Ms Patricia Taylor > William Fry LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

William Fry LLP
2 GRAND CANAL SQUARE
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Work Department

Asset Management & Investment Funds.

Position

Patricia Taylor is a Consultant  in William Fry’s Asset Management & Investment Funds Department. Her practice focuses on the establishment of Irish-domiciled investment funds of all kinds including “long only” funds, derivative funds, hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, multi-manager funds and exchange traded funds. She also advises the promoters of, and service providers to, investment funds including asset managers, fund administrators and trustees/custodians.

Memberships

Patricia is a member of the Irish Funds Industry Association Legal and Regulatory Committee, the Legislative Sub-Committee of the IFSC Funds Group, a group established under the aegis of the Taoiseach’s (Irish Prime Minister’s) Department and the Company Law Review Group, a statutory advisory expert body charged with advising the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment on the review and development of company law in Ireland.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Investment funds

(Leading partners)

Patricia TaylorWilliam Fry LLP

William Fry LLP still stands out for its experience in the ETF sector, along with private equity and private funds. It is further recognised for its regulatory expertise and its commitment to sustainability and SFDR. It represents a number of the top promoters to Irish domiciled funds by assets under management (AUM) and advises a significant market share of the largest fund structures in the jurisdiction. The firm routinely advises numerous large financial institutions. Vincent Coyne, an experienced partner in UCITS and alternative funds (especially ICAV structures), co-heads the team alongside James Phelan, who is also rated for UCITS and regulatory knowledge. Patricia Taylor  heads the funds regulatory team and John Aherne is another key name. Sergey Dolomanov has extensive ETF experience, often representing some of the biggest financial institutions in the market, while Nessa Joyce and Clodagh Ruigrok were promoted to the partnership in 2024.