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Barry is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson Ormsby Prentice. He practises financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles.

Barry has advised a wide range of domestic, continental, UK and US investment banks and financial institutions in relation to, particularly, the legal and regulatory issues relating to the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds in Ireland, their listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, and the restructuring and amalgamation of such funds. He has advised on the Irish interpretation and implementation of European financial services directives, and has liaised with foreign counsel in many EU member states and other countries with respect to the marketing of Irish investment funds in those jurisdictions.

Before joining Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Barry was general counsel to a leading full-service Canadian financial institution where he advised on financial services regulation, mutual funds and investment products, cross-border asset financing, corporate governance and the restructuring of federally and provincially regulated financial institutions.

Barry is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and The Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising). He has presented papers to meetings and seminars on various topics including asset financing, corporate compliance and financial services regulation, including a paper to the Finance Committee of the Canadian House of Commons on proposals for the reform of federal financial institutions legislation.

Education

Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising)

Barrister and solicitor, Ontario, Canada (non-practising)

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