Manuela Belmontes
Manuela is a partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate and Finance teams in the Maples Group's Dubai office. Manuela's main areas of practice are international capital markets and finance (principally aircraft finance, Islamic finance, structured finance and banking). She has worked on a number of notable sukuk transactions and other Islamic compliant financings, conventional debt offerings and debt issuance programmes as well as bespoke securitisations for clients based in the Middle East, Europe and North America. Manuela regularly advises on aircraft finance transactions for aircraft carriers and leasing companies in the Middle East. Manuela also has broad experience in the establishment and maintenance of a variety of Cayman Islands investment structures and funds, and regularly advises on general corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and joint venture arrangements. · Maples Group
About
Manuela Belmontes is a partner in the Corporate and Finance teams of Maples and Calder, part of the Maples Group, in the Dubai office. She specializes in international capital markets and finance, with particular focus on aircraft finance, Islamic finance, structured finance, and banking. She has worked on notable sukuk transactions, conventional debt offerings, and securitisations for clients in the Middle East, Europe, and North America. She also advises on aircraft finance for carriers and lessors in the Middle East, and has broad experience with Cayman Islands investment structures, funds, and general corporate matters including M&A, reorganisations, and joint ventures.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- York University, Canada, LLB (1996)
- York University, Canada, BBA (Hons) (1993)
Admissions
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Law Society of England and Wales