A&O partner Kamar Jaffer (Dubai) discusses key legal and regulatory trends in the Cayman Islands with our guest speaker Philip Ireland, a Dubai-based partner at the Maples Group.

This podcast forms part of Allen & Overy’s Selecting your Fund Domicile series. Selecting your Fund Domicile is a series of video podcasts that focuses on manager considerations for setting up a fund and choosing the most appropriate domicile. Featuring leading offshore law firms and A&O experts, these Q&A video podcasts explore some of the benefits and legal and regulatory considerations for offshore and onshore locations, including the British Virgin Islands, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Dublin, Cyprus, the Isle of Man, Mauritius and Luxembourg. 

About the Speaker 

Philip Ireland is the Dubai office joint Managing Partner of Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, where he is also head of the Dubai Funds & Investment Management team. He specialises in collective investment schemes, in particular private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and Shariah compliant (Islamic) funds. He also has experience of working with family offices, ultra-high net worth individuals. Philip’s clients include asset managers in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the MENA region.