OVERVIEW
Nikki is an associate of Maples and Calder's Regulatory & Financial Services team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Her practice focuses on regulatory matters in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands impacting asset managers, investment funds, banks, administrators, trusts and family offices. Nikki advises on regulatory inspections, anti-money laundering, sanctions, counter proliferation and terrorist financing, data protection, economic substance, beneficial ownership and automatic exchange of information obligations.BACKGROUND
Nikki joined the Maples Group in 2021. She is a dual qualified solicitor and accountant, ex auditor with over 15 years of financial services and legal experience focusing on asset management.
Nikki was previously head of legal and compliance for the investment manager to the Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund where she acted as the investment manager's compliance officer and money laundering reporting officer. Nikki was a material risk taker and senior manager within the Financial Conduct Authority Regime at Barclays Bank PLC. Her other roles included head of fund governance for Barclays Asset Management Limited and chief risk and compliance officer for a leading independent financial services firm in the Cayman Islands.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Regulatory & Financial Services Advisory
BAR ADMISSIONS
2011 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2021 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
2023 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the British Virgin Islands
EDUCATION
University of Kent, UK, LLB, English and French Law, 2005
BPP University Law School, London, UK, Debt, Equity and Private Acquisitions (Distinction), 2009
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Advanced Tax, 2013
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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