Maples Group’s Jersey and London Practices Excel in 2025 Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners UK Guides

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, is delighted to announce that its London and Jersey offices have once again been recognised in the 2025 UK Guides of both The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. This recognition underscores the firm’s exceptional expertise in advising on Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and Jersey law.

The firm has been highly ranked across Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate & Commercial and Investment Funds practice groups, reflecting the firm’s unwavering commitment to providing top-tier legal services and its pre-eminent capabilities in London and Jersey.

A total of 12 London and Jersey-based lawyers were recognised in this year’s Guides across various categories. Notably, The Legal 500 UK Guide honoured three Partners with the esteemed accolade of ‘Leading Individual’, including, Heidi de Vries, Managing Partner (London), Matthew Gilbert, Finance Partner (London) and Paul Burton, Corporate and Finance Partner (Jersey). This recognition highlights their exceptional contributions and expertise in their respective fields.

Impressively, the firm’s London-based BVI practice was ranked in the prestigious Band 1 ranking alongside the firm’s London Cayman Islands practice. This esteemed recognition is a testament to the exceptional legal expertise and dedication of the firm’s BVI and Cayman Islands teams.

Funds & Investment Management Partner Simon Hopwood (Jersey) was elevated to ‘Leading Partner’, and Funds & Investment Management Partner Tim Morgan (Jersey) maintained his ‘Hall of Fame’ category. Two Partners were recognised in the ‘Next Generation Partner’ category with Funds & Investment Management Partner Robert Hughes (London) and Corporate Partner David Allen (Jersey). Finance and Corporate Of Counsel Amy Black (Jersey) was honoured in the ‘’Leading Associate’ category.

The Maples Group’s London office provides full service legal advice on the laws of the BVI, the Cayman Islands and Ireland, while the Group’s Jersey office provides full service Jersey legal advice in the corporate, finance and funds & investment management areas and also offers Jersey entity formation and corporate / administration service solutions. These rankings show the breadth and diversity of the Group’s service offerings from both jurisdictions.

For over 30 years, The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, have been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme that is revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market.

A selection of the Maples Group’s testimonials from The Legal 500 UK 2025 Guide:

‘The Maples team has always been professional and extremely pleasant to work with. They have been particularly effective at considering difficult questions related to Cayman entities listed in foreign jurisdictions with complicated multi-jurisdictional considerations. They are very responsive, and we have always had a high degree of confidence in the advice they provide.’

‘The team is concise and cohesive, working efficiently together to deliver a consistent and commercial service to clients. They collaborate very well with onshore counsel.

”Mark Crichton is diligent and detailed with an excellent commercial mindset. No problem is too big or small, and he approaches everything with a calmness and control that provides immense comfort in times of high pressure and stress.’

‘The Maples team is fully on top of the legal issues affecting capital markets in Jersey.’

‘Maples Jersey is an experienced and cooperative team who can integrate into a cross border transaction with ease. Paul Burton and Amy Black were great in listening to what we were seeking to achieve and then helping craft the Jersey aspects.’

‘Maples has provided extremely reliable services with respect to corporate matters to our company. They have shown a good understanding of the complexities of working in a cross-border environment alongside outside counsel in other jurisdictions.

”David Allen has been a fantastic asset in our outside counsel roster. He is extremely pragmatic, responsive, and willing to find creative solutions.’

‘Maples offers a high-quality team of partners and associates who understand the Middle Eastern market and are therefore able to take a full part in structuring discussions, including regarding Sharia-compliant structures.’

‘Simon Hopwood is excellent at offering potential solutions and knows his funds area well. He’s very easy to work with.’

A selection of the Maples Group’s testimonials from The Chambers and Partners UK 2025:

“They are very commercially minded and understand the complex nature of sophisticated transactions.”

“They are able to provide really strong and good technical advice on Cayman law when needed.”

“Maples have always provided excellent advice and always have an understanding of the latest market positions on complex matters.”

“The team are very responsive and offer creative advice. I cannot think of another firm with so much strength in depth.”

“Maples Group have an absolutely exceptional practice.”

“The Maples team are technically excellent and responsive.”

“The firm is well resourced and good at providing succinct advice.”

“The team are able to deal with all corporate Jersey law matters and provide excellent solutions and advice.”

“The team handles complex and sophisticated matters as a matter of course with no difficulty.”

“The Maples team are proactive and able to think around problems and offer solutions.”