YEARBOOK & DIRECTORY
Matheson LLP
Practice Area: Asset Management [Investment Funds & Asset Management]
| Practice Area's Profile: | Matheson's Asset Management and Investment Funds Department was ranked by the Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report, the leading independent industry survey, as Ireland's leading practice by assets under management for the 13th year in a row in 2023. The Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report 2023 reveals that Matheson continues to rank first for Irish domiciled funds based on the assets under management and first amongst both domiciled and non-domiciled funds as at 30 June 2023. Our dedicated team is comprised of over 70 legal professionals, led by 12 partners. We are experts in all aspects of UCITS including structured UCITS, UCITS ETFs, money market funds, UCITS platforms, UCITS pursuing alternative or hedge fund strategies, traditional long only equity and bond funds. Our experience in alternative funds also sets us apart from our competitors. We have advised on alternative investment funds investing in pharmaceutical royalties, life settlements, property, currencies, commodities, bank loans, private equity, other hedge funds and on all hedge fund strategies including long/short, event driven, arbitrage, global macro, distressed debt and multi-strategy amongst others. We supports our asset manager and fund clients in meeting the complex new obligations arising from the European Union's Sustainable Finance Action Plan. This latest regulatory wave aims to integrate ESG factors into investment decision making, reduce the risks of "green-washing" and facilitate the flow of capital into sustainable economic activities. The increased regulatory focus on ESG follows and addresses burgeoning investor interest in recent years in socially responsible investment and ESG issues. With our team of 70 asset management legal and regulatory advisers working alongside Matheson taxation, structured finance and commercial litigation departments, we offer a comprehensive service for clients. As we are one of the few law firms in Ireland with a specialist derivatives practice, we have an unrivalled capacity to provide combined asset management, tax and derivatives advice to our clients. Our regulatory compliance and risk management team assists with authorisations of new investment managers, administrators and custodians, compliance requirements and Central Bank administrative sanctions. In addition to this, we provide a full investment funds listing services, a specialist outsourcing advisory practice and a dedicated investment funds company secretarial service, with online board-room facilities for our clients. |
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