Mr Donal O"Byrne > Matheson LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Mr Donal O"Byrne

+353 1 232 2057 donal.obyrne@matheson.com

Work Department

Partner in Asset Management Department

Position

Donal is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson.  He practices financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset management companies carrying on business through Irish domiciled investment funds and Irish domiciled management companies.

Donal has widespread experience in the establishment, authorisation and operation of all types of investment funds in Ireland, including UCITS and non-UCITS across the full range of strategies, including plain vanilla strategies, hedge fund strategies, structured UCITS, fund of funds, money market funds and exchange traded funds (“ETFs”).  He also has significant experience in the provision of regulatory and compliance matters for fund service providers.  He has particular experience in relation to advising ETFs and the re-domiciliation of investment funds, in particular cross border mergers of funds under UCITS IV.  He has extensive experience in respect of the authorisation of management companies seeking approval in Ireland under both the UCITS Directive and Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”).

Donal is a member of the Irish Funds Packaged Retail Investments Product Regulation working group.

Education

University of Limerick, Bachelor of Arts in Law and Accounting
Qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland