Profile
Work Department
Corporate
Finance
Position
John is Head of Maples and Calder's Asia Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team. In addition, he advises on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, banking and general corporate matters. He has a broad international client base comprised of major corporates, financial institutions and insolvency-related officeholders. His expertise covers both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law.
Career
John joined the Maples Group in 2005 and was elected as a partner in 2009. He previously worked for Herbert Smith in Hong Kong and, before that, Buddle Findlay in New Zealand. John is recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of the top 10 offshore lawyers in Asia. He is also recommended as a leading litigation lawyer by The Legal 500 in its tier 1 recognition of the Maples Group, and ranked as a notable practitioner in IFLR1000.
Languages
Education
University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Maples Hong Kong has a highly professional yet personal approach in their dealings with us as instructing solicitors. Their advice on BVI law has always been sound and well-supported by case law and legislation. We are regularly kept up to date with the latest developments in BVI law in areas which have an impact on the cases they are handling for our mutual client.'
‘Their partner Derrick Kan was very good. Responsive and pragmatic advice. Very helpful. ’

