James Reeve > Maples Group > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
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GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1104
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James Reeve
Work Department
Finance
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
Position
James is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Finance team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He advises on structured finance transactions (in particular CLO transactions, related risk retention structures and catastrophe bonds), fund financing matters (acting for both lenders and borrowers) and general banking and financing work. James also has experience advising on asset finance transactions (particularly off-balance sheet commercial aircraft financing and leasing) and general corporate and commercial transactions, along with restructurings and securities listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Career
James joined the Maples Group in 2011 and was elected as a partner in 2018. He previously worked as a banking and finance lawyer at a magic circle firm in London where his practice focused principally on project finance. James has been ranked in the Legal 500.
Memberships
James is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).
Education
University of Oxford, UK, Doctorate (DPhil), 2007
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, UK, Legal Practice Course, 2004
Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2003
Cardiff University, Wales, BSc (Hons), 1999
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Next Generation Partners)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Cayman Islands
- Next Generation Partners Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
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- Investment funds
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