OVERVIEW
Amanda is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Amanda has significant experience advising clients on structured finance transactions, particularly CLOs, securitizations, repackagings, credit funds and other CLO investment structures; as well as on fund finance and banking transactions, in which she represents hedge funds, private equity funds and banks on lending transactions, bank products, deal structures and on all types of secured transactions. Amanda also has extensive experience in obtaining listings for clients on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
BACKGROUND
Amanda joined the Maples Group in 2014 and was elected as a partner in 2021. She previously worked with Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP in Toronto where she completed her articles and participated in a three- month secondment to the legal department of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Amanda has been ranked as a 'Next Generation Partner' by Legal 500.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Amanda is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2009 – Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of Ontario, Canada (not practising)
2014 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, BA (Hons), Philosophy, 2004
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada, J.D. (Hons), 2008
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KNOWLEDGE
- The CLOser - October 2023 19 October 2023
- ICLG Securitisation Guide 2023: Cayman Islands 01 June 2023
- The CLOser - May 2023 22 May 2023
- Direct Cross-Border Mergers into Jersey Companies 06 April 2023
- The CLOser - October 2022 18 October 2022
- The CLOser - December 2021 20 December 2021
- The CLOser - May 2021 31 May 2021
- LISTed - April 2021 29 April 2021
- Global Listings and ESG 16 December 2020
- The CLOser September 2020 16 September 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Appoints Six Partners in the Cayman Islands 02 August 2021