Ms Etain de Valera > Dillon Eustace > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
Dillon Eustace Offices
33 SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Ms Etain de Valera
Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Partner, Head of Asset Management and Investment Funds
Career
Etain is a Partner in Dillon Eustace and Head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group.
Etain is an expert on the establishment, structuring, financing, corporate governance and ongoing operation of investment funds. She advises on alternative investment funds including hedge funds, fund of funds, private credit, private debt, private equity funds and property funds and also has significant experience in advising on the establishment and ongoing operation of UCITS Funds. Etain also has a number of fund service provider clients including management companies, administrators and depositaries. Etain also has experience in advising on industry standard master transaction agreements as well as prime brokerage and futures brokerage agreements.
Etain’s experience with Dillon Eustace includes a secondment to Goldman Sachs International, Global Securities Services Division.
Education
Trinity College Dublin,
The Law Society of Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Investment funds
Dillon Eustace is an investment funds giant and has an immense history in the market. The team advises a huge market share of asset managers and Irish-domiciled funds. It is widely recognised for its expertise in UCITS and QIAIF funds and has furthered its reputation in ESG matters. Managing partner Donnacha O’Connor
, a key member of the asset management and investment funds department, has a long track record in the sector, and has advised on a series of major recent funds, including credit fund structures and loan origination funds. Brian Higgins, Brian Kelliher, Cillian Bredin and Etain de Valera are also senior members of the team, along with Brian Dillon, who is noted for advising Asia-based clients. Shane Coveney impresses amongst the younger generation of partners. Shane Geraghty has left the firm.