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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.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Funds & Investment Management
Languages
English
Related News
Maples Group Maintains Leading Position in 2020 Chambers Asia Pacific
11-Dec-2019
Maples Group Honoured at HFM Asia Hedge Fund Services Awards
26-Sep-2016
Enhancements to Maples and Calders Authorised Representative Services
01-Mar-2016
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.
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
Professional Activities
Member 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
Knowledge
BVI CbCR Reporting System and FATCA / CRS Deadlines Extended
05-May-2020
Amendments to the BVI Regulatory Code
05-May-2020
New Regulatory Regime for Closed-Ended Funds in the British Virgin Islands
17-March-2020
BVI: Valuation Policies and Procedures and Acceptable Accounting Standards
17-March-2020
Cayman Islands Private Funds Law, 2020*
10-February-2020
Cayman Islands Private Funds Bill, 2020
10-January-2020