Oliver Simpson > 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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Oliver Simpson
Position
Oliver is of counsel in Maples and Calder’s Corporate and Funds & Investment Management teams in the Maples Group’s Dubai office. Oliver handles a broad range of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands corporate work, including investment funds, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations. Oliver has specific experience of working with emerging market investment managers, investors and entrepreneurs establishing investment structures for e-commerce, real estate sales portals and other online businesses. He also advises UAE and Middle East-based real estate investors on the establishment of regional and overseas property ownership structures. In Dubai, Oliver has worked on a number of corporate transactions involving major hotels and resorts.
Career
Oliver joined the Maples Group in 2018, having practised BVI and Cayman Islands law in the UAE since 2015 at another offshore firm. He previously practised English and US law at Latham & Watkins LLP in Dubai and at Slaughter and May in London, and spent time on secondment at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. Oliver also taught Introduction to Law and the Legal Profession at the University of London.
Languages
Arabic Spanish
Education
SOAS, University of London, LL.B Law Degree, 2004
BPP Law School, London, Legal Practice Course, LPC, 2005
Lawyer Rankings
United Arab Emirates > Offshore
(Rising stars)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.