Arthur Cox

Asset Management and Investment Funds

Kevin a partner in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Group.

He has extensive experience in advising in the area of financial regulation and asset management. In particular, he has considerable experience in advising on the legal and regulatory issues relating to the establishment in Ireland of investment funds (including UCITS, QIAIFs, ETFs, money market funds and private equity funds) as well as UCITS management companies and AIFMs (including those with MiFID top-up approvals). Kevin also advises on ongoing regulatory compliance issues affecting financial services companies operating in Ireland including inspections and investigations by the Central Bank of Ireland and compliance with other obligations such as ESG/SFDR, GDPR and AML.

He also advises financial institutions and asset management firms on various matters arising from market, regulatory or dispute/litigation-driven events.

He is a regular speaker at industry conferences. Kevin has also contributed to asset management and investment funds industry publications, such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal.  He is a past Chair of the Irish Funds and a past member of An Taoiseach’s (the Prime Minister’s) Funds Group.

He has also advocated for clients before representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

Member of An Taoiseach’s (Prime Minister’s) IFSC Funds Group; Member of the American Bar Association; Member of the International Bar Association

BCL, 1988, LLB, 1989, University College, Cork; LLM (Commercial Law), 1994, University College, Dublin; JD, 1998, University of Missouri School of Law. Admitted as a solicitor (Ireland), 1992, (England and Wales), 1996; admitted to the Missouri Bar, 1998.