Sheryl Dean
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Investment Funds
Band 3
About
Provided by Sheryl Dean
Practice Areas
Sheryl is head of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. She specialises in private equity fund structures and investments and represents a wide range of sponsors, from large institutions to boutique and start up investment managers, advising on the structuring, formation and operation of private funds and advising on downstream transactions and portfolio investments. Sheryl advises sponsors on their carry allocation and management vehicles. She also works on a number of related corporate transactions, including consortium deals and joint ventures, co-investments, buy-outs and restructurings.
Sheryl joined the Maples Group in 2012, having been a partner at an international law firm in the Cayman Islands. Prior to her move to the Cayman Islands, she worked in the corporate and M&A teams at Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn, respectively, in London. Sheryl began her legal career in the corporate team of Russell McVeagh in New Zealand.
Chambers Review
Global
Sheryl Dean is a well-established lawyer in the Cayman Islands. She is especially well versed in the structuring of private equity funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sheryl Dean is an extremely smart, creative thinker and good at cutting to the chase. She doesn't over-complicate or over-lawyer things and is both very client-friendly and solution-oriented."
"Sheryl Dean is good at problem-solving, easy to work with and good in complex, time-constrained scenarios."
"Sheryl Dean is an extremely smart, creative thinker and good at cutting to the chase. She doesn't over-complicate or over-lawyer things and is both very client-friendly and solution-oriented."
"Sheryl Dean is good at problem-solving, easy to work with and good in complex, time-constrained scenarios."