OVERVIEW
James is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He advises on structured finance transactions (in particular CLO transactions, related risk retention structures and catastrophe bonds), fund financing matters (acting for both lenders and borrowers) and general banking and financing work. James also has experience advising on asset finance transactions (particularly off-balance sheet commercial aircraft financing and leasing) and general corporate and commercial transactions, along with restructurings and securities listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
BACKGROUND
James joined the Maples Group in 2011 and was elected as a partner in 2018. He previously worked as a banking and finance lawyer at a magic circle firm in London where his practice focused principally on project finance. James has been ranked in the Legal 500.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
James is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Finance
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
BAR ADMISSIONS
2006 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (not practising)
2011 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
University of Oxford, UK, Doctorate (DPhil), 2007
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, UK, Legal Practice Course, 2004
Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2003
Cardiff University, Wales, BSc (Hons), 1999
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KNOWLEDGE
- Securitisation Guide 2022 Cayman Islands 27 May 2022
- US CLO Managers See Smooth SOFR Transition 30 March 2022
- CLO Roundtable 19 January 2022
- The CLOser - December 2021 20 December 2021
- Securitisation Guide 2021: Cayman Islands 01 June 2021
- The CLOser - May 2021 31 May 2021
- The CLOser September 2020 16 September 2020
- Crystal-Balling the Markets US CLO Warehouse Report September 2020 08 September 2020
- US CLO Warehouses COVID-19 Health Check 25 June 2020
- Securitisation Guide 2020: Cayman Islands 01 June 2020