OVERVIEW
Nick is Head of Office in the Maples Group's Jersey office. He advises financial institutions, investment managers, investors and their onshore counsel on the structuring, formation and operation of a wide range of investment fund structures. His expertise includes private equity funds, with particular experience in infrastructure and real estate, extending hedge funds and particularly funds of hedge funds with a broad range of strategies. Nick has advised clients on a wide variety of fund-related transactions, including manager-related M&A activity, seed capital investments, fund restructurings (including related Volcker issues), secondaries deals and manager ownership, incentivisation and succession structures. He also advises financial institutions, private equity sponsors and public and private businesses on a full range of corporate transactions. Nick’s extensive experience includes IPOs, public and private M&A, joint ventures, buyouts, restructurings (including demergers and spin-outs), debt financings and security arrangements, as well as management incentive structures. In addition, he regularly provides regulatory advice for financial services business and funds.
Nick works closely with Rebecca Hayward to lead and develop the Professional Support Lawyer function to support the increasing needs of the evolving Maples Group business and those of its clients.
BACKGROUND
Nick joined the Maples Group in 2000 and was elected as a partner in 2005. He previously worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. Nick has been recommended as a leading funds and corporate lawyer in Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Corporate
Funds & Investment Management
BAR ADMISSIONS
1996 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2000 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK, MA (Hons), English, 1991
College of Law, York, UK, Professional Examinations (Distinction)
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KNOWLEDGE
- Legal Business Offshore Report Keeping a Weather Eye 02 June 2022
- ICLG: Mergers & Acquisitions 2022: Cayman Islands 09 March 2022
- FCA Publish Changes to London Stock Exchange Listing Rules for SPACs 10 August 2021
- ICLG Mergers & Acquisitions 2021: Cayman Islands 24 March 2021
- International Comparative Legal Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions 2020 Cayman Islands 13 March 2020
- ICLG Mergers and Acquisitions 2019 Cayman Islands 25 March 2019
- Mergers & Acquisitions Guide 2018: Cayman Islands 19 March 2018
- Cayman Islands Introduces Limited Liability Partnership Vehicle 15 June 2017
- Mergers Acquisitions Guide 2017 Cayman Islands 07 March 2017
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