James Reeve Bio

James is head of the Cayman Islands’ Structured Finance practice and advises on structured finance transactions (in particular, CLO transactions, related risk retention structures and catastrophe bonds), fund financing matters (acting for both lenders and borrowers) and general banking and financing work. James also has experience advising on asset finance transactions and general corporate and commercial transactions, along with restructurings and securities listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. James joined the Maples Group in 2011 and was elected as a partner in 2018. He previously worked as a banking and finance lawyer at a magic circle firm in London where his practice focused principally on project finance. James has been ranked in Chambers Global and recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in Legal 500.