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UGLAND HOUSE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET,GEORGE TOWN
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1104
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Scott Macdonald
Work Department
Finance
Corporate
Listing Services
Regulatory & Compliance
Position
Scott is global head of Maples and Calder’s Finance team and is based in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He has extensive experience in CLOs and other structured finance transactions, including repack programmes, structured funds and fund derivative products. He also advises on fund financing, and is head of the CSX listing group in Cayman. Scott is a lead partner of the FATCA/CRS team, with a specific focus on the structured finance sector.
Career
Scott joined the Maples Group in 2005 and was elected as a partner in 2012. He previously worked for Deutsche Bank in the Cayman Islands, Hogan Lovells LLP and Tite & Lewis (part of Ernst & Young) in London, and for Morton Fraser in Edinburgh. Scott has been listed as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000 and ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers Global.
Memberships
Scott is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and the Law Society of England and Wales. Additionally, he is a Trustee of the Silver Thatch Pension Plan in the Cayman Islands.
Education
University of Dundee, Scotland, BAcc (Hons), Finance
University of Dundee, Scotland, LLB and Legal Practice Diploma
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)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
- Leading individuals Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Regulatory and compliance