Simon Raftopoulos — Managing Partner, Cayman Islands · Appleby

Simon Raftopoulos — Managing Partner, Cayman Islands · Appleby · Cayman Islands.

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About

Specialties: corporate finance, subscription finance, private equity transactions and insurance.

Experience

Partner | Group Head, Private Equity | CorporateCurrent
Appleby · Cayman Islands
Feb 2006 – Present
Simon Raftopoulos is a partner and a member of the Corporate Finance and Private Equity teams. He represents clients in a wide variety of corporate finance transactions, including private equity and fund finance, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, initial and secondary public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities. Simon also represents clients on large private equity transactions and his team has a deep PE formation and transactional presence in Cayman. Simon has consistently been ranked since 2012 and is highly rated globally across the leading legal directories. Chambers Global 2015 refers to Simon as being a "great banking lawyer who is extremely practical". Legal 500 2015 reports that he is the 'technically brilliant' global private equity head. Chambers Caribbean 2014 reported clients had this to say about Simon: “He provides really good service, and is very responsive and great when we need things done within a quick timeframe”. Simon was also recently listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Corporate – M&A and Governance 2015, Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers 2014 as well as the Who’s Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers 2014. Chambers Global 2013 ranked him as a ‘Leading Individual’ and its commentators reported that he ‘is always very responsive and gets things done in an organised and efficient process, so working with him is a real pleasure’. Simon also participates regularly at conferences and seminars, and provides commentary to international and local media on the Cayman insurance industry. He recently participated in the MandA.TV Leaderboard Interviews at the 2013 Cross Border M&A Advisor Symposium and spoke on the subject of 'Trends in Offshore M&A'. Simon also received the 'Finance Deal Maker of the year' award in 2014. In the Cayman Islands, Simon has also been involved in undertaking pro bono charitable work at the Family Resource Centre.