Clients praise the team’s excellent
subject-matter expertise, great strength
in depth, and responsive, commercially
oriented approach
Chambers Europe
Asset Management and
Investment Funds
Dublin London New York Palo Alto
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Matheson: Overview
A Leading Irish Law Firm
• Matheson focuses on serving the Irish legal needs of
international companies and financial institutions doing
business in and through Ireland.
• Clients include over half of the Fortune 100 companies and
27 of the world’s 50 largest banks.
• Headquartered in Dublin, with offices in London, New York
and Palo Alto.
• Over 350 legal and tax professionals, and more than 600
people work across our four locations.
Core Departments
• Banking and Financial Services
• Corporate and Commercial
• Taxation
• Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Property
Dedicated Teams include:
• Derivatives
• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Tier One firm in asset management in the Legal 500,
Chambers Europe and PLC
• Nominated as European Adviser of the Year 2010 by
Funds Europe
Experience Highlights
• Establishment of structured UCITS fund platforms
• Advising on the establishment, management, servicing and
distribution of long-only alternative and structured UCITS;
UCITS money market funds; UCITS structured as ETFs; UCITS
employing eligible strategies including long/short (130/30)
equity, credit, currency, interest rate, volatility strategies and
eligible financial indices; and traditional long only equity and
bond funds.
• Advising clients on UCITS IV mergers and master feeder
structures
• Advising clients on implementation of the Alternative
Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”)
• First Irish ETF intending to use derivatives to track indices
• First Irish domiciled pharmaceutical royalties funds
• First Irish domiciled US life assurance policies funds
• First Irish “China” fund, a mutual fund investing in Chinese
A shares
• First Brazilian promoted Irish domiciled hedge fund
• Launch of third party manager platforms (UCITS and QIFs)
for four separate global financial institutions
• Launch of liability driven investment funds
• Launch of an insurance linked investment fund
• Advising on socially responsible and environment UCITS and
non-UCITS funds
• Structuring of Shariah-compliant funds

• BlackRock
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Bank of New York Mellon
• Credit Suisse
• Citigroup
• Citigroup Alternative Investments
• Eaton Vance
• GLG Partners Inc
• Goldman Sachs
• Highbridge Capital Management
• HSBC
• Invesco
• JP Morgan
• Lyxor
• Man Investments
• Mercer Global Investments
• Morgan Stanley
• Neuberger Berman
• SEI
• State Street Global Advisors
• Standard Life
• UBS
• Vanguard
Industry Involvement
• Michael Jackson is Chairman of the Legal sub-committee of
the IFSC Funds Group. This group initiates and reviews almost
all legislative change relevant to the funds industry in Ireland
including the recent redomiciliation legislation.
• Michael Jackson was Chairman of the Irish Funds Industry
Association (IFIA), the representative body for the industry

compliance, we have established a dedicated regulatory risk management and compliance advisory practice.
Services include:
• Conducting reviews of existing processes and procedures on an impartial basis, to give internal audit, legal and compliance
teams, senior mangers and boards of directors assurance that business lines meet legal and regulatory requirements and the
Central Bank of Ireland’s expectations
• Advising legal and compliance teams, internal audit functions, senior managers and boards of directors on the practical impact
of new regulatory developments and providing impartial third party assurance that new regulatory requirements are adopted
effectively
• Providing practical advice and assistance when regulatory issues do arise
• Assisting clients to obtain authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland for all categories of authorisation including banks,
investment firms, retail credit firms, money transmitters and others
Dedicated Derivatives Team
• One of only two law firms in Dublin with a dedicated derivatives team.
• Capability to advise fully on all aspects of ISDA and other similar documentation.
• Advising investment banks and asset managers doing business in and through Ireland in relation to securitisations, fund-linked
structured products, repackagings, securities lending and repos.
• Advising Irish funds and their counterparties in relation to ISDA master agreements and collateral arrangements relating to
over-the-counter derivatives transactions such as total return swaps, interest rate swaps and collars and credit default swaps.
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Specialist Outsourcing Group
Our Outsourcing Group advises on all aspects of outsourcing or managed services transactions, from project initiation to
successful execution, including the tendering process and contract negotiations, employment and industrial relations strategies,
corporate matters, regulatory requirements, intellectual property and knowledge management, property, VAT and tax structuring,
ongoing management of the outsourced relationship, and exit strategies and transitioning to second generation providers.
What others say about us:
Matheson has “truly incredible lawyers who are highly intelligent, approachable, down to earth and overall a breath of fresh air to
deal with”.
Investment Funds: European Legal 500 2011
“This huge investment funds and financial services group is undoubtedly a heavyweight player in the field. It comprises over 40

• Effective and favourable tax environment
• Not regarded as a tax haven and the only international funds
centre to appear on original OECD white list
• Memoranda of Understanding with over 19 jurisdictions –
including China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United
Arab Emirates
• Service Culture
• Qualifying Investor Funds – flexible product and fast track
approval process
• Irish Stock Exchange – leading exchange globally for
investment fund listing
• No annual tax comparable to the annual net asset value tax
in Luxembourg
• Government Commitment to the Funds Industry
• IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010
• 1st for corporation tax
• 4th for availability of skilled labour
• 4th for being open to new ideas
• 6th for labour productivity
• 7th for flexibility and adaptability of people and availability
of financial skills
• Forbes 2010
• 1st in Eurozone of best countries for business
• Approachable and practical regulator
Source: Analysis of Lipper and IFIA survey data 2011
Global distribution of Irish Funds
Ireland as a Funds Domicile
Contacts
Anne-Marie Bohan
PARTNER

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