Cayman Islands | 30 September 2015: Maples and Calder is pleased to announce the addition of two senior lawyers to its Cayman Islands office.

Morven McMillan will join Maples and Calder as partner and co-head of the Trusts practice in the Cayman Islands office, alongside Nigel Porteous. Morven is a leading name in the trusts and private client arena and her expertise includes both contentious and non-contentious trusts. Morven previously led the International Trusts & Private Client team at Mourant Ozannes in the Cayman Islands.

Tim Dawson will join Maples and Calder as a senior associate in the Regulatory & Financial Services group, headed by Martin Livingston. Tim also joins from Mourant Ozannes, where he led the firm’s Cayman Islands regulatory practice.

“The firm is delighted to welcome Morven and Tim,” said Henry Smith, Global Managing Partner of Maples and Calder. “Our trusts and regulatory teams are in high demand and the level of experience that Morven and Tim bring to their respective fields will help us reinforce our position as Cayman’s premier service provider in these areas.”

Morven and Tim will join the firm as soon as they are free to do so under their existing contractual arrangements and subject to work permit approvals from the Cayman Islands Immigration Department.

About Maples and Calder

Maples and Calder is a leading international law firm advising financial, institutional, business and private clients around the world on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Ireland and the British Virgin Islands. Maples and Calder has offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, London and Singapore.

With a reputation as an innovative, entrepreneurial firm, Maples and Calder is known worldwide as a market leader with highly qualified lawyers who are specialists in their respective practice areas.

About MaplesFS

MaplesFS, through its operating divisions Maples Fund Services and Maples Fiduciary, is an independent global provider of specialised fiduciary, accounting and administration services with offices in Boston, the Cayman Islands, Delaware, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Montreal, the Netherlands, New York, San Francisco and Singapore.

MaplesFS is led by a team of experienced professionals and is committed to providing a high level of service tailored to specific client requirements.