OVERVIEW
Matt is a partner and Head of Corporate, Asia of the Maples Group. He specialises in advising financial institutions, publicly listed and private companies, asset managers and promoters on mergers and acquisitions, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), private equity, joint ventures, reorganisations, corporate governance and capital markets (including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and preferred share financings). Matt also has significant experience in advising on the establishment, structuring and restructuring of offshore investment funds at all stages of their life cycle.
BACKGROUND
Matt has been in private practice for the past two decades and has been practising as an offshore lawyer since 2007. He is recognized as one of "China’s Elite 100 lawyers (Foreign firm)" by China Business Law Journal's A-List 2021 and a "Leading Individual" in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021. Based in Asia since 2011, Matt previously worked with the Maples Group in the Cayman Islands for over 3 years and prior to that worked as a corporate lawyer in Australia with Clayton Utz. He was previously a corporate and funds partner at another offshore law firm in Hong Kong. Matt regularly lectures to professional bodies and is also a regular contributor to professional journals and other industry publications.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Singapore Law Society
Member of the Western Australian Law Society
Member of the Hong Kong Law Society
Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Corporate
Funds & Investment Management
BAR ADMISSIONS
2002 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (not practising)
2004 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia (not practising)
2007 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sydney, Australia, Company Director Course, 2010
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Bachelor of Laws, 2001
Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), 2001
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KNOWLEDGE
- SPAC IPOs Vs Traditional IPOs 08 February 2022
- Cayman Islands Update: Economic Substance Reporting for an Entity Tax Resident in Another Jurisdiction 08 December 2021
- SPACs on the rise in Asia 03 December 2021
- Cayman Islands Update: Economic Substance Reporting Deadlines 01 November 2021
- SPACs: Next Stop Europe 29 September 2021
- British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Reporting Requirements 25 August 2021
- Cayman Islands: Private Funds Fund Annual Return Form Released 10 August 2021
- Cayman Islands: Economic Substance Regime Extended to Partnerships 05 August 2021
- Cayman Islands Economic Substance, AEOI and Fund Annual Returns for Private Funds 01 July 2021
- The Role of Offshore in Chinese SPAC Transactions 07 June 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Wins Three Awards at China Business Law Awards 2022 15 June 2022
- Maples Group Wins at 2022 IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 01 April 2022
- Maples Group Assists in Hong Kong Debut SPAC Listing 31 March 2022
- Maples Group Assists on First-Ever SPAC Listing in Singapore 16 February 2022
- Maples Group Wins Multiple Law Firm Awards and Leading Individual Recognitions in Asia 31 December 2021
- Maples Group Recognised as Best Offshore Law Firm in Asia 03 June 2021
- Maples Group Wins Firm of the Year and Deal of the Year at 2021 IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 30 March 2021
- Maples Group Appoints New Regional Managing Partner to its Law Firms in Asia 11 March 2021
- Maples Group Maintains Leading Positions in 2021 Asia Pacific Legal Directories 20 January 2021
- Maples Group Recognised for Excellence in Asia by China Business Law Journal 12 January 2021