathon regularly acts on fund finance transactions (for both lenders and borrowers, including capital commitment subscription financing), as well as structured finance matters including CLOs and debt funds. Jonathon also advises on a wide range of general corporate and commercial deals, including restructurings, joint ventures and M&A transactions, and debt and equity listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

Career

Jonathon joined the Maples Group in 2008 and was elected as a partner in 2014.  He previously worked for Slaughter and May in London. Jonathon has been listed as a market leader by IFLR1000 and ranked in Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500 and Chambers Global.

Memberships

Jonathon is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).

Education

University of Warwick, UK, LLB (Hons), 2000

Lawyer Rankings

Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Jonathon MeloyMaples 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.