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International corporate and finance law firm Maples and Calder will create 75 new jobs over the next three years at its offices on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin. This is as a result of growing demand for both its international legal services and the fiduciary and fund administration services provided by its affiliate, MaplesFS.

The Maples group has created 175 jobs in the capital since setting up in 2006. The firm comprises Maples and Calder, an international corporate and finance law firm, and MaplesFS, an independent provider of specialised fiduciary and fund services. The 50-year-old company’s clients include many of the world’s foremost corporates, banks and financial institutions as well as private equity funds and growth companies.

“International financial services is a key target sector of Government as part of our plan for jobs and growth, and the Taoiseach has set the target of creating an additional 10,000 jobs in the sector by 2016”, said Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation minister, Richard Bruton.

“We continue to expand our business in Dublin to better serve our clients, our growth has been driven by the calibre of the people who have joined Maples in Dublin over the course of the last five years”, added Andrew Doyle, managing partner of Maples and Calder in Dublin.

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