Ramesh Maharaj

Ramesh is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Islands office, specialising in private equity, non-contentious restructuring and corporate finance transactions. He advises on corporate transactions relating to Cayman Islands entities (companies, partnerships, LLCs), such as take-overs/take-private, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder/investor arrangements, injection of capital, return of funds to investors, SPACs and IPOs. In his non-contentious or consensual restructuring practice, Ramesh advises upon the myriad of options from the Cayman Islands restructuring toolkit, including: debt to equity swaps, golden share rights, participations, warrants, options, redemptions, repurchases, surrenders, contributions, amalgamations, de-mergers and anything else relevant to achieve the intended goal. On finance and security transactions, Ramesh advises upon the granting of valid security, perfection, enforcement of security, repo transactions, swap transactions and Cayman Islands legal opinions. · Mourant

Cayman IslandsCorporate / M&A, Private Equity

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Partner in Mourant's Cayman Islands office specialising in private equity, non-contentious restructuring and corporate finance; advises on corporate transactions for Cayman entities (take-overs/take-privates, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, SPACs and IPOs) and on finance and security matters including repo and swap transactions and Cayman legal opinions. He has been a practising Cayman Islands attorney since May 2007 and previously worked in corporate finance and M&A in the City of London.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&APrivate EquityRestructuringBanking & FinanceCapital Markets

Office

Cayman Islands

Mourant · Ramesh is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Islands office, specialising in private equity, non-contentious restructuring and corporate finance transactions. He advises on corporate transactions relating to Cayman Islands entities (companies, partnerships, LLCs), such as take-overs/take-private, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder/investor arrangements, injection of capital, return of funds to investors, SPACs and IPOs. In his non-contentious or consensual restructuring practice, Ramesh advises upon the myriad of options from the Cayman Islands restructuring toolkit, including: debt to equity swaps, golden share rights, participations, warrants, options, redemptions, repurchases, surrenders, contributions, amalgamations, de-mergers and anything else relevant to achieve the intended goal. On finance and security transactions, Ramesh advises upon the granting of valid security, perfection, enforcement of security, repo transactions, swap transactions and Cayman Islands legal opinions.

Cayman Islands

Expertise

Cayman Islands companies, partnerships and LLCsTake-overs / take-privatesMergers & acquisitionsSPACs and IPOsDebt-to-equity swaps and consensual restructuring options (redemptions, repurchases, amalgamations, de-mergers, etc.)Finance and security transactions (security creation, perfection and enforcement; repo and swap transactions)Cayman Islands legal opinions

Education

Law Degree with Honours, University of Durham, England
Post-Graduate Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law

Admissions

Admitted in the Cayman Islands
Admitted in England & Wales (currently non-practising)
Admitted in New York (currently non-practising)
Admitted in Trinidad & Tobago (currently non-practising)