Niamh Lalor > Ogier > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile

Ogier
44 THE ESPLANADE
ST HELIER
JE4 9WG
Jersey

Work Department

Investment Funds, Listing Services, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Regulatory and Real Estate.

Position

Partner

Career

Niamh heads up Ogier’s Jersey Investment Funds practice and has more than 20 years’ experience as a specialist funds and regulatory lawyer, focused on private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds as well as real estate structuring, real estate funds and fund formation. She works with businesses ranging from debt fund managers to sovereign wealth funds. Niamh is recognised as a leading lawyer in the IFLR 1000 and is also ranked in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

“A real pleasure to work with and technically good” – clients rate Niamh Lalor, head of Ogier’s Jersey investment funds team, for her “succinct and timely problem solving”.

Niamh has over 15 years’ experience working with businesses ranging from debt fund managers to sovereign wealth funds. She works on a wide range of matters including fund formation, regulatory advice and real estate structuring. She is part of Ogier’s multi-disciplinary Private Equity team and has particular expertise in private equity, venture capital and fund formation and capital raising. Niamh frequently advises on economic substance and AIFMD considerations and the full range of ongoing fund operation, including regulatory compliance, term extensions, wind-down and termination.

Niamh is a specialist funds and regulatory lawyer. Her clients include Therium Group Holdings Limited, a leading global provider of litigation finance, and life sciences-focused investment firm Medicxi.

Niamh is recognised as a leading lawyer in the IFLR 1000 and is also ranked in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

Niamh is a member of the Jersey Funds Association committee and head of its legal and technical sub-committee and has been involved in a number of reforms to Jersey’s regulatory regime.

Joined Ogier 2001.

Memberships

Jersey Law Society; Law Society of England & Wales; Law Society of Ireland; Jersey Fund Association’s Legal and Technical Sub-Committee.

Education

University College Cork (1996 BCL); Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto (1998 Masters in Law). Admitted in Ireland (2001 not practising); England and Wales (2002); Jersey 2013.

Lawyer Rankings

Jersey > Investment funds

(Leading individuals)

Niamh LalorOgier

Ogier‘s practice spans the breadth of fund structures and asset classes, with growing strength in digital asset management structures, in addition to private equity, hedge, infrastructure and real estate funds. In addition to assisting with the launch and structuring of Jersey-domiciled and listed funds, the practice also handles contentious and non-contentious regulatory issues. Niamh Lalor heads up the team, focusing on funds regulation in the private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors. Emily Haithwaite advises on the formation, listing and winding up of private equity funds, while Sophie Reguengo assists real estate funds with capital raising, acquisitions and disposals. Managing associates Alexandra O’Grady and Matt McManus are recommended for their expertise in private equity funds, and co-investment and joint venture structures, respectively.