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Ms Eimear Keane
Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Partner
Career
Eimear is a Partner in Walkers’ Investment Funds practice in Ireland.
Eimear is highly experienced in advising a broad spectrum of EU and non-EU managers on establishing and operating management companies (including Supermancos) and self-managed investment funds (including fund of funds, master feeder, private equity and real estate funds) in Ireland, with particular expertise in AIFMD and UCITS regulatory requirements. Eimear has advised in relation to UCITS mergers into and out of Ireland, re-domiciliation into Ireland from the Cayman Islands, UCITS index submissions to the Central Bank as well as advising on a number of recent management company applications under the Central Bank’s fund management company guidance (CP86). Eimear is an active participant in the Irish Funds Industry AIFMD Working Group and was a guest speaker at the 4th annual European Law Student’s Association Ireland Law School.
Memberships
Eimear is a member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
Eimear is also a member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
Education
Bachelor of Laws in Law and European Studies (German and Sociology), University of Limerick
Master of International Human Rights Law (LLM), National University of Ireland, Galway
Diploma in Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring, Law Society of Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Investment funds
Walkers has continued to expand its investment funds team in Dublin, bringing in Emmet Quish from Dechert LLP in August 2024; Quish provides additional senior experience and particular expertise in ESG matters. Of counsel Claire Winrow has also joined from Pinsent Masons LLP to reinforce the firm’s presence in private funds. The expanded team represents many of the world’s leading private equity and hedge funds, and has achieved further growth in private credit work. Nicholas Blake-Knox leads the asset management and investment funds group, which also includes Damian Barnaville, Aongus McCarthy, Eimear Keane and of counsel Michael Dyulgerov.