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Sherice Arman

Sherice is a partner and co-head of the Asset Finance practice in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. She specialises in financing transactions, including banking and asset finance, fund and corporate finance and is recognised as an industry leader in asset finance, in particular for ship and aircraft finance. Sherice also has significant experience in the field of regulated M&A transactions and regulatory advice.

Julian Ashworth

Julian is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. His practice focuses on private equity, hybrid and hedge fund structures and downstream transactions, including financing and security agreements, secondary transactions and fund restructurings. He advises sponsors and management companies on profit sharing and funding arrangements and Cayman Islands regulatory matters. Julian is also involved in corporate finance matters, including M&A transactions, joint ventures, co-investments and restructuring matters.

Jeremy Bomford

Jeremy is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He specialises in the establishment, launch, ongoing maintenance and restructuring of all types of investment funds, particularly hedge funds and private equity funds, and acts for a diverse portfolio of clients in the asset management industry, ranging from start-ups to major financial institutions. He also regularly advises clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions.

Christopher Capewell

Christopher is global head of Maples and Calder′s Regulatory & Financial Services practice and is based in the Cayman Islands office. His practice focuses on advising asset managers, open and closed-ended investment funds, banks, administrators, family offices and high net worth individuals on a wide range of Cayman Islands regulatory and financial services matters. He advises on AML, CFP and CFT compliance, Financial and Economic Sanctions, FATCA, CRS, economic substance, beneficial ownership, digital assets, cross-border conduct of business, the Securities Investment Business Law, tax transparency, the OECD Country-by-Country Reporting regime, corporate governance matters and regulatory inspections. Beyond his client practice and team leadership, Christopher is an active voice in the Cayman Islands regulatory and financial services sector. He actively contributes to conferences, publications, webinars and podcasts, and engages with industry and government stakeholders on legislative and regulatory developments. He created the Regulatory 15/15 Podcast, which provides listeners with a 15-minute summary on the latest developments in Cayman Islands regulatory laws.

Myles Chingara

Myles is an associate of Maples and Calder’s Trusts & Private Client team, in the Maples Group Cayman Islands office. Myles advises on British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law as they relate to the creation and administration of trusts and foundation companies, the preparation of wills, obtaining grants of probate and letters of administration and the administration of estates. Myles also advises on regulatory matters related to virtual assets, including token issuances and virtual asset services provider applications in the British Virgin Islands.

Tim Coak

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.

Suzanne Correy

Suzanne is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Corporate team and co-head of the Latin American practice and is based in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. She has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate work, including joint ventures, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and also advises on a wide variety of structured finance, capital markets and investment fund transactions. Suzanne maintains a strong focus on public company work, advising clients through all stages of their growth from start-up to IPO and beyond. Through her Latin American practice, Suzanne advises clients both originating from and investing into the region. She has also advised telecommunications clients and hardware companies on Cayman Islands licencing and regulatory issues.

Quentin Cregan

Quentin is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. Quentin’s practice covers all aspects of traditional financial / commercial disputes (including investment fund disputes and distressed situations), digital assets, technology disputes (including trade secret, software, licensing, and IP), commercial litigation, arbitration, and insolvency matters. He also has extensive experience in relation to family offices and advising ultra-high net worth individuals on contentious trusts matters. As a former Silicon Valley developer, he has a particular interest and experience in digital assets, AI, IP, and privacy. Quentin joined the Maples Group in 2021. He previously was a barrister in both London and Australia.

Jo Cunningham

Jo is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. Jo acts for a range of investment advisers, from start-up managers to some of the most sophisticated, institutional asset managers across a broad spectrum of asset classes. She advises on all aspects of Cayman Islands hedge, credit and private equity funds and is regularly instructed to advise on complex fund and upper-tier reorganisations, including for spin outs, manager acquisitions and succession planning.

Lee Davis

Lee is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He advises hedge and private equity funds on their establishment and ongoing legal and regulatory compliance in the Cayman Islands. He also advises on general corporate and commercial matters.

