Maples Finance said its move to Dubai is in response to increasing client demand and structured product and investment funds activity in the region.
Move completes the Maples Group’s full service offering in Dubai where Maples and Calder have been providing offshore legal services since 2005. Maples Finance (Dubai) has been licensed as a fund administrator by the DFSA and will be based in the DIFC. In addition to fund administration services, Maples Finance Dubai says it will provide incorporation, fiduciary, company administration and accounting services to investment funds and structured finance companies.
Maples Finance says its move to Dubai is in response to increasing client demand and structured product and investment funds activity in the region.
In conjunction with Maples Finance offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dublin, Jersey, Hong Kong and Luxembourg, the law firm said its Dubai office was strategically placed to enhance Maples Finance ability to service its global client base.
A press statement said that Maples Finance (Dubai) completes the Maples Group’s full service offering in Dubai where Maples and Calder have been providing offshore legal services since 2005.
The Dubai office will be headed by John Ackerley who joined Maples in January as a senior vice president. John is a chartered accountant and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and has over 10 years international experience in structured products and investment funds.