Working collaboratively with team’s in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, London, Dubai and Dublin, Maples Group has a long-established reputation for servicing multinational clients on their investments in Asia, as well as Asia-based clients on their overseas investments. Providing the full spectrum of legal services, the practice is particularly well noted for its expertise advising on corporate, finance, insolvency, funds and investments, and dispute resolution issues. Michael Gagie is a leading figure and heads the BVI law practice, specialising in downstream PE, corporate, commercial, and banking and structured finance work. Head of the Asia corporate offering, Matt Roberts focuses on advising financial institutions, asset managers, and publicly listed and private companies. Nick Harrold is particularly adept regarding Japanese-related investments, while Iain Anderson caters to a broad range of PE and hedge funds, boutique managers, smaller start-up funds and investee companies.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A top offshore firm.’

  • ‘Maples has a top-rate practice, particularly owing to an outstanding technical and commercial partner in Matt Roberts, who is peerless in his expertise and advice.'

  • 'Maples' bench is deep and they are able to seamlessly deliver advice and service across different practice groups.’

  • ‘Matt Roberts gives practical and actionable advice based off his deep technical knowhow and experience.’

  • 'Matt Roberts makes this practice unique; he stands out as a creative, solution and commercially-driven adviser. Definitely our go-to whenever we need more than cookie cutter advice.'

Key clients

  • Citigroup First Investment Management Limited
  • IQ EQ Fund Management (Ireland) Limited
  • Navis Asia Fund VIII, L.P.
  • DCP Capital
  • DPC Dash Ltd
  • HK Acquisition Corporation
  • Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I and Akili Interactive Labs, Inc.
  • TechStar Acquisition Corporation
  • Aquilius Investment Partners

Work highlights

  • Advised Citigroup First Investment Management Limited on the launch of Citigroup Note.
  • Advised IQ EQ Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, on the launch of Daiwa Blackstone Private Credit Fund. The Fund, which is expected to launch on 31 May 2023, is structured as a Cayman Islands unit trust and is authorised for public offering in Japan. The Fund will be distributed by Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Michael Gagie, Matt Roberts

Other key lawyers

Nick Harrold, Iain Anderson