Sheryl Dean

Sheryl is head of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Cayman Islands. In this role, Sheryl is responsible for the strategic direction, performance and growth of the team and works closely with the other offices and business units across the Group to support cross-practice collaboration. Sheryl manages the global relationships with several of the Group's largest clients while leading key business development, recruitment and knowledge management initiatives and mentoring and developing the next generation of funds lawyers. Sheryl acts for a range of investment advisers, from start-up managers to global institutional sponsors across the full spectrum of asset classes. She advises on all aspects of private investment funds, their upper tier arrangements and their underlying portfolio investments.

Philip Dickinson

Philip is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He specialises in the structuring, formation and ongoing operation of Cayman Islands investment funds. He represents numerous private equity firms and fund managers on the establishment of fund structures, seed capital arrangements, restructurings, acquisitions and disposals, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures, downstream transactions and fund investment realisations. Philip also advises on compliance matters for the funds and their operators and managers.

Grant Dixon

Grant is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He advises a global client base and specialises in a broad range of fund products, focusing primarily on venture capital, private equity and hedge funds. He also has extensive experience in general corporate, financing and commercial matters.

John Dykstra

John is a partner in the Finance practice and head of the Insurance practice in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He specialises in structured finance, investment funds and corporate and commercial transactions, with an emphasis on catastrophe bond transactions and other insurance-linked securities, CLO transactions, fund financings, structured debt and repackagings.

Wanda Ebanks

Wanda is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She specialises in repackagings and structured finance transactions. Her area of practice also includes general corporate and commercial matters, with particular emphasis on local licencing and registration. Wanda also has experience in ship and aircraft finance and registration, licensing and equity formation, as well as local immigration, employment, trade and business and special economic zone registrations. She has experience working with export credit agencies in Europe and Latin America, and with airlines globally in the set-up and operation of Cayman Islands special purpose vehicles to participate in the acquisition, finance and leasing of aircraft.

Jonathan Green

Jonathan is the Global Managing Partner of Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm. He advises on all aspects of investment funds, specialising in private equity and hedge fund formation. Jonathan has extensive experience in corporate, partnership and trust structures, establishing and operating fund platforms, advising on fund regulatory matters, structuring downstream transactions and advising funds on matters arising throughout their life cycle.

Patrick Head

Patrick is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Regulatory & Financial Services team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He has over 18 years of experience practicing in the Cayman Islands and has extensive knowledge of financial services and markets regulation, advising clients on regulatory aspects of complex transactions and adapting to regulatory change and risk management. With extensive private practice experience in corporate and commercial matters, banking, fund finance, regulated investment funds and financial regulatory services, he offers clients unparalleled insights into the legal and regulatory issues affecting financial institutions. His clients include global financial institutions, banks, asset managers, investment funds, custodians and administrators, financial technology businesses as well as virtual asset service providers. Patrick regularly advises clients on registration and license applications in the Cayman Islands, supporting and integrating new acquisitions and on change in control approvals with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, on reporting obligations and making submissions with the Tax Information Authority and on sanctions related matters with the Financial Reporting Authority. Patrick is an expert in FATCA, CRS, the Securities Investment Business Law, Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Sanctions, Economic Substance, Data Privacy, cross-border conduct of business advice, investment fund regulation, digital assets, beneficial ownership, corporate governance and internal control requirements, compliance policies and regulatory inspections. He also regularly provides thought leadership and insights through speaking at industry conferences, as a contributor to articles, webinars and podcasts and as an active participant in industry working groups and on governmental consultations on draft legislation and by participating in focus groups.

Nick Herrod

Nick is a partner in Maples and Calder’s Cayman Islands Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team. Nick primarily focusses on high value cross-border restructurings and insolvency (both consensual and non-consensual), including schemes of arrangement and restructuring officer appointments. Nick also focusses on structuring transactions to mitigate insolvency risk. He advises clients on a wide range of international restructurings, distressed refinancings, contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, structured finance transactions (notably advising in relation to CLOs in distress) and derivatives-related issues. His clients include companies and other entities in distressed scenarios, investment funds, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, debt issuers, restructuring officers, official liquidators, creditor groups and shareholders involved in significant cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and distressed situations involving Cayman Islands structures. His experience includes advising on complex restructurings, refinancings and insolvency matters involving listed companies, investment funds and multinational corporate groups, including, Ocean Rig, China Evergrande, a number of major airlines, E-House and New Ruipeng Pet Group. He regularly advises on proceedings before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, as well as appeals before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Nick works closely with international counsel and other advisers on major cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters.

