Banking And Financial Services
About the Department
The Banking and Financial Services Department advises all the major domestic financial institutions and many of the world's leading international banks, securities and derivatives trading houses, broker dealers, investment managers, investment funds, insurance companies and other financial services firms operating in Ireland.
We are actively involved in, and hold representative positions on, numerous trade bodies and industry organisations and have been instrumental in proposing and drafting many changes to financial services legislation.
We are consistently ranked as one of the leading banking and financial services law firms in Ireland. In March 2007, Matheson Ormsby Prentice was named European Law Firm of the Year by The Hedge Fund Journal at their inaugural awards ceremony, which celebrated the leading service providers to the European hedge fund industry.
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Practice Areas
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Asset Finance
We advise on a large range of domestic and international asset financing involving Ireland, including aircraft, equipment, ship and computer financing and leasing transactions. Please visit our Asset Finance page, our Aviation Finance page or our Shipping page.
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Asset Management/Investment Funds
We advise many of the leading institutions involved in the offshore funds including establishing alternative investment funds and mutual funds and advising custodians and administrators. Please visit our Asset Management and Investments Funds page.
Our asset management group was one of the first to establish a dedicated alternative investment funds arm, which advises many of the world's leading commercial and investment banks, asset management firms and prime brokers on the provision of alternative investment services in Europe. For further information, please visit our Alternative Investment Funds page. -
Banking
We advise leading Irish and international banks and corporate and institutional borrowers in relation to a wide variety of matters, from transactions, including syndicated lending, acquisition financings, project finance, management buyouts and property financings of all kinds to regulatory matters and standard documentation. Please visit our Banking page. -
Banking and Financial Services Disputes
We advise a number of financial institutions in the State, including investment and retail banks, brokers, fund managers, insurers, regulators, exchanges, financial services businesses and corporations on the complex litigation and regulatory issues that often arise in financial and banking transactions. We have successfully represented clients faced with problems which have been high-value, reputation-threatening and multi-jurisdictional. Please visit our Banking and Financial Services Disputes page or our Public Law, Regulatory and Investigations page. -
Insurance
We advise international and domestic insurance institutions and banks and financial institutions on all transactional and regulatory insurance matters. Please visit our Insurance page. -
Investment Services
We advise in relation to all legal and tax aspects of investment services, including investment funds, life assurance and pensions. The unique Irish tax status of certain investment business, including funds and life assurance, together with an EU recognised regulator provides an international hub for the location of such business in Ireland. -
Outsourcing and Contracted Services
We advise domestic and international financial institutions and corporations on all legal aspects of outsourcing services. Please visit our Outsourcing and Contracted Services page. -
Regulatory, Risk Management and Compliance Group
We advise leading domestic and international financial institutions on the increasing number of EU and domestic compliance regulations including, money laundering and MiFID. Please visit our Regulatory, Risk Management and Compliance Group page -
Structured Finance
We advise international financial institutions and corporations involved in arranging and executing a range of structured finance transactions both in and through Ireland, including derivatives, securitisations, structured notes, tax arbitrage structures, CDOs (synthetic or real) and repackages. Please visit our Structured Finance page.