Maples Group

Investment FundsESG

Eimear is co-head of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Dublin office. She is our lead across public markets; UCITS and ETFs. She specialises in the structuring of regulated funds, advising a wide variety of asset managers, issuers and investment banks across a broad range of asset classes including highly liquid, distressed situations, private debt and credit, loan origination, hedge, fund of funds, master feeders, managed account platforms and bespoke structures.

Eimear also advises on the establishment, ongoing operation and regulation of Irish MiFID firms, UCITS management companies, AIFMs and Super ManCos.

Eimear joined the Maples Group in 2010.  She previously worked for a large Irish corporate law firm.  Eimear is recommended by both Chambers Global and Legal 500 where clients report that ‘Eimear O’Dwyer is a leader in her field’, "she achieves seemingly impossible deadlines, and is dedicated, committed, very pragmatic and good on the commercial side", "she has a very deep level of expertise and pulls together resources from across the whole of Maples" and "she brings a calm and reassuring voice to complex issues and gives clear insights and advice".

Eimear is an active industry participant. She is Chair of the Irish Funds Legal Working Group and is a member of the Irish Chapter of 100 Women in Finance.  Eimear is a regular speaker at industry conferences and webinars on both ESG and Sustainable Finance.

University College Dublin, BBLS (Hons)