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Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, is pleased to announce that four articled clerks who trained at the firm for the past 18 months recently completed their articles of clerkship programme and were admitted as attorneys-at-law in the Cayman Islands. Following their admissions, Brittany Cousins, April Ebanks, Dane Muspratt and Alice Narborough were appointed as Associates across a range of practice areas in the firm's Cayman Islands office.

April was admitted by The Honourable Justice Richard N. Williams and Dane was admitted by The Honourable Justice Cheryll Richards KC with both of their admissions moved by Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Partner Quentin Cregan. While Alice and Brittany were also admitted by The Honourable Justice Cheryll Richards KC and their admission was moved by Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Partner Christian La-Roda Thomas.

"Congratulations to Brittany, April, Dane and Alice. Each of them can take pride in their milestone, and we look forward to their continued success in their new roles." commented Matthew Gardner, Cayman Islands Managing Partner. "We are extremely proud of our articles of clerkship programme and the calibre of young Caymanian lawyers who join us each year continues to impress us. We are committed to helping cultivate and train future lawyers to ensure the Cayman Islands legal profession continues to flourish."

The firm continues to demonstrate its commitment to recruiting, training and promoting aspiring lawyers in the Cayman Islands and, since 2005, it has successfully supported over 50 Caymanians to be admitted as attorneys-at-law. The firm's scholarship programme provides financial assistance to students throughout university while the firm's articles of clerkship programme provides graduates the opportunity to train and qualify as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands.