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 background as a commercial barrister in London combined with 15 years of investment funds expertise, gives her a unique perspective on the challenges and issues faced by investment fund clients and she frequently advises on complex fund reorganisations, spin outs and upper tier restructures.
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 and again in 2023 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. Clients describe her as "smart, efficient, technically sound and cares deeply about the client experience and outcome."
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
- 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