OVERVIEW
John is Head of Maples and Calder's Asia Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team. In addition, he advises on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, banking and general corporate matters. He has a broad international client base comprised of major corporates, financial institutions and insolvency-related officeholders. His expertise covers both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law.
BACKGROUND
John joined the Maples Group in 2005 and was elected as a partner in 2009. He previously worked for Herbert Smith in Hong Kong and, before that, Buddle Findlay in New Zealand. John has been recognised on multiple occasions by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia's top 10 offshore lawyers, and has been named among Hong Kong's best dispute resolution lawyers. He is also recommended as a leading litigation lawyer by The Legal 500 in its tier 1 recognition of the Maples Group, ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR1000, and named by Who's Who Legal as one of Hong Kong's leading insolvency and restructuring lawyers.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Dispute Resolution & Insolvency
Corporate
Finance
BAR ADMISSIONS
1997 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (not practising)
2004 - Admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (not practising)
2005 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
2005 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (not practising)
EDUCATION
University of Auckland, New Zealand
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KNOWLEDGE
- Reforms to Cayman Islands Restructuring Laws - The New Restructuring Officer Regime 29 July 2022
- Good News for Debtors Seeking Access to the Cayman Restructuring Regime 29 July 2022
- BVI Voluntary Liquidations: What You Need to Know 30 March 2022
- Voluntary Liquidations for British Virgin Islands Second Half Year Companies 13 September 2021
- Distress in the shipping sectors why use Cayman Islands debt restructuring tools 30 March 2021
- British Virgin Islands - Voluntary Liquidations for First Half Year Companies 25 March 2021
- British Virgin Islands - Voluntary Liquidations for Second Half Year Companies 01 September 2020
- British Virgin Islands - Voluntary Liquidations for First Half Year Companies 08 April 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Appoints Chris Newton as BVI Managing Partner 05 December 2023
- Maples Group Announces New Local and Global Appointments 04 December 2023
- Maples Group Partners Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2023 29 November 2023
- Maples Group Advises JIP on the JIP-led Consortium for The Largest Take-Private Deal in Japan's History 23 November 2023
- Maples Group Advises Sunac on Landmark US$10.2 Billion Debt Restructuring 21 November 2023