IRELAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Niall Esler, Shane Martin, James O’Doherty and Laura Whitson, Walkers
Walkers is a leading international firm that pro - vides legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital markets participants and investment fund managers. Clients include Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 companies, and some of the most innovative firms and institutions across the financial markets. The firm has ten offices, in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cay - man Islands, Dubai, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ire - land, Jersey, London and Singapore. It regularly
advises innovative fintech firms on legal and regulatory considerations arising from offering their products to the Irish and European mar - ket, often for the first time and in novel areas. It leverages its expertise in multiple areas of regu - lated financial services when assessing fintech proposals to provide clear mapping of product features that could trigger regulatory issues. It has also assisted start-up clients in engaging with the Central Bank of Ireland’s Innovation Hub, which is only open to innovative services.
Authors
Niall Esler is a partner and head of the regulatory group in Walkers’ Ireland office and a member of the Walkers fintech group. He specialises in Irish and EU financial services
Shane Martin is a partner in the regulatory group in Walkers’ Ireland office. He has significant experience in regulatory risk and compliance in domestic and international financial services
regulation, and advises domestic and international payment/e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers and issuers, credit institutions, investment firms, asset managers, funds and other institutions. Niall’s areas of focus include advising on payment services, e-money, AML, banking, consumer lending, crypto-asset services and investment services, from both a prudential and conduct of business perspective. He is a member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, the Compliance Institute in Ireland and the Blockchain Ireland Legal Working Group on Digital Assets.
across the banking, funds, asset management, payment services and credit union sectors. Prior to joining Walkers, Shane worked for a number of years for the Central Bank of Ireland, where he managed a specialist AML supervision team. He is a member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, the Compliance Institute in Ireland and the FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum.
James O’Doherty is based in Walkers’ Ireland office, where he is an of counsel in the regulatory group. He advises on all areas of Irish and EU financial regulation and compliance, acting for
credit institutions, insurers and reinsurers, investment firms, asset managers and payment service providers on Irish and EU financial regulation. He is a member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
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