Appleby is a key port of call for major financial institutions, sponsors, and multinationals on cross-border acquisitions, investments, IPOs, and carve-out transactions. The practice, which has notable activity in public company M&A, takeovers, de-SPACs, and equity capital markets, is led by Simon Raftopoulos, who represents clients in capital markets, private equity, fund finance, M&A, and leveraged buyouts. Jacob MacAdam is active across corporate finance, private equity, insurance, and regulatory matters, while Dean Bennett advises on strategic acquisitions, investments, and divestitures in the technology, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

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‘Extremely professional and responsive team.'
‘Dean Bennett usually leads all of the projects that I have instructed the firm to carry out, and he has been phenomenal. The team is always well-staffed with their people possessing the right set of skills and experience.’
‘My main contact is Dean Bennett. He is very knowledgeable and very good at negotiations.'
‘Appleby have a great team in Cayman. They cover corporate and dispute work incredibly well. They always provide a top service.’
‘I have worked extensively with Dean Bennett at Appleby over the last year. Dean is outstanding. He is efficient, incredibly hard-working, and gives really excellent advice.'

Key clients

Namib Minerals
Tether
Twenty One Capital
Brookfield Asset Management
RFA Capital Holdings
Argus Group Holdings Limited
Cartica Acquisition Corp
JTC PLC
GSR III Acquisition Corp
Hunt Oil Company
Gabon Oil Company
Wafra Inc

Work highlights

Acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Namib Minerals on its completed de-SPAC merger with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI. The deal was valued at USD$500M – setting the record as Africa’s Largest De-SPAC deal to date.

Acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Tether on forming Twenty One Capital, Inc. and its $3.6bn business combination with Cantor Equity Partners, a Cayman SPAC. Backed by Tether, Bitfinex, and SoftBank, Twenty One will launch as the first Bitcoin-native public company with over 42,000 Bitcoin, the world’s third-largest treasury.

Advised Hunt Oil Company on the sale of a 15% equity interest in Peru LNG Company LLC (PLNG) to MidOcean Vicuna Holdings Ltd.