OVERVIEW
Anthony is Co-Head of Maples and Calder's Asia Funds & Investment Management teams across the Maples Group's Hong Kong and Singapore offices. He has acted for a wide variety of sponsors across the region, having advised on the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands aspects of over 500 funds (including many for the best-known private and state-sponsored Chinese promoters of offshore funds).BACKGROUND
Anthony joined the Group's law firm in the Cayman Islands in 1998. Based in Hong Kong since 2001, he was elected as a partner in 2004. Anthony's expertise is widely recognised and is currently ranked as Eminent Practitioner by Chambers Asia Pacific, Band 1 lawyer for Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds by Chambers Global, and recommended as a highly-regarded funds lawyer in Who's Who Legal, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000.Anthony is currently a member of the China Working Group established by Cayman Finance, the body that represents the interests of the Cayman Islands financial industry overseas.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of Hong Kong Venture Capital Association, Technical CommitteeMember of Cayman Finance, China Working Group
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Funds & Investment ManagementLANGUAGES
English
French
German
Japanese
BAR ADMISSIONS
1997 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
1998 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
2006 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
EDUCATION
Cambridge University
Osnabrück University, Germany
Waseda University, Japan
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KNOWLEDGE
- 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
- Cayman Islands Introduces Fines Under Beneficial Ownership Regime 16 June 2020
- Cayman Islands Regulator Issues New Rules Regarding Regulated Funds 09 June 2020
- Cayman Islands Update COVID-19 Measures and Beneficial Ownership 06 June 2020
- COVID-19 Cayman Islands Update Further Financial Services Deadline Extensions 06 May 2020
- COVID-19 Cayman Islands Update Additional Financial Services Concessions 13 April 2020
- Cayman Islands Financial Services COVID-19 Update 24 March 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Positions in 2021 Asia Pacific Legal Directories 20 January 2021
- Maples Group Recognised for Excellence in Asia by China Business Law Journal 12 January 2021
- Maples Group Hong Kong Office Move 21 February 2020
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Position in 2020 Chambers Asia Pacific 11 December 2019
- Maples Fund Services Celebrates 10 Years in Hong Kong 22 September 2016