OVERVIEW
Irena is of counsel of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. She has been practising offshore law since 2007 and has extensive experience advising clients on both British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law principally assisting international financial institutions and public companies listed on various stock exchanges on corporate finance transactions. She advises on conventional bilateral and syndication lending, project finance, asset and property financing, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.
BACKGROUND
Irena first joined the Maples Group in 2007. She has worked for another international law firm and for Zul Rafique & partners in Malaysia prior to moving to Hong Kong. Irena is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka and Malay.
BAR ADMISSIONS
2001 – Called to the Bar of England and Wales (not practising)
2003 – Admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (Malaysia) (not practising)
2003 – Admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia) (not practising)
2011 – Admitted as a Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
2011 – Admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (not practising)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
FinanceLANGUAGES
Cantonese
English
Hakka
Malay
Mandarin
EDUCATION
University of Cardiff, UK, Diploma in Bar Vocational Studies, 2001
University of Sheffield, UK, Bachelor of Laws, 2000
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KNOWLEDGE
- The CLOser - June 2024 27 June 2024
- Update on the UK's Implementation of the Overseas Funds Regime for UCITS 25 June 2024
- ICLG Aviation Finance & Leasing 2024: Cayman Islands 20 June 2024
- ESMA Report on MiFID II Marketing Requirements 19 June 2024
- Meeting The Operational Challenges of SFDR: The Time To Act Is Now 18 June 2024
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Advises Pantarei Asset Management Limited on Hong Kong Fund Launches 27 June 2024
- Maples Group Advises Drake & Scull International PJSC on Landmark Sukuk SPV Issuance 25 June 2024
- Maples Group Pledges US$ 70k to Support Inclusive Education in the BVI 19 June 2024
- Maples Group Advises on US$500 Million Fund Formation by Japan-focused Private Equity Firm 17 June 2024
- Maples Group Advises Screaming Eagle on US$4.6 Billion Combination with Lionsgate's Studio Business 14 June 2024