Jacob MacAdam
Partner
Appleby
More informationSpearheaded by corporate finance and PE specialist Simon Raftopoulos, Appleby‘s team routinely advises a deep roster of blue-chip underwriters, banks and other financial institutions on SPACs, CLOs, M&A, corporate finance mandates and restructurings. The team includes corporate finance and regulatory expert Jacob MacAdam, and group head of both the banking and asset finance, and transport and logistics teams Caroline Barton, who regularly advises on capital markets, corporate, aircraft and shipping matters. Global co-head of the SPACs group Dean Bennett and head of the structured finance practice Benjamin Woolf are also noted for their expertise.
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‘Quality is competitive but the people are what swings it.’
‘Jacob MacAdam - He’s just who you want by your side. Solid and dependable, straightforward to deal with and a good sense of humour.’
Key clients
- Wejo Group Limited
- Lifezone Metals
- Black Spade Acquisition Co
- CHC Group LLC
- LumiraDX Limited
- BPEA EQT
- Mubadala
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp.
- SMBC Aviation Capital Limited
- Foster Group Holdings Limited
- Illumina, Inc.
- MaxLinear Inc.
- Höegh LNG Ltd
- BlueOrchard Impact Investment Managers
Work highlights
- Acted as BVI and Cayman legal counsel to BPEA (formerly The Baring Private Equity Asia) in connection with the acquisition of the Tricor Group.
- Acted as Cayman counsel to SMBC Aviation Capital Limited in relation to its acquisition of certain business, assets and subsidiaries of Goshawk Aviation Limited, which involves various Cayman exempted companies and orphan entities as issuers of equity certificates.
- Acted as Cayman counsel to Black Spade Acquisition Co, a special purpose acquisition company, on its announced de-SPAC business combination with VinFast Auto Pte. Ltd.
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Practice head
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Simon Raftopoulos