IRELAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Nicholas Blake-Knox, Jonathan Sheehan, Damien Barnaville and Joe Mitchell, Walkers
Walkers is a market-leading financial services law firm that practises law across six jurisdic - tions and has ten offices across the Americas, EMEA and Asia. The Irish office provides Irish legal, tax, listing and professional services so - lutions to local and international financial in - stitutions, investment managers, hedge funds, private equity groups and corporations. Walk - ers’ experienced asset management and in - vestment funds group offers expert advice and commercial solutions to many prominent asset managers, fund promoters and institutional in -
vestors, on investment fund strategies such as private equity, hedge and real estate as well as more traditional retail-focused products such as UCITS and retail AIFs. It is well placed to advise on the commercial and regulatory implications of the establishment and operation of invest - ment fund structures in Ireland. The firm’s in - dependent corporate services offering, Walkers Professional Services, provides a broad range of corporate, fiduciary and administration ser - vices to structured and asset finance vehicles.
Authors
Nicholas Blake-Knox is a partner and head of the asset management and investment funds group at Walkers. He advises asset management firms on asset management and
Jonathan Sheehan is the managing partner of Walkers’ Ireland office, where he heads the firm’s tax group and advises on all manner of financial, corporate and real estate
investment fund-related matters, and has experience across a wide range of asset classes and investment strategies, with particular expertise in advising managers of fixed income and debt-focused investment strategies, as well as less liquid alternative strategies. In 2022, he was elected for a three-year term to the Council of Irish Funds, and he is currently IF Chair. Nicholas has spoken at investment fund conferences and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute.
transactions. He acts for a wide range of domestic and international clients, including financial institutions, investment banks, arrangers, private equity groups, fund managers and administrators. Jonathan is an AITI Chartered Tax Adviser and a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. He is also a member of the tax committees of the Irish Debt Securities Association and the International Tax Specialist Group in Irish Funds.
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