OVERVIEW
Joanna is partner in the Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's London office. She is also co-head of the firm's British Virgin Islands Funds & Investment Management practice. She deals with a wide variety of finance, banking and corporate law matters involving BVI and Cayman Islands companies and partnerships, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and real estate, project and asset financings. She also advises BVI investment funds, in particular the establishment and maintenance of hedge funds and private equity funds.
BACKGROUND
Joanna joined the Maples Group in 2006. She trained with SJ Berwin LLP, and subsequently worked at IPC Media Limited in London. Joanna has been recommended by Legal 500, where she is listed as a Next Generation lawyer and described as, "a shining star". She is also known for being "responsive and very efficient at handling transactions" as well as providing "consistently excellent service...her pro-active approach to managing transactions sets her above competitors time and again".
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2005 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2006 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
2010 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
University of Bristol, UK, BSc, Sociology, 2000
College of Law, London, UK, PgDL (Commendation); LPC (Distinction)
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KNOWLEDGE
- The British Virgin Islands Approved Manager Regime 18 March 2024
- British Virgin Islands Regulatory Obligations and Filing Deadlines 2024 13 February 2024
- BVIFARS Portal - Live January 2024 23 January 2024
- BVI Approved Managers and Approved Funds: Upcoming Filing Deadline - 31 January 2024 04 January 2024
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity 2023: British Virgin Islands 16 October 2023
- EU Global Minimum Tax Directive and Investment Fund Structures 25 April 2023
- Co-Investment and "Club Deal" Vehicles: The Private Funds Regimes in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands 28 November 2022
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity 2022: BVI 17 October 2022
- British Virgin Islands Introduces Data Protection Act 27 October 2021
- British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Reporting Requirements 25 August 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Appoints Chris Newton as BVI Managing Partner 05 December 2023
- Maples Group Announces New Local and Global Appointments 04 December 2023
- Maples Group Advises Forbion on US$135 Million SPAC Combination with enGene, Inc. 11 July 2023
- Multi-Jurisdictional Maples Team Advise EverArc on $2 Billion Acquisition 18 June 2021
- Maples Advises on Restructuring Deal of the Year 2020 14 September 2020