Maples Group has carved out a considerable niche in Jersey’s CLO space, which forms the core of the firm’s DCM practice. The team works with its Cayman office and US-based issuers and managers to assist with Jersey and European collateralised transactions. Such matters fall within the expertise of Paul Burton, who is also well versed in the issuance of structured notes. Burton leads the team alongside Mark Crichton, who specialises in structuring the Jersey aspects of a variety of financing transactions.
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Key clients
- Allstate Investments, LLC
- AGL Credit Management LP
- ARES Management Corporation
- Alliance Bernstein Private Credit Investors
- Benefit Street Partners
- Blackstone Credit
- Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC
- Bain Capital Credit
- Barclays Bank plc
- Canyon CLO Advisors LLC
- Citi Global Markets
- Galaxy Pipelines Asset Holdings Limited
Work highlights
Advised Citi as credit derivative transaction counterparty to a credit linked note transaction forming part of an SRT assignment by a protected cell of Juno PCC, that has an established a master credit linked note issuance programme.
Acted for Ares as Jersey legal counsel on the establishment of a new risk retention vehicle for the purpose of participating in the purchase of equity tranches of US and European CLOs.
Practice head
Paul Burton; Mark Crichton