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Matt is a Corporate partner in the Maples Group's legal services team in Hong Kong. He specialises in advising financial institutions, publicly listed and private companies, asset managers and promoters on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, reorganisations, corporate governance and capital markets (including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and preferred share financings). Matt also has significant experience in advising on the establishment, structuring and restructuring of offshore investment funds at all stages of their life cycle.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Corporate
Funds & Investment Management
Background
Matt has been in private practice since 2001. Based in Hong Kong since 2011, Matt previously worked with the Maples Group in the Cayman Islands for over three years and prior to that, as a corporate lawyer in Australia, with Clayton Utz. He was previously a corporate and funds partner with a leading international firm in Hong Kong. Matt regularly lectures to professional bodies and is also a regular contributor to professional journals and other industry publications.
BAR ADMISSIONS
2002 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (not practising)
2004 – Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia (not practising)
2007 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sydney, Australia, Company Director Course, 2010
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Bachelor of Laws, 2001
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), 2001
Professional Activities
Member of the Western Australian Law Society
Member of the Hong Kong Law Society
Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Knowledge
British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Requirements for Legal Entities - Overview
09-May-2019
Expanding Use of Segregated Portfolio Companies in the BVI
12-December-2018
BVI Companies: Urgent Action Required to Avoid Potential Strike Off
25-September-2018
BVI Micro Business Companies Act Comes into Force
05-June-2018