Nicholas Holland

Nicholas is global head of Maples and Calder’s Trusts & Private Client team and is based in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He is considered by all of the major rankings including Chambers & Partners, Spears and the Legal 500 to be one of the world’s best private client lawyers. He specialises in international and offshore trusts and estates work. Nicholas advises on the settlement or establishment of trusts, their administration and complex issues arising during the life of the trust as well as the trust’s final distribution. He is also regularly consulted about estates work including the drafting of wills and estate plans, power of attorney, grants of probate, resealing of foreign grants and challenges to estate plans.

Shari Howell

Shari is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She has extensive experience advising on asset finance transactions, with an emphasis on aircraft financing and leasing deals, including transactions with capital markets or Islamic elements, aircraft registrations, vessel financing and registrations, and general corporate commercial matters. She principally advises commercial banks, financial institutions, European export credit agencies, airlines and aircraft lessors.

Adam Huckle

Adam is a partner of Maples and Calder's Financial Services Regulation and Dispute Resolution & Insolvency teams in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Adam regularly represents retail and investment banks, trustees, investment funds and other financial institutions. He has a broad range of litigation experience, with an emphasis on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters involving banking, finance, investment funds, company law and trusts disputes. Adam's regulatory practice has a particular focus on economic sanctions, but also includes advising on cross border conduct of business, duties of confidentiality, anti-corruption and bribery, licensing, record retention and mandatory reporting and information exchange. He regularly appears in the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands.

Mac Imrie

Mac is a consultant on Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He has broad experience in multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters. Mac regularly works on mutual fund and hedge fund disputes and in crisis situations, and has been involved in several high-profile fund collapses and resultant litigation and arbitration. Many of his cases involve obtaining interim protection for creditors and shareholders. Mac has significant advocacy experience having appeared as counsel before numerous courts and tribunals around the world.

Joe Jackson

Joe is a partner in Maples and Calder’s Finance team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He provides advice on asset and structured finance transactions, with a specialist focus on CLOs and other CLO investment structures, as well as on fund finance and banking transactions, where he acts for hedge funds, private equity funds and banks on all types of secured transactions. Joe also has significant experience in obtaining listings for clients on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange and advising on general corporate and commercial matters as well as insurance matters.

Michael Johns

Michael is partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Michael's expertise covers all aspects of corporate and securities law, including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, SPACs and a broad range of banking, structured finance and capital markets transactions. His practice focuses on the energy industry and public company listings and corporate governance.

Andrew Keast

Andrew is a partner of Maples and Calder's Fund & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He works with a broad range of prominent institutional and start-up private equity, venture capital and hedge fund clients. He advises on all aspects of investment fund work, as well as general corporate and commercial matters. Andrew also advises a number of the leading sponsors and onshore counsel in the Israeli venture capital space.

Christian La-Roda Thomas

Christian is a Partner in the Maples Group’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team, having joined the firm in 2014 and being elected to partnership in January 2021. His international experience has equipped him with a sophisticated understanding of multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes, contentious insolvencies, corporate recovery, reconstructions, schemes of arrangement and cross-border restructurings. Christian regularly advises and represents a diverse range of clients, including investment banks, accountancy firms, hedge funds, financial institutions, office holders, and other key stakeholders on a wide range of Cayman Islands legal issues. Christian appears frequently before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, where he is known for his clear advocacy and deep technical knowledge. Christian’s reputation for technical excellence, commercial acumen, and client-focused service makes him a trusted advisor to clients navigating complex and high-value disputes.

