Hugh Beattie > McCann FitzGerald LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
McCann FitzGerald LLP Offices
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LONDON
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Hugh Beattie
Work Department
Finance
Position
Hugh specialises in investment funds, securitisation, structured finance, debt capital markets, restructuring, secured lending and enforcement, bank/financial services regulation and corporate treasury. Hugh has acted for or advised most bank, investment firm and major capital markets participants who have dealt in the Irish market in relation to various debt capital markets or structured finance transactions and/or Irish company, securities and financial services laws.
Career
Trained McCann FitzGerald; qualified 1997; partner finance group McCann FitzGerald 2004; managing partner London office 2005. Publications of note: Regular contributor to financial services publications and internal client briefing documents.
Memberships
Law Society of Ireland (1997)
Education
University College Dublin (1994 BCL (Irish Law); 1998 Diploma in Financial Services Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Offshore firms in London > Irish firms in London
(Leading individuals)Ireland > Investment funds
McCann FitzGerald LLP has an intense focus on investment funds, especially the promotion and management of UCITS funds. Moreover, it has an established record in ETFs, hedge funds, structured products, and derivatives, as well as private equity, credit, and real estate funds. The team is also rated for its regulatory expertise, including SFDR compliance. Mark White
is head of the investment management group and Iain Ferguson is another ‘exceptional lawyer’. Morgan Dunne is an impressive recently promoted partner, and Hugh Beattie has a key role in London.
Ireland > Capital markets
McCann FitzGerald LLP has a highly developed DCM practice, which is widely respected for its strength in handling covered bonds, green bonds, social bonds, securitisations, and OTC and exchange traded derivatives; the ‘highly impressive‘ Judith Lawless has established expertise in derivatives matters. Fergus Gillen, Adrian Farrell and Hugh Beattie have excellent reputations in DCM, securitisation and structured products, and Éamon Ó Cuív, who has returned to Dublin from the London office, garners praise for his ‘meticulous attention to detail‘. Sarah Pickering is a rising star in the debt capital markets space. ECM mandates remain prominent in the group’s workload, and David Byers and Stephen FitzSimons are key figures in equity deals. Gill Lohan is singled out for her expertise in IPOs. Aidan Lawlor and Conor O’Dwyer left the firm in 2024.