Malachi Sweetman
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has promoted Malachi Sweetman and Matthew St-Amour to partner in its Cayman Islands office.
Sweetman is a member of the Dispute Resolution & Insolvency practice with many years of experience in commercial litigation and across a broad range of financial and commercial disputes. An experienced advocate, he specialises in shareholder litigation including high-value merger appraisals and has also advised on cross-border insolvencies. His significant disputes include representing FGL Holdings in its successful merger appraisal action and the ongoing appraisal actions involving 58.com and 51JOB.
St-Amour, a senior lawyer in the firm’s Finance practice, has extensive experience advising both borrower and lender side clients on all stages of the funding lifecycle. His clients include hedge funds, private equity funds, banks and non-bank lenders. He regularly advises on fund finance and other secured lending transactions, structured finance and bankruptcy remote structures, derivatives and all types of collateral and credit support arrangements.
The appointments form part of the international law firm’s annual promotions where 18 new partners and of counsel were appointed across eight of the firm’s global locations.
The Maples Group employs over 800 people in the Cayman Islands through its international law firm, Maples and Calder and its financial services firm, MaplesFS. Globally, the Group comprises nearly 3000 professionals in 16 locations worldwide.
“Malachi and Matthew have proven themselves as committed, trusted legal advisers to both our clients and colleagues across the Maples Group’s global network.”
