Mr Philip Lovegrove > Matheson LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Philip Lovegrove

Work Department
Partner in Asset Management Department
Position
Philip is a partner in the Asset Management Department and has been with Matheson for eighteen years. He specialises in advising on the establishment and operation of investment funds in Ireland.
Philip’s experience includes advising leading international financial institutions and asset management companies on structuring and offering fund products in Ireland and particularly in relation to exchange traded funds, innovative and complex products authorised as UCITS and emerging markets products.
Philip is the vice chair of the Irish Funds ETF Working Group and the Irish industry’s representative on the EFAMA ETF Task Force. He specialises in advising managers on bringing innovative ETFs to market, including smart beta, actively managed, multi asset and emerging market funds and, more generally, on complex funds which are structured using the full range of flexibilities available under the UCITS regime. He has also advised extensively on the establishment of hedge funds and alternative investment products and in relation listing Irish and foreign domiciled investment funds on the Irish Stock Exchange. He has advised clients and participated in the Irish fund industry’s implementation of the AIFMD and UCITS V and is currently advising many institutional and smaller managers on the implementation of the European Commission’s Climate Action Plan for investment funds and asset managers.
Philip is one of Matheson’s Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors and the vice chair of the firm’s Mindful Business Charter committee.
Education
Qualified as a solicitor in Ireland; Trinity College Dublin (Bachelor Hons, Law and German).
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Ireland > Investment funds
Matheson LLP has a major market share with advice to some 1,200 Irish-domiciled funds, representing seven of the top ten promoters of Irish funds and eight of the top ten US asset managers. The firm is also committed to advising smaller and start-up managers. It has been a dominant force in the ILP sector over the last few years thanks to its dedication to the private funds segment and has advised on the first ELTIFs authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland. It remains noted for its extensive record in the ESG and sustainability sector. Tara Doyle continues to impress in ESG-related matters and ILPs. Dualta Counihan
has wide-ranging experience, including ICAV and ILP vehicles. Shay Lydon, Philip Lovegrove and Michelle Ridge are also prominent names. Oisin McClenaghan has left the firm.
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