Ms Sarah Cunniff > Arthur Cox > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Arthur Cox
10 EARLSFORT TERRACE
DUBLIN 2
D02 T380
Ireland

Work Department

Asset Management and Investment Funds.

Position

Sarah has extensive experience in the asset management and investment funds area and advises on the establishment of all types of mutual funds and management companies.

Career

Sarah acts for a number of promoters who have established significant Irish fund complexes comprising UCITS funds, ETFs and alternative funds. Sarah established the first ETF in Dublin in 1998. Sarah previously worked at Linklaters in London. She has spoken at a number of funds conferences.  Sarah is also actively involved in the Irish Funds industry having chaired the Irish Funds Legal & Regulatory Committee as well as serving on a number of other industry committees.

Memberships

International Bar Association; Law Society of Ireland; Irish Funds.

Education

LLB, University of Hull; College of Law, Lancaster Gate, London, 1987; Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 1995; Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales, 1989.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Investment funds

(Leading individuals)

Sarah CunniffArthur Cox

Arthur Cox has a sizeable asset management and investment funds team and a long track record in the area. The core group features seven specialist partners and three of counsels, along with a larger cohort of associates. The team has continued to expand its client base in the UCITS and alternative funds spaces, with extensive experience in ETFs and QIAIFs. It has a record of advising on the formation and authorisation of innovative structures and an array of market firsts, and is at the forefront of ESG matters including SFDR obligations. Kevin Murphy and Tara O’Reilly have huge reputations in the market, the latter for ETFs, and both co-head the asset management and investment funds group. Sarah Cunniff remains active in SFDR-related matters.