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Elizabeth Grace

Liz Grace is a partner at Matheson with a background in financial services law. Liz was appointed communications strategy director at the firm in 2016. Liz’s background in investment funds law stems from several years of practice in the area, working from early on in her career in 2000 with Matheson’s global asset management client base in the establishment, operation and re-structuring of Irish domiciled investment funds. Following on from that, she established the first dedicated knowledge management function at practice level with the Asset Management and Investment Funds team in Matheson, focussing on the law and regulation of investment funds and asset managers, in particular in relation to emerging European and Irish legal and regulatory developments affecting asset managers and investment funds. In 2012, Liz wrote the first university Funds Law syllabus in Ireland for Maynooth University. Liz’s postgraduate qualifications include a master’s degree in law from Oxford University. · Matheson LLP

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About

Liz Grace is a partner at Matheson and serves as the firm's Director of Communications Strategy, a role she was appointed to in 2016. She has practised in investment funds and asset management since 2000 — establishing Matheson's Asset Management and Investment Funds knowledge management function, working on the establishment, operation and restructuring of Irish-domiciled funds, and authoring Ireland's first university Funds Law syllabus (Maynooth University, 2012); she holds a master's degree in law from Oxford University.

Practice areas

Investment FundsAsset ManagementFinancial ServicesRegulatory

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Expertise

Investment funds lawAsset managementFunds establishment and restructuringKnowledge managementIrish and European financial services regulation

Education

  • Oxford University (Master’s Degree in Law, BCL)
  • Trinity College Dublin (LLB)
  • University College Dublin (Diploma in Financial Services Law)
  • Harvard University (Micro-economics, Harvard Summer School)