Special Areas:
Laura is a Partner in our Asset Management and Investment Funds team. She has extensive experience advising investment funds, asset managers, management companies and their service providers on carrying on business in Ireland including the provision of advices on authorisation of a fund, ongoing advices throughout the life of a fund and advices upon liquidation and revocation of authorisation.
Projects:
Advising promoters on the establishment and authorisation UCITS and AIFs (investment companies, unit trusts, ICAVs) including a wide range of strategies
Advising asset managers domiciled in Europe, US and Asia seeking Central Bank of Ireland approval to act as discretionary investment managers to Irish authorised funds
Advising an asset manager domiciled in Italy on the establishment of a number of ETF sub-funds within a UCITS umbrella
Advising an asset manager domiciled in Singapore on the establishment of an ETF sub-fund within a UCITS umbrella
Advising an Irish domiciled asset manager on an investment company to ICAV conversion
Advising a Japan domiciled asset manager on a re-domiciliation by way of continuation of a regulated company in the Cayman Islands to Ireland, as a UCITS ICAV
Advising on both domestic and cross-border mergers for both the receiving and merging funds
Advising asset managers on the establishment of ESG focused funds, required disclosures and regulatory framework"
Qualifications:
BCL, University College Dublin
LLM, Trinity College Dublin
Law Society of Ireland
Memberships:
Laura is a member of the Ireland Japan Association.