Ian Conlon

Ian is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Dublin office. He has extensive experience in the establishment, operation and regulation of both UCITS and AIFMD funds, with particular focus on alternatives, including hedge funds, investment limited partnership vehicles (ILPs), private equity and private debt, credit funds, loan origination and real asset structures. Ian has significant expertise in the ICAV space, having advised on the first ICAV authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and numerous innovative ICAV structures, redomiciliations and conversions to date. Ian is the Head of the Maples Group Irish Sustainable Investing Group and is recognised as a leading lawyer in the ESG and sustainable finance space. He regularly advises global asset managers looking to establish sustainability focused investment funds in compliance with the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) and the Taxonomy Regulation. Ian also advises asset managers looking to establish Irish authorised AIFMs, UCITS and MiFID management companies. · Maples Group

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Ian Conlon is a partner in Maples and Calder's Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. He has extensive experience in the establishment, operation and regulation of UCITS and AIFMD funds, with a focus on alternatives such as hedge funds, investment limited partnerships (ILPs), private equity, private debt, credit funds, loan origination, and real asset structures. He is Head of the Maples Group Irish Sustainable Investing Group and recognised as a leading lawyer in ESG and sustainable finance, regularly advising global asset managers on sustainability-focused investment funds under SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation. He also advises on Irish authorised AIFMs, UCITS and MiFID management companies. Ian joined the Maples Group in 2010 from a large Irish corporate law firm and previously worked in the prime brokerage division of UBS AG. He is recommended in Chambers Global, ILFR and Legal 500.

Practice areas

Funds & Investment ManagementUCITSAIFMD FundsHedge FundsInvestment Limited Partnerships (ILPs)Private EquityPrivate DebtCredit FundsLoan OriginationReal Asset StructuresICAVESGSustainable FinanceMiFID Management CompaniesAIFMsSustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)Taxonomy Regulation

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Ireland

Maples Group · Ian is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Group’s Dublin office. He has extensive experience in the establishment, operation and regulation of both UCITS and AIFMD funds, with particular focus on alternatives, including hedge funds, investment limited partnership vehicles (ILPs), private equity and private debt, credit funds, loan origination and real asset structures. Ian has significant expertise in the ICAV space, having advised on the first ICAV authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and numerous innovative ICAV structures, redomiciliations and conversions to date. Ian is the Head of the Maples Group Irish Sustainable Investing Group and is recognised as a leading lawyer in the ESG and sustainable finance space. He regularly advises global asset managers looking to establish sustainability focused investment funds in compliance with the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) and the Taxonomy Regulation. Ian also advises asset managers looking to establish Irish authorised AIFMs, UCITS and MiFID management companies.

Ireland

Expertise

ICAV structures (advised on first ICAV authorised by Central Bank of Ireland)Sustainable finance / ESG (Head of Irish Sustainable Investing Group)

Education

University College Dublin, BCOMM (Hons)

Languages

English