Philip Ireland > Maples Group > Dubai, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile
Maples Group Offices
THE EXCHANGE BUILDING, 5TH FLOOR, DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, PO BOX 119980
DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
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Philip Ireland
Position
Philip is joint managing partner of Maples and Calder, in the Maples Group’s Dubai office where is also head of the Funds & Investment Management and Corporate teams. He has broad Cayman Islands corporate and investment funds experience. However, he specialises in collective investment schemes, in particular private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and Shariah compliant (Islamic) funds. He also has experience of working with family offices, ultra high net worth individuals. Philip’s clients include asset managers in the Dubai International Financial Centre and the MENA region. He also practises British Virgin Islands law.
Career
Philip joined the Maples Group in London in 2004, before moving to Dubai in 2006. He was elected as a partner in 2009 and as joint managing partner in 2020. Philip previously worked at another international law firm in the British Virgin Islands and for Herbert Smith in London
Memberships
Member of the Law Society of England and Wales
Member of the Bar of the British Virgin Islands
Regular contributor to financial publications in the Middle East in relation to offshore investment funds
Education
University of Cambridge, UK, BA (Hons), Law, 1992
College of Law, Guildford, UK, Legal Practice Course, 1994
Lawyer Rankings
Foreign-based expertise > Leading firms
(Leading Individuals)United Arab Emirates > Offshore
(Hall of Fame)With ‘a wealth of experience in the private funds space’, Maples Group is a key contact for an assortment of private clients on British Virgin Island and Cayman Island law. Praised as ‘accessible, knowledgeable, and pragmatic’ Manuela Belmontes
and Gurminder Sanghera often handle finance transactions for aircraft carriers and have strength in capital markets and finance matters. Philip Ireland is well-versed in collective investment schemes, notably private equity funds and Oliver Simpson is well regarded for his capabilities in corporate transactions pertaining to major hotels and resorts.