Ellen Maguire

Ellen advises asset and investment managers, fund management companies and private banks on an array of legal, transactional and regulatory issues. Ellen has cross-border experience, having advised Irish, Luxembourg, UK and US domiciled fund management companies in respect of their authorised funds products, including fund authorisation applications, conversions of fund legal structure and on fund wind-ups and terminations. Ellen advises fund management companies and investment managers on how to meet their financial services regulatory requirements and has guided foreign domiciled investment managers through the necessary clearance process to act in Ireland. Ellen’s work to date has involved transactional matters in the context of change of control situations, large asset-sales (from both a corporate and financial regulatory perspective) and fund mergers under the UCITS IV Meger regime on both a domestic and cross-border basis. From both an EU and UK perspective, Ellen has advised clients with respect to their ESG credentials, assisting fund management companies to navigate both the UK’s SDR regime and EU-wide SFDR. · Farrer & Co

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About

Ellen advises asset and investment managers, fund management companies and private banks on legal, transactional and regulatory matters, with cross-border experience involving Irish, Luxembourg, UK and US domiciled fund managers. Her work covers fund authorisations, conversions, wind‑ups and mergers (including UCITS IV), change‑of‑control and large asset‑sale transactions, and ESG regulatory matters under the UK SDR and EU SFDR regimes.

Practice areas

Investment FundsAsset ManagementFinancial ServicesRegulatory & ComplianceCorporate / M&AESG

Office

England

Farrer & Co · Ellen advises asset and investment managers, fund management companies and private banks on an array of legal, transactional and regulatory issues. Ellen has cross-border experience, having advised Irish, Luxembourg, UK and US domiciled fund management companies in respect of their authorised funds products, including fund authorisation applications, conversions of fund legal structure and on fund wind-ups and terminations. Ellen advises fund management companies and investment managers on how to meet their financial services regulatory requirements and has guided foreign domiciled investment managers through the necessary clearance process to act in Ireland. Ellen’s work to date has involved transactional matters in the context of change of control situations, large asset-sales (from both a corporate and financial regulatory perspective) and fund mergers under the UCITS IV Meger regime on both a domestic and cross-border basis. From both an EU and UK perspective, Ellen has advised clients with respect to their ESG credentials, assisting fund management companies to navigate both the UK’s SDR regime and EU-wide SFDR.

England

Expertise

Fund authorisation and conversionsFund wind‑ups and terminationsUCITS fund mergersChange of control and large asset salesCross‑border funds (Ireland, Luxembourg, UK, US)ESG regulatory advice (UK SDR, EU SFDR)

Education

Law degree, Trinity College Dublin

Admissions

Qualified as a Solicitor in 2023 (Ireland)