OVERVIEW
James is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Singapore office. He has extensive experience of international capital markets and finance transactions in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He advises on all aspects of structured finance, aircraft finance (including on- and off- balance sheet structures and aircraft portfolio securitisations), general banking, fund finance, Islamic finance and corporate transactions, including private equity co-investment platforms. James is also a specialist in derivatives transactions (from synthetic CLOs to total return swaps), equity derivatives transactions (from pre-IPO financings to share backed financings) and advises leading financial institutions on complex netting and collateral structures for both conventional and Islamic derivatives. James has been an author for the LMA and a speaker for both ISDA and ASIFMA.
BACKGROUND
James joined the Maples Group in 2014. He previously worked at Clifford Chance in London, Allen & Overy in London and Hong Kong and Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Finance
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
BAR ADMISSIONS
2006 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2013 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
2019 – Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland
EDUCATION
University of Bristol, UK, BSc (Hons), 2002
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KNOWLEDGE
- ICLG Aviation Law Review 2021: British Virgin Islands 16 February 2021
- Cayman Islands Update: Economic Substance and CbCR - January 2021 21 January 2021
- Cayman Islands Update: Additional Updates on Economic Substance 23 November 2020
- ICLG Aviation Finance and Leasing Guide 2020 29 April 2020
- Maples Group's Unique Perspective on the Aircraft ABS Market 13 March 2020