OVERVIEW
Jo is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She specialises in the establishment and operation of Cayman Islands investment funds, and has a broad range of hedge fund, private equity fund and investment platform clients. Her litigation background combined with her investment fund experience gives her a unique perspective on issues associated with distressed investment funds and she has advised extensively on the reorganisation of such funds.
BACKGROUND
Jo joined the Maples Group in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2012. Prior to this, she established a successful practice at the Commercial Bar in London, where she was consistently ranked by legal directories as a leading barrister in her field. Jo has spoken at a number of industry conferences and regularly contributes to publications on fund related matters. She was part of a small group that was instrumental in the establishment of the Cayman Islands Chapter of 100 Women in Finance and served as the initial co-chair of the Chapter. Jo was profiled by the Hedge Fund Journal in 2015 as one of 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds and has been ranked across consecutive years by IFLR 1000, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jo is a Sustaining Angel of 100 Women in Finance and a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2000 - Called to the Bar of England and Wales - Major, Duke of Edinburgh and Pegasus Scholar of the Inner Temple
2007 - Admitted as a barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
2008 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, BA (First Class, Honours) in Law, MA - Jacobson Prize for Law
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KNOWLEDGE
- Interim Receivership Orders Cross Undertaking Requirement Clarified 20 May 2022
- Business Plus - Commercial Law Survey 2022 19 May 2022
- Claims Involving Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnerships 19 May 2022
- Privy Council Decision on Directors Duties and Concurrent Findings of Fact 18 May 2022
- The Regulatory 15/15: May 2022 13 May 2022
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Welcomes 13 New Associates to its Irish Law Firm 20 May 2022
- Maples Advises Biohaven in Largest Take-Private Transaction in BVI 19 May 2022
- Maples Group Achieves ISO 27001 Certification 28 April 2022
- Maples Group Recognised for Excellence in Europe 26 April 2022
- Maples Group Supports Faros VCC 25 April 2022