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Cormac Commins

Cormac is a partner in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Group. He specialises in the establishment and operation of all types of regulated investment funds. He also advises on the establishment and ongoing regulatory obligations of providers to funds, including management companies, administrators and depositories. Cormac has over 30 years’ experience in the funds industry, the first five of which were in an in-house position with a global funds provider, with the remainder spent in practice with another Irish law firm where he was a senior partner in the asset management and investment funds unit. Cormac is a former Chair of the Irish Funds Legal and Regulatory Specialist Group, and a member of the European Fund and Asset Management Association Legal Steering Group. He is also a past Chair of the Irish Funds UCITS Regulation and Innovation Working Group, a past Chair of the Irish Funds Marketing Working Group, a past member of the Irish Funds Trustee Working Group and Irish Funds Brexit Working Group. · Arthur Cox LLP

IrelandInvestment Funds, Asset Management

About

Cormac Commins is a Partner in Arthur Cox LLP’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Group in Ireland, specialising in the establishment and operation of regulated investment funds and advising on the regulatory obligations of fund service providers. He has over 30 years' experience in the funds industry and has held multiple leadership roles in Irish Funds and is a member of the European Fund and Asset Management Association Legal Steering Group.

Practice areas

Investment FundsAsset ManagementFinancial Services Regulation

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Expertise

Fund EstablishmentFund OperationsUCITS RegulationFund Service Providers (management companies, administrators, depositories)Fund MarketingFund GovernanceBrexit-related funds issuesIndustry association leadership

Education

  • BCL, 1991, University College Dublin
  • Dip. Business Studies, 1995, University College Dublin

Admissions

  • Law Society of Ireland