OVERVIEW
Ian is a partner of Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. He has extensive experience in the establishment, operation and regulation of both UCITS and AIFMD funds, with particular focus on alternatives, including hedge funds, investment limited partnership vehicles (ILPs), private equity and private debt, credit funds, loan origination and real asset structures. Ian has significant expertise in the ICAV space, having advised on the first ICAV authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and numerous innovative ICAV structures, redomiciliations and conversions to date.
Ian also advises asset managers looking to establish Irish authorised AIFMs, UCITS and MiFID management companies.
Ian is recognised as a leading lawyer in the ESG and sustainable investment space. He regularly advises asset managers and financial market participants on the implementation and compliance with the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations ("SFDR") and the Taxonomy Regulations.
BACKGROUND
Ian joined the Maples Group in 2010 from a large Irish corporate law firm. Previously, he worked in the prime brokerage division of UBS AG. Ian is widely recognised as a leading lawyer in Irish financial services and is recommended in Chambers Global, ILFR and Legal 500. Clients describe Ian as "very knowledgeable on the technical facts and commercially very experienced", "skilled with good knowledge of the regulatory framework" and "commercial, practical and thorough understanding of our firm's business".
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ian is an active industry participant. He currently chairs the Irish Funds' AIFMD II Review Working Group. He is also a member of the AIF Regulation and Innovation Working Group and the Events Working Groups. Ian is a regular contributor to international fund publications and journals and co-authored (with Ronan Cremin) the Ireland chapter in the Chambers and Partners Alternative Funds Guide 2019. He is also a regular speaker at various industry conferences and webinars on ESG and the Irish funds space.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
BAR ADMISSIONS
2007 - Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland
EDUCATION
University College Dublin, BCOMM (Hons)
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KNOWLEDGE
- Funds and Investment Management Update Ireland and Luxembourg Q1 2022 03 May 2022
- New EU Ban on Selling Investment Funds to Russian or Belarusian Persons 27 April 2022
- ESG EMEA REPORT 2022 - IRELAND 14 April 2022
- Sustainable Finance - Changes for UCITS Managers and AIFMs 08 April 2022
- Central Bank of Ireland: Supervisory Priorities for 2022 16 February 2022
- Funds & Investment Management Update - Ireland and Luxembourg - Q4 2021 31 January 2022
- ESMA Guidance on Funds' Marketing Communications 27 January 2022
- ESMA's Common Supervisory Action on Valuation of UCITS and Open-Ended AIFs 26 January 2022
- CBI Clarifies Expectations on Non-Discretionary Investment Advisors 13 January 2022
- Introducing UCITS VI: Legislative Proposals to Amend UCITS Regime 13 December 2021