OVERVIEW
Sharon is an investment funds and corporate lawyer who specializes in a wide range of funds including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate funds and hedge funds and also in private equity upstream and downstream transactions. Sharon's broad experience includes advising on the structuring, formation, maintenance and re-structuring of funds and related vehicles, investment structuring, acquisition and disposal of assets, joint ventures, pre-IPO financing and fund financing involving a range of fund vehicles. Her clients include leading global private equity investment firms and financial institutions, investment banks, state-owned enterprises, sovereign wealth funds and some of the biggest securities houses in China and Japan plus boutique and start-up managers. Sharon's expertise has led her to be a regular speaker at funds seminars throughout Asia.BACKGROUND
Sharon joined the Maples Group in 2008 and was elected as a partner in 2016. She previously worked for a law firm in Jersey and, before that, was an in-house lawyer for Westpac Banking Corporation, having initially worked for Bell Gully in New Zealand. She speaks conversational Japanese and Cantonese.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
Sharon speaks conversational Japanese and Cantonese.AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Corporate
Funds & Investment Management
BAR ADMISSIONS
2002 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor to the High Court of New Zealand (not practising)
EDUCATION
University of Auckland, New Zealand, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Institute of Professional Legal Studies, New Zealand
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KNOWLEDGE
- BVI Regulatory Sandbox Launched to Support Innovative FinTech 22 January 2021
- BVI Approved Managers: Upcoming Deadline 18 January 2021
- EU Removes the Cayman Islands from Annex I 06 October 2020
- Amendments to the Cayman Islands Private Funds Law 2020 07 July 2020
- British Virgin Islands Regulatory Obligations and Filing Deadlines 2020 10 June 2020
- Amendments to the BVI Regulatory Code 05 May 2020
- BVI CbCR Reporting System and FATCA CRS Deadlines Extended 05 May 2020
- New Regulatory Regime for Closed-Ended Funds in the British Virgin Islands 17 March 2020
- British Virgin Islands Update Valuation Policies and Procedures and Acceptable Accounting Standards 17 March 2020
- Cayman Islands Private Funds Law 2020 10 February 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Continues Jersey Office Expansion with Additions to Fiduciary Services Team 27 January 2021
- Maples Group Expands Global Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Capabilities with Addition of Three Partners 27 January 2021
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Positions in 2021 Asia Pacific Legal Directories 20 January 2021
- Maples Group Strengthens Financial Services Regulatory Practice with New Partner Hire 13 January 2021
- Maples Group Expands Middle Office Service Offering to the Leon Levy Foundation 12 January 2021