OVERVIEW
Jonathan is head of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's London office. He has extensive experience in international capital markets, banking, fund financing, aircraft financing (including co-investment platforms with private equity investors and aircraft portfolio securitisations) and structured finance (including securitisation, structured fund products, derivatives, repackagings and CLOs) as well as listing securities on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. He represents both borrowers and large bank syndicates on lending transactions and all types of secured transactions. Jonathan also advises a large number of financial institutions on derivatives and issues surrounding collateral and netting in the context of insolvency in the Cayman Islands. He also has considerable expertise in all aspects of establishing and maintaining closed and open-ended hedge funds and private equity funds in the form of corporate entities, limited partnerships and segregated portfolio companies.
BACKGROUND
Jonathan joined the Maples Group in 2004 and was elected as a partner in 2007. He previously worked for Allen & Overy in London and Hong Kong. Jonathan has been recognised as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000 and recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers UK. Jonathan authored the country Q&A guide to Capital Markets in the Cayman Islands, published by the Practical Law Company.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Sustainable Finance
Funds & Investment Management
Corporate
Listing Services
BAR ADMISSIONS
1999 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2004 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
2008 - Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland (not practising)
EDUCATION
University of Bristol, UK (First Class Honours)
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KNOWLEDGE
- FUNDed - June 2023 01 June 2023
- The CLOser - May 2023 22 May 2023
- SPVs in Structured Finance Transactions in Cayman Islands 20 December 2022
- Structured Finance SPVs and Choice of Jurisdiction 20 December 2022
- FUNDed - June 2022 27 June 2022
- The CLOser - December 2021 20 December 2021
- FUNDed - July 2021 19 July 2021
- The CLOser - May 2021 31 May 2021
- LISTed - April 2021 29 April 2021
- The Ease of Doing Business Through BVI, Cayman Islands, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg Vehicles Under 'Lockdown' Conditions 20 January 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Advises on First Sustainability-Linked Bond in Latin America for 2023 09 February 2023
- Maples Group Assists on Record US$364 Million "Blue Bond" For Conservation 10 November 2021
- Maples Advises on Cayman Islands Stock Exchange Listing as part of First-of-its-Kind Dual Listing with Specialist Fund Segment 22 July 2021
- Maples Group European Expansion Continues With the Growth of Its London Office 18 August 2020
- Maples Group Number 1 Listing Agent on Cayman Islands Stock Exchange 12 February 2020