Amanda Lazier

Amanda is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Amanda has significant experience advising clients on structured finance transactions, particularly CLOs, securitizations, repackagings, credit funds and other CLO investment structures; as well as on fund finance and banking transactions, in which she represents hedge funds, private equity funds and banks on lending transactions, bank products, deal structures and on all types of secured transactions. Amanda also has extensive experience in obtaining listings for clients on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

Daniel Lee

Dan is global head of Maples and Calder’s Corporate team and is based in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. His experience includes advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial work, including private equity, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and SPACs. He also advises on all types of investment funds and has extensive experience in finance and capital markets.

Michael Lockwood

Michael is a Partner of Maples and Calder’s Corporate team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. His experience includes advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial transaction, including private equity, IPOs (including SPAC IPOs), secondary offerings, equity financings, mergers and acquisitions (including de-SPACs), joint ventures and restructurings. He also advises on all types of investment funds and also regularly advises boards, shareholders and other stakeholders on complex cross-border transactions, corporate reorganisations and general corporate governance matters.

Tina Meigh

Tina is Global Head of Maples and Calder’s Finance team and is based in the Cayman Islands office. In addition to leading the firm’s Finance practice globally, she heads the global Fund Finance and Derivatives teams and plays a leading role in shaping the firm’s strategic direction. Alongside her client practice, Tina is actively involved in driving innovation, technology adoption, operational excellence, and service transformation initiatives across the Maples Group to enhance client service and delivery. Tina advises sponsors, fund managers, banks and other financial institutions on some of the most complex and innovative financing transactions in the market. Her practice spans fund finance, derivatives, banking, structured finance and securitisations, as well as corporate and commercial matters, including the establishment and operation of international investment funds. She regularly advises hedge funds, private equity funds, lenders and other market participants on subscription and NAV credit facilities, secured lending arrangements and bespoke financing structures. Drawing on extensive experience in the derivatives market, Tina also advises global industry bodies and financial institutions on derivatives documentation, collateral arrangements and Cayman Islands insolvency-related matters. Known for her strategic commercial insight and pragmatic, solutions-driven approach, she is regularly sought out to assist clients in navigating complex transactions, evolving regulatory landscapes and emerging market developments. In addition to her professional and industry leadership roles, Tina is actively engaged in supporting the Cayman Islands community. She serves as Vice Chairwoman of The Pines Retirement Home, where she contributes to the governance and strategic direction of one of the Cayman Islands’ most respected charitable organisations dedicated to the care and wellbeing of senior citizens. Her involvement reflects a broader commitment to community service and positive social impact.

Jonathon Meloy

Jonathon is Head of Maples and Calder’s Cayman Islands Finance practice and is based in the Cayman Islands. He is a leading finance lawyer with extensive experience in aviation finance and leasing, fund finance, structured finance and capital markets transactions. With more than 15 years’ experience advising international financial institutions, aircraft lessors, investors, private equity sponsors and corporate clients, Jonathon has developed a highly regarded finance practice, with particular expertise in aviation finance and leasing. He has played a leading role in numerous aircraft ABS transactions and award-winning financings involving prominent lessors and asset managers. He also regularly provides industry commentary on aircraft financing structures, securitisations and developments in the global aviation financing and leasing market. Jonathon also advises lenders and borrowers on fund finance, including subscription, NAV and hybrid credit facilities, structured finance transactions, CLOs, debt funds and capital markets matters, as well as corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and debt and equity listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

Caroline Moran

Caroline is global co-head of Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team and is based in the Cayman Islands office. She advises debtors, banks, funds, bondholders, directors, investors and insolvency practitioners on complex domestic and cross-border insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation matters. Her experience includes contentious and non-contentious restructurings, liquidations, schemes of arrangement, investment fund wind downs, shareholder, director and board disputes, investment fund litigation and Cayman Islands appraisal rights and fair value proceedings. An experienced advocate, Caroline regularly appears before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, including its Financial Services Division, as well as the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. She has acted in several of the Cayman Islands’ most significant cross-border restructuring, insolvency, appraisal rights and commercial litigation matters including Ocean Rig, 58.com, 51job, eHi Car Services, Sina Corporation, Charitable DAF Holdco v Patrick & Ors; Mastec v Pelletier & Ors.

