OVERVIEW
Sherice is a partner and co-head of the Asset Finance practice in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She specialises in financing transactions, including banking and asset finance, fund and corporate finance and is recognised as an industry leader in asset finance. Sherice also has significant experience in the field of regulated M&A transactions and regulatory advice. She regularly advises on licencing and physical presence establishment particularly with respect to companies, family offices and high net worth individuals looking to relocate to the Cayman Islands.
BACKGROUND
Sherice joined the Maples Group in 2013 and was elected as a partner in 2016. She was previously a partner at an international law firm in the Cayman Islands, and spent several years practising in the British Virgin Islands. She has been ranked in a number of legal directories, including Who's Who Legal, Legal 500 (who have recognised her as a "leader in her field"), IFLR1000 (who have ranked her as a leading lawyer and a "rising star") and Chambers Global (who have praised for her "excellent client service and in-depth knowledge of banking and finance, especially asset finance").
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the International Bar Association
Member of Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA)
Member of the Cayman Islands Maritime Sector Consultative Committee
President of the Women's International Shipping and Trade Association Cayman Islands (WISTA)
Director and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands
Member of the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands liaison for the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC)
Cayman Islands Notary Public
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
1999 - Admitted as an attorney at law in Trinidad and Tobago (not practising)
2000 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (not practising)
2004 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
2013 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
EDUCATION
University College London, UK, LLM (with Merit), 2004
Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago, Legal Education Certificate, 1999
University of the West Indies, Barbados, LLB (Hons), 1997
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, BA (Hons), English Literature, 1995
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KNOWLEDGE
- ICLG Aviation Law 2023: Cayman Islands 19 May 2023
- Ten Reasons to Register an Aircraft in the Cayman Islands 15 March 2023
- ICLG Aviation Finance and leasing 2022 Cayman Islands 24 May 2022
- The Regulatory 15/15: March 2022 15 March 2022
- ICLG Aviation Law 2022: Cayman Islands 28 January 2022
- Cayman Islands Government Extends Global Citizen Program 09 November 2021
- FUNDed - July 2021 19 July 2021
- Shipping Law Review 2021: Cayman Islands 29 June 2021
- Distress in the shipping sectors why use Cayman Islands debt restructuring tools 30 March 2021
- ICLG Aviation Law Review 2021: Cayman Islands 09 February 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Nine Maples Group Partners Recognised in 12th Edition of Women in Business Law Expert Guide 25 October 2022
- Maples Group Recognised on Five Award-Winning Aviation Finance Deals 10 May 2022
- Maples Group's Global Asset Finance Team Recognised on 10 Aviation Finance Deals of the Year 06 July 2021
- Maples Advises American Airlines on Record US$10 Billion Financing Plan 30 March 2021
- Maples Group Advises United Airlines on US$6.8 Billion Financing Plan 08 July 2020
- Maples Group Expands Shipping Expertise with Strategic Hires in Asia 29 August 2019
- Maples Group Recognised for Four Airfinance Journal Awards 03 May 2019
- Maples and Calder Wins Award at 2018 Global Restructuring Review Awards 27 June 2018
- Maples and Calder Wins Two Awards at the 10th Annual M and A Advisor Awards 31 May 2018