OVERVIEW
John is a partner in the Finance practice and head of the Insurance practice in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He specialises in structured finance, corporate and commercial transactions, fund finance and insurance. His structured finance practice is focused on CLO transactions and insurance-linked securities. His insurance practice covers insurance regulatory matters, the licensing of insurance companies, financing transactions with insurance companies and general insurance matters.
BACKGROUND
John joined the Maples Group in 2001. He previously practised with Clifford Chance in London, where he completed a secondment to the fixed income desk at Lehman Brothers. Before that, he practised with Lang Michener (now McMillan) in Canada. John has been recommended for insurance and reinsurance by Who's Who Legal and noted in Chambers Global and Legal 500 for catastrophe bond transactions. Clients report that John "instils the highest confidence with his expert advice, deep knowledge of Cayman law, and ability to understand issues from the business perspective. He not only efficiently answers my questions, but by understanding the business needs, he also answers the questions I didn’t even know I needed to ask."
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
John is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
1995 - Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of Ontario, Canada (not practising)
1999 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2001 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Queens University, Canada, BA, Economics
University of Toronto, Canada, JD
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KNOWLEDGE
- The CLOser - June 2024 27 June 2024
- ICLG Insurance & Reinsurance 2024: Cayman Islands 18 March 2024
- The CLOser - October 2023 19 October 2023
- The CLOser - May 2023 22 May 2023
- The CLOser - October 2022 18 October 2022
- The CLOser - December 2021 20 December 2021
- A CLOser Look at Regulatory Developments - October 2021 21 October 2021
- FUNDed - July 2021 19 July 2021
- The CLOser - May 2021 31 May 2021
- The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review 2021: Cayman Islands 10 May 2021