Whether you are a fund manager, or an investor we can provide you with outstanding legal advice delivered by outstanding people.
We work globally, and at scale, across all key markets. Funds management is a fast moving and heavily regulated environment. In order to succeed, you need to be able to capitalize on opportunities arising from fast-growing international markets, develop innovative new funds and structures and ensure regulatory compliance while managing risk.
Having been at the forefront of the industry for over 40 years, we can help you meet challenges head on, whether you are looking for commercial advice on fund structuring, formation, deployment of capital and exit. We can advise you on all fund structures, including listed and unlisted funds, alternative investments (private equity, energy and infrastructure), wholesale and retail funds and BDCs (where we are generally recognized as the market leader).
We also advise institutional investors investing into funds including family offices, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds as well as hedge fund managers on their investments, management structures and regulatory matters.
Partnering with us gives you access to a wealth of knowledge from across the globe. We have attorneys on the ground in all the major financial hubs worldwide and a network of lawyers that can provide tailored advice on related topics.
This allows you to benefit from the combined knowledge of our colleagues from across practice areas, including Tax and Finance to help anticipate issues before they arise and allow you to take advantage of new opportunities as your business develops.
Our Funds capability in Ireland
The team in Ireland is ranked in Chambers and legal 500 and can advise you on UCITS, AIFs and unregulated fund structures and distributing services globally. As part of an international Funds team, advice is provided seamlessly on a local and cross-jurisdictional basis on a wide range of fund structures and asset classes.
The Funds team in Ireland work closely with Irish funds on various industry and European submissions for each type of authorized fund, and provide thought leadership in respect of regulatory guidance, submissions as part of their industry work with the legal and regulatory, Fintech, tax, Brexit, depositary, digital assets, AML, ESG (including SFDR and the EU taxonomy) and other industry relevant working groups. The team also contribute to the Blockchain Ireland regulatory working groups on digital assets and smart contracts and separately to the Sustainable Finance Road Map for Ireland. Representative experience includes:
- advising in relation to complex regulatory and operational matters throughout funds settlement, distribution, valuation and custody cycle to include considerations of CSDR and CSD issues.
- on the launch of a wide range of UCITS and AIF products to include submissions to the Central Bank of Ireland as part of its pre-submission process in respect of commercial and residential property / real estate funds, loan origination, life settlement funds and ‘new and novel’ funds such as funds which invest directly and indirectly in digital assets and the enhanced scrutiny process related to certain categories of UCITS funds;
- on unregulated and regulated structures utilising special purpose vehicles, limited partnership arrangements and securitization structures;
- on change of service provider applications, re-domiciliation’s, UCITS mergers and amalgamations;
- AML, sanctions screening, technology related issues, governance and risk frameworks to include assistance with regulatory inspections; and
- on distribution, passporting, foreign registration and national private placement regimes, including Brexit related advice.