Areas of Expertise
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 previously chaired 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.
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.
Committee Member / previous Chair of the Jersey Funds Association and member of Legal / Technical Committee
Bar 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