OVERVIEW
Harjit is head of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's London office. She specialises in the establishment and maintenance of all kinds of alternative investment funds in the Cayman Islands. She advises numerous leading European fund managers and their onshore counsel on the formation, ongoing legal and regulatory compliance, restructuring and termination of different types of Cayman Islands investment vehicles, including hedge funds, hybrid funds and private equity funds. Harjit also regularly advises clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, including shareholder arrangements and regulatory matters such as AML, FATCA and CRS compliance, and Cayman economic substance requirements.BACKGROUND
Harjit joined the Maples Group in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2015. She previously worked for Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Sydney, Australia, and before that, as a research assistant to a judge in the equity division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. Harjit has been ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers UK, where she has been described as "excellent" and "commercial and pragmatic" and has been named in Who's Who Legal. She has also been recommended in Legal 500 as being "technically extremely strong". Harjit has also been ranked as one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds by the Hedge Fund Journal.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2005 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia (does not practise as a barrister or solicitor in New South Wales)
EDUCATION
University of Sydney, Australia, Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)
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KNOWLEDGE
- The Role of Jurisdiction in Hedge Funds 04 March 2021
- Cayman Islands Update: Economic Substance and CbCR - January 2021 21 January 2021
- Cayman Islands Entities: Upcoming Regulatory Filing Deadlines 09 December 2020
- Cayman Islands Update: Additional Updates on Economic Substance 23 November 2020
- Cayman Islands Update: Additional Updates on AEOI and the DITC Portal 05 November 2020
- New CIMA Rules for Registered Private Funds 02 November 2020
- New CIMA Rules for Registered Mutual Funds 02 November 2020
- Cayman Islands Update: Further Changes on the CRS Form, DITC Portal and CbCR Regime 28 October 2020
- Sustainable Financial Disclosures Key Deadlines for Global Investment Managers 19 October 2020
- EU Removes the Cayman Islands from Annex I 06 October 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Recognised at European Hedge Fund Services Awards for 10th Year Running 20 August 2020
- Maples Group European Expansion Continues With the Growth of Its London Office 18 August 2020
- Maples Group Announces Leadership Appointments 04 December 2019
- Three Maples Partners Named Among 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds 25 September 2019
- Maples and Calder Announces New Partners 04 February 2015