OVERVIEW
Tim is co-head of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team, in the Maples Group’s Jersey office. He advises global fund sponsors, investors, boards and service providers across a variety of asset classes including private equity, venture, credit, real estate and liquid securities. Tim has acted on a wide range of private equity fund launches, and a number of the most innovative funds transactions in Jersey, including the first listed Jersey fund, a number of the first Jersey private funds and a wide number of fund restructuring transactions. He has also recently acted on several of the highest profile GP-led restructuring deals, and advises more generally on corporate issues and on investment structures for financial institutions, family offices and other investors.
In addition, Tim is currently Chair of the Jersey Funds Association and has played a key role in developing the position of the Jersey funds industry from a regulatory and tax perspective in recent years, particularly in relation to AIFMD, Economic Substance Legislation and compliance with OECD BEPs issues.
BACKGROUND
Tim joined the Maples Group in 2021. He has previously been a partner at two international law firms in Jersey, where he has practised since 2003. Prior to that, he had three years' experience in investment banking in London and New York, following practising as a corporate and private equity lawyer at PwC Legal and originally training at Taylor Wessing in London and Brussels.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chair of the Jersey Funds Association
Member of Jersey’s Fiscal Strategy Group
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Funds & Investment ManagementBAR ADMISSIONS
1997 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2005 - Called to the Jersey Bar (Advocate of the Royal Court)
Education
University of Bristol, Politics and French, BA, 1993
College of Law, Guildford, Law and Legal Practice, 1995
Languages
French
Spanish
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KNOWLEDGE
- ESMA Issues New Guidance and Finalised Rules on EU Cross-Border Activities 12 January 2023
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity 2022: Jersey 10 October 2022
- Jersey Limited Liability Company Law 30 September 2022
- FUNDed - June 2022 27 June 2022
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity 2021 Jersey 08 October 2021
- SPACs: Next Stop Europe 29 September 2021
- FUNDed - July 2021 19 July 2021
- Growing Use of Jersey Private Funds 30 June 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group's Asia and Irish Funds Practices Advise on Publicly Offered Fund in Japan 24 March 2023
- Maples Group Appoints Litigation Partner Duo as Global Practice Co-Leaders 21 March 2023
- Maples Group Seconds Cayman Islands-Based Lawyer to Singapore 13 March 2023
- Maples Group's London Funds Team wins Hedgeweek Award 10 March 2023
- Maples Group Announces 2023 Global Partner and Of Counsel Promotions 09 March 2023