Mr John Dooley > Simmons & Simmons > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr John Dooley
Position
John is a Partner in our financial services group. He specialises in investment funds and advises managers on regulatory requirements in relation to their operations and the products and services they offer. John is an expert in the structuring, operation and distribution of UK regulated funds, advising on all legal aspects of asset management.
John also advises on a broad range of financial services regulatory issues, including FCA authorisation, conduct of business, governance arrangements, ESG and European legislation such as AIFMD, PRIIPs, MiFID and UCITS matters.
Career
John joined Simmons in 2017 and has undertaken secondments with institutional asset managers, a depositary and other regulated firms. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor John spent six years at the Serious Fraud Office working as a senior investigator, where he conducted investigations into fraud, corruption and money laundering.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
(Next Generation Partners)Under the leadership of Penny Miller and David Williams, Simmons & Simmons is equally adept at handling the structuring and launch of new funds, including the regulatory and marketing challenges that accompany this, as it is overseeing fund mergers and restructurings. Mahrie Webb oversees the formation of both authorised investment vehicles and managers, with in-depth knowledge of the UCITS regime. Catherine Weeks is sought out by asset managers looking to navigate a raft of regulatory regimes, ranging from SDR to the Overseas Funds Regime, while newly minted partner John Dooley covers issues ranging from fund structuring to distribution.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Retail funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Property litigation