Regulatory and compliance

Maples Group

With a substantial, dedicated regulatory and compliance practice in the Cayman Islands, Maples Group stands out for its wealth of experience across both contentious and non-contentious matters in the practice area. The gamut of investment funds, banks, trust companies and virtual asset service providers populate the client base of the department that is led by Christopher Capewell. He has broad knowledge an experience in matters including FATCA and CRS issues, the securities investment business law, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, and the OECD country-by-country reporting regime, among other areas. Tim Dawson is another senior figure of note and comes with client praise, as does Adam Huckle, who is the name to note for litigation in this field. The ‘extremely knowledgeable but also very approachable’ Patrick Head is another key team member.

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Testimonials

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‘Maples became a reference to our group with regard to Cayman law as the firm has been able to support our legal department in different areas such as financial services regulation and corporate law. All of the different teams of the law firm with which we have worked with responded timely to our requests and queries and were promptly available when needed.’
‘Tim Dawson was a key person in the process of obtaining our license to operate a bank branch in the Cayman Islands. He was personally involved in all steps of the process promptly responding to all our queries. He is now providing support on the regulation applicable to additional products that we intend to offer by means of our Cayman branch. It has been very positive to go through all this process with the support of a partner who has the complete view of our structure and activities.'
‘Maples has advised us on regulatory matters related to our branch in Cayman. We enjoy working with them because they are very accessible, responsible and provide creative solutions.’
‘Adam Huckle leads a very strong litigation team at Maples who provide outstanding clarity of thought and leadership to their clients.’
‘Adam Huckle is a very strong team leader and a standout individual in his field.’
‘The Maples Regulatory team has a deep bench of senior attorneys who have a strong industry connections and experience, not only in regulatory issues but also in investment funds so have practical knowledge about fund operations. They work closely with organizations like Cayman Finance and AIMA making sure they are on the coal face of the developments in the industry, ensuring their voice is heard and that their information wherever possible is right from government. ’
‘The partners on the regulatory and compliance team make themselves to us, not just when issues are needed but also attending in-person board meetings to discuss upcoming issues, the practicalities of current changes we are navigating. Patrick Head in particular is extremely knowledgeable but also very approachable and open to discussing various options. Hearing his thoughts on different viewpoints and experiences of others is incredibly helpful.’
'Flexibility, practical solution, good knowledge and experience.'