Maples Group Strengthens International Trusts & Private Client Team with Lateral Partner Hire Nick Holland

Date: 02 Sep 2024

Karen Jones

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, is continuing to strengthen its international trusts and private client expertise by hiring top-ranked senior lawyer Nick Holland.

He will join as the head of the law firm’s Trusts & Private Client team in the Group’s London office before moving to the Cayman Islands later in the year.

Nick has a well-established practice, with clients in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, and extensive experience of advising institutional trustees, private clients and other market advisers on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. He joins the Maples Group as private clients become an increasingly important source of investment, with the number of family offices around the world tripling to over 4,500 between 2019 and 2023.

Global Head of Regulatory and Financial Services Chris Capewell, who sponsors the Trusts & Private Client team, comments: “Nick has a stellar name in the market, and I am delighted that he is joining us as we invest to further enhance our trusts and private client capabilities across our global Group. In a world where family offices and private clients are often the lynchpin investors in the future, the Maples Group has an unparalleled ability to support those investors, their wealth and estate planning needs and the trustees and fiduciary service providers they work with.”

Global Head of Fiduciary Services Peter Huber comments: “I’m excited to have someone of Nick’s calibre joining the team. By combining our legal and fiduciary services the Maples Group offers the private client industry something that is so much greater than the sum of its parts.”

Nick adds: “Private clients are incredibly sophisticated, with trillions under management and complex business, personal, and philanthropic needs. The Cayman Islands jurisdiction is justifiably sought-after for its financial and professional services capabilities, and the Maples Group provides an unparalleled platform from which to deliver the most impactful results for high-net-worth individuals and families as well as their advisers.On a personal note I am excited to be returning to the Caribbean and rejoining the thriving trusts and private client community in the Cayman Islands at a time of accelerating growth and innovation.”

With over 25 years of experience Nick joins from McDermott Will & Emery’s private client team, previously having worked at other firms in the UK, Cayman Islands and Canada. He is qualified in Ireland, England & Wales, the Cayman Islands, Ontario, and British Columbia, and has taught at the University of Western Ontario and University College of the Cayman Islands. Nick has top-level recognition from Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Citywealth and American Lawyer Magazine’s Global Elite.

The Maples Group provides a wide range of legal and fiduciary services to private clients and family offices around the world. Maples and Calder’s international Trusts & Private Client team advises on the laws of the BVI and the Cayman Islands, working with some of the world’s largest private businesses, individual private clients, institutional trustees and other fiduciary service providers on matters concerning all types of private wealth trusts, commercial trusts, estate planning structures, trusts and fiduciary arrangements and trust litigation.

In addition, the Maples Group provides specialist trust and fiduciary services to international private clients and family offices. Utilising proprietary technology, the team brings deep knowledge across a number of arrangements, ensuring they are optimally structured and professionally managed regardless of their complexity or the diversity of the asset base.

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