OVERVIEW
Jo is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She specialises in the establishment and operation of Cayman Islands investment funds, and has a broad range of hedge fund, private equity fund and investment platform clients. Her litigation background combined with her investment fund experience gives her a unique perspective on issues associated with distressed investment funds and she has advised extensively on the reorganisation of such funds.
BACKGROUND
Jo joined the Maples Group in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2012. Prior to this, she established a successful practice at the Commercial Bar in London, where she was consistently ranked by legal directories as a leading barrister in her field. Jo has spoken at a number of industry conferences and regularly contributes to publications on fund related matters. She was part of a small group that was instrumental in the establishment of the Cayman Islands Chapter of 100 Women in Finance and served as the initial co-chair of the Chapter. Jo was profiled by the Hedge Fund Journal in 2015 as one of 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds and has been ranked across consecutive years by IFLR 1000, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jo is a Sustaining Angel of 100 Women in Finance and a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2000 - Called to the Bar of England and Wales - Major, Duke of Edinburgh and Pegasus Scholar of the Inner Temple
2007 - Admitted as a barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
2008 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, BA (First Class, Honours) in Law, MA - Jacobson Prize for Law
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KNOWLEDGE
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 04 July 2022
- Irish FinTech Regulation Focus - Six Key Areas 04 July 2022
- Implementation of the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions 29 June 2022
- Finance Dublin Irish Tax Monitor 28 June 2022
- ECCA Declines to Hear Appeal Against Ex Parte Orders Prior to Return Date 27 June 2022
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Partners Win at European Women in Business Law Awards 2022 27 June 2022
- Maples Advises SCC Power on Acquisition of Stoneway's Business Enterprise 23 June 2022
- Maples Group Represents Clearlake on Significant Transactions 16 June 2022
- Maples Group Wins Three Awards at China Business Law Awards 2022 15 June 2022
- Maples Group Supports First Cayman Islands Entity to List on Three International Stock Exchanges 06 June 2022