OVERVIEW
Derrick is a partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. His practice covers a broad range of corporate and finance matters involving Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands companies, with particular focus on initial public offerings in Hong Kong, US and Taiwan, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, pre-IPO financings, debt capital markets transactions, reorganisations and restructurings.
BACKGROUND
Derrick joined the Maples Group in 2003 and was elected as a partner in 2016. He previously worked for Holman Fenwick Willan LLP in Hong Kong. Derrick is ranked as a notable practitioner in IFLR1000. Derrick is a native Cantonese speaker and is fluent in Mandarin.
BAR ADMISSIONS
1998 – Admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (not practising as a solicitor in Victoria)
2003 – Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (not practising)
2007 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (registered in Hong Kong as an English solicitor (not advising on English Law)
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KNOWLEDGE
- BVI Business Companies Requirements for New Annual Returns 19 September 2023
- Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act 07 September 2022
- Cayman Islands Introduces Fines Under Beneficial Ownership Regime 16 June 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Wins Six Awards in Asia 09 October 2020
- Maples Advises Alibaba on Largest Hong Kong IPO 22 November 2019