Anthony Mourginos

Anthony is a Consultant of Maples and Calder’s Regulatory & Financial Services team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He provides advice on a wide range of regulatory matters, including Cayman Islands Monetary Authority licensing and registrations, AEOI, economic substance, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, and data protection. Anthony’s main experience is in advising ultra-high net worth individuals and families in all matters of Cayman Islands law, including with respect to the establishment, licensing and ongoing operations of single and multi-family offices and family-owned investment manager and fund vehicles in the Cayman Islands. He is also experienced in all matters relating to Cayman Islands work permits, immigration and permanent residency and has managed complex Cayman Islands migration and residency matters for ultra-high net worth individuals and families.

Finn O'Hegarty

Finn is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Corporate team and co-head of the Latin American practice group and is based in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. Finn has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate work, including joint ventures, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and also advises on a wide variety of structured finance, capital markets and investment fund transactions.

Anthony Philp

Anthony is a partner and co-head of the Asset Finance practice in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. Anthony has an extensive and broad range of experience in debt capital markets, corporate financing and asset financing. He regularly advises hedge funds, private equity funds and banks on capital commitment fund financing as well as borrowers and lenders on aircraft financing. He also advises on CLO and structured product transactions and secured and unsecured banking transactions, in addition to regulatory, general corporate and commercial matters and all types of listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.

Gwyneth Rees

Gwyneth is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She works extensively with hedge fund managers and private equity sponsors and their onshore counsel on all aspects of the establishment, maintenance and restructuring of offshore investment funds. She represents large global financial institutions and asset managers, as well as boutique and emerging managers. Gwyneth has over 25 years' experience advising on the formation and structuring of hedge, hybrid, credit and activist funds, private equity funds and investment fund platforms.

James Reeve

James is head of the Cayman Islands’ Structured Finance practice. 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.

Michael Richardson

Michael is Managing Partner of Maples and Calder’s Cayman Islands office and head of the global Funds & Investment Management practice. He advises a wide range of financial institutions and investment managers on all aspects of the establishment and maintenance of offshore hedge funds, private equity funds and investment fund platforms. Michael also has extensive experience advising on ongoing transactional and restructuring issues relating to offshore investment funds.

Patrick Rosenfeld

Patrick is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He specialises in the formation and restructuring of all types of investment funds and advises clients in the asset management industry. He also has extensive experience of international debt capital markets, structured finance and securitisation transactions.

Shari Seymour

Shari is a partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She has a wide range of experience in corporate and commercial law, including joint venture arrangements, IPOs, restructurings, banking and financing transactions. Her practice also includes the formation and maintenance of all types of investment funds, including hedge funds and private equity funds.

Matthew St-Amour

Matthew is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Finance team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He has extensive experience advising both borrower and lender side clients on all stages of the funding lifecycle. His clients include hedge funds, private equity funds, banks and non-bank lenders. He regularly advises on fund finance and other lending transactions, structured finance, derivatives and all types of collateral and other credit support arrangements, including investor and creditor rights in the context of insolvency in the Cayman Islands.

Malachi Sweetman

Malachi Sweetman is a partner in Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He has extensive experience in Cayman Islands commercial litigation, specialising in shareholder disputes and fair value merger appraisal proceedings under Section 238 (s.238) of the Cayman Islands Companies Act. His practice encompasses a broad range of financial and commercial disputes, private equity disputes, limited partnership disputes, shareholder agreements and cross-border insolvency proceedings. Malachi frequently appears, including as an advocate, in proceedings before the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, most notably in a number of lengthy s.238 merger appraisal trials in recent years. He also regularly appears before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. His recent significant matters include the Cayman Islands merger appraisal disputes involving 51job and 58.com, two of the most noteworthy s.238 disputes to go to trial, as well as matters involving Sina Corporation, Chindata and FGL Holdings. He also recently secured the dismissal of a winding-up petition against Uphold Limited.

Stephen Watler

Stephen is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He advises on the formation and maintenance of all types of investment funds, including private equity funds and hedge funds. Stephen also has extensive experience advising Asian clients on Unit Trusts, SPCs and other investment fund structures as well as providing advice on general corporate and commercial matters.