OVERVIEW
Ann is a financial services and corporate lawyer at Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm. She focuses on the international investment fund market. She has expertise in the formation, structuring and restructuring of all types of open and closed end funds, including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital, real estate and infrastructure funds. Ann's recent experience includes advising on a number of new investment funds for the largest and most high-profile wealth manager in China, as well as assisting with the launch of multiple investment funds in support of the Belt and Road initiative. Her practice also involves advising a number of international family offices on their strategic investments.
BACKGROUND
Ann previously worked for Linklaters in London and Hong Kong, and for Freehills in Australia. She has been recognised as one of the top 10 offshore lawyers in Asia in the Offshore Client Choice List by Asian Legal Business for three consecutive years since the awards debut in 2016. She has also been awarded Best in Offshore at the Asia Women in Business Law Awards for a number of years and has been ranked as a highly-regarded funds lawyer in The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific, Chambers Global and IFLR1000. Ann regularly speaks at industry conferences and seminars as an offshore expert. She is fluent in Cantonese.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Law Institute of Victoria, AustraliaMember of the Law Society of England and Wales
Member of the 100 Women in Finance (100WF), APAC Lead of Advisory Council
Member of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), Hong Kong Regulatory Committee
Member of the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV), Regulatory & Tax Committee
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Funds & Investment ManagementLANGUAGES
Cantonese
English
BAR ADMISSIONS
2000 - Admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (not practising)
2002 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2010 - Admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (not practising)
2012 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
EDUCATION
University of Melbourne, Australia, Bachelor of Laws (Hons), 1999
University of Melbourne, Australia, Bachelor of Commerce, 1999
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KNOWLEDGE
- BVI Regulatory Sandbox Launched to Support Innovative FinTech 22 January 2021
- BVI Approved Managers: Upcoming Deadline 18 January 2021
- Cayman Islands Update: Additional Updates on AEOI and the DITC Portal 05 November 2020
- New CIMA Rules for Registered Private Funds 02 November 2020
- New CIMA Rules for Registered Mutual Funds 02 November 2020
- 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
- Cayman Islands Regulator Issues New Rules Regarding Regulated Funds 09 June 2020
- Amendments to the BVI Regulatory Code 05 May 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Positions in 2021 Asia Pacific Legal Directories 20 January 2021
- Maples Group Supports US$300 Million China-focused Logistics Fund 24 December 2020
- Maples Group Advises Pleiad Investment Advisors on its First Private Equity Fund 16 December 2020
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Position in 2020 Chambers Asia Pacific 11 December 2019
- Maples Group Honoured at HFM Asia Hedge Fund Services Awards 26 September 2016
- Enhancements to Maples and Calders Authorised Representative Services 01 March 2016