Experience

Anna’s practice involves advising domestic and international fund promoters and asset managers on Irish law and financial services regulation related to investment funds. She has significant experience in the structuring, establishment, authorisation and ongoing management of a wide range of investment funds, including UCITS funds, money market funds, real estate, credit, private equity and infrastructure funds.

Anna also has significant experience in working with fund service providers including management companies, administrators and depositories regarding authorisation and ongoing regulatory and governance compliance requirements.

Anna is a current member of the Irish Funds Legal and Regulatory Working Group.

Key highlights include advising:

  • Large asset manager on the establishment and ongoing maintenance of alternative and UCITS fund platforms.
  • Significant international wealth manager on its range of Irish private fund mandates.
  • Alternative Investment Fund Managers and UCITS Managers in respect of their applications for authorisation and extensions to existing licences.
  • On complex fund restructurings including schemes of amalgamation and fund conversions.
  • Strategic investors and negotiating terms relevant to their investment in various types of investment vehicles located in various jurisdictions.
  • Domestic and international lenders on their financing arrangements with various Irish funds.
  • Fund service providers such as depositaries and administrators regarding Irish regulatory obligations including compliance standards, regulatory capital, fitness and probity requirements, corporate governance codes and related regulatory matters.
  • Trustees of Irish pension schemes in respect of investment management and custody arrangements.