Firm:	Dillon Eustace LLP
Position:	Managing Partner, Asset Management and Investment Funds
Address:	33 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Phone:	+353 1 673 1729
Fax:	+353 1 667 0042
Email:	donnacha.oconnor@dilloneustace.ie
Personal URL:	http://www.dilloneustace.ie/our-people/donnacha-o-connor

Projects:

- Advises in the registration of the first Irish non-UCITS hedge fund for public sale in Italy.
- Negotiating a suite of ISDA master agreements for a leading international multi-manager.
- Advises on the establishment of a regulated fund administration company in Ireland.
- Advises a leading commercial bank in relation to a series of secured loan transactions to a number of funds.
- Advises a prime broker in relation to the implementation of a secured liquidity fund account structure as part of its prime brokerage product.
- Advises an Irish investment management firm in relation to establishing its first investment fund.
- Advises a U.S. fund of funds manager on the establishment of a master feeder fund of funds and managed account platform for simultaneous sale to U.S. and non-U.S. investors.
- Advises a U.S. broker-dealer in relation to the establishment of a brokerage firm in Ireland.
- Advises a client in relation to the establishment of a front-office asset management firm in Ireland.
- The authorisation of one of the first Irish Alternative Investment Fund Managers
- The establishment of a number of Irish real estate funds for the institutional market
- The authorisation of one of Ireland's first electronic market makers.

Deals and Awards:

Recognised in the Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards 2023

Career:

Donnacha joined Dillon Eustace in 2001 from the asset management arm of a leading international bank and became a partner in the Financial Services Group in 2004. Donnacha advises regulated investment funds, particularly hedge funds, and investment firms and also has a significant derivatives practice.

Qualifications:

University College Dublin and the Law Society of Ireland.
Attorney, New York State.
Law Society of Ireland
Admitted to the Law Society in England and Wales.
BCL, University College Dublin.