Maples Group’s Finance Partners Recognised in IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2025
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, is pleased to share that Finance Partners Tina Meigh, Manuela Belmontes and Sarah Francis have been listed in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2025. The Women Leaders guide recognises a select cohort of the world’s leading female lawyers, underscoring the trio’s market impact, technical excellence and leadership across the finance arena.
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The IFLR1000 Women Leaders is IFLR1000’s flagship guide spotlighting female practitioners who set the benchmark in their practice areas. Inclusion follows a stringent assessment of track record, client and peer endorsements, and sustained contributions to the profession.
The Maples Group Partners Recognised:
- Tina Meigh is a partner and global head of Finance. Tina is based in the Cayman Islands office.
- Manuela Belmontes is a Corporate and Finance partner. Manuela is joint managing partner of the Dubai office.
- Sarah Francisis a Banking and Finance partner. Sarah is based in the Dublin office.
In our 15 offices around the globe, the Maples Group strives to embrace diversity and is committed to equitable policies and processes. As a truly international business, with over 3,000 employees, women constitute nearly 60% of our global headcount and we employ 90+ different nationalities across our offices.
Advising on the laws of the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg, the global Finance team provides expert legal advice on even the most complex financial transactions under intense time pressure. Clients repeatedly return to their qualified finance lawyers to handle a variety of complex matters relating to acquisition and leveraged financing, asset finance, banking, debt capital markets, derivatives, fund finance, insurance linked products, Islamic finance, repackaging and structured finance.
The Maples Group Regional Finance Practice Contacts:
| Partner | Title | Location |
| Tina Meigh | Global head of Finance team | Cayman Islands |
| Michael Gagie | Regional Managing Partner of Asia offices | Hong Kong and Singapore |
| Manuela Belmontes | Joint managing partner | Dubai |
| Stephen McLoughlin | Head of Finance team | Dublin |
| Jonathan Caulton | Head of Finance team | London |
| Arnaud Arrecgros | Co-head of Finance team | Luxembourg |
| Yann Hilpert | Co-head of Finance team | Luxembourg |
