Ian Clark is a partner of Maples and Calder's Asia Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Singapore office. He specialises in advising clients on Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands fund products (hedge and private equity) and regulation in addition to advising on general corporate matters. Ian holds a master's degree in public international law and prior to qualifying as a solicitor in Scotland he interned with the legal department of NATO, spending time in Belgium and Afghanistan where he drafted legislation for the Afghan government to allow for the introduction of biometric ID cards.