OVERVIEW
Nikki is an associate of Maples and Calder's Regulatory & Financial Services team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Her practice focuses on regulatory matters impacting asset managers, investment funds, banks, administrators, trusts and family offices. Nikki advises on Cayman Islands Monetary Authority inspections, anti-money laundering, sanctions, counter proliferation and terrorist financing, data protection, economic substance, beneficial ownership and automatic exchange of information obligations.BACKGROUND
Nikki joined the Maples Group in 2021. She is a dual qualified solicitor and accountant, with over 15 years of financial services and legal experience focusing on asset management.
Nikki was previously head of legal and compliance for the investment manager to the Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund where she acted as the investment manager's compliance officer and money laundering reporting officer. Nikki was a material risk taker and senior manager within the Financial Conduct Authority Regime at Barclays Bank PLC. Her other roles included head of fund governance for Barclays Asset Management Limited and chief risk and compliance officer for a leading independent financial services firm in the Cayman Islands.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Nikki is a member of Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accounts (CIIPA), Cayman Finance and the Cayman Islands Compliance Association.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Regulatory & Financial Services Advisory
BAR ADMISSIONS
2011 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
EDUCATION
University of Kent, UK, LLB, English and French Law, 2005
BPP University Law School, London, UK, Debt, Equity and Private Acquisitions (Distinction), 2009
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Advanced Tax, 2013
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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