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Alan Browning

00353 87 050 4818 alan.browning@kpmglaw.ie View profile

Work Department

KPMG Law LLP

Position

Associate Director

Career

Background

Alan trained in Dublin prior to a move to London where he spent several years working in the insurance industry. Following a return to Dublin he has headed up the Company Secretarial departments at both William Fry and LK Shields.

Professional and industry experience

• Wide Range of Experience – Alan has comprehensive experience of advising companies across a wide range of industries on all aspects of company law and company secretarial, practice.
• Company law and Compliance – Alan has expertise in the areas of company compliance, company formations, corporate restructuring, start-ups, voluntary winding-up, restorations and the law of meetings.
• Corporate Governance – Alan provides support in these practice areas and general corporate governance advise to private, public and financial services companies.
• Financial Services – Alan has extensive experience of working with boards within the financial services sector in relation to the organisation and running of board meetings.
• Listed Company Experience – Secondment of eight months to the Corporate Governance department of a leading listed banking institution. Co-ordinating, attending and minuting Board meetings of Tier 2 companies. Preparing papers for consideration at Board meetings and Audit Committee meetings. Working on various internal projects. Reviewing and drafting reports for the annual financial report.
• Board meeting and Governance – Leading and attending board meetings to take and prepare minutes and detailed action items.
• Management – A team leader and manager dealing with a large portfolio of companies to ensure compliance with Irish company law.
• Stamp Duty – Advising and preparing documentation to apply for stamp duty reliefs.
• Mergers – Drafting of documentation to implement a restructuring by way of merging group companies.
• Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Trusts – Advising on the application of the Regulations in relation to both companies and trusts.

Representative sector experience

Alan has advised on Company Secretarial practice matters in a number of industry sectors including financial services, healthcare, energy, food, property development and agri-services.

Education

• Fellow of the of The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland