Shane Kennedy

Shane is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department. He practices financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset managers carrying on business through Irish fund vehicles (ICAVs, investment companies, unit trusts, CCFs and ILPs) and Irish domiciled management companies. Shane has extensive experience advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of both UCITS and alternative investment funds in Ireland across the full range of investment strategies and asset classes. Shane has completed secondments with two of the world’s largest asset managers in both Dublin and London. Shane is a Mindful Business Charter champion within the firm. · Matheson LLP

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Shane Kennedy is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department at Matheson LLP in Ireland, specialising in financial services law and advising leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset managers on Irish fund vehicles. He has extensive experience structuring, establishing, marketing and selling UCITS and alternative investment funds and has completed secondments with major asset managers in Dublin and London.

Practice areas

Asset ManagementInvestment FundsFinancial Services

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Matheson LLP · Shane is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department. He practices financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset managers carrying on business through Irish fund vehicles (ICAVs, investment companies, unit trusts, CCFs and ILPs) and Irish domiciled management companies. Shane has extensive experience advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of both UCITS and alternative investment funds in Ireland across the full range of investment strategies and asset classes. Shane has completed secondments with two of the world’s largest asset managers in both Dublin and London. Shane is a Mindful Business Charter champion within the firm.

Ireland

Expertise

Irish fund vehicles (ICAVs, investment companies, unit trusts, CCFs, ILPs)UCITSAlternative investment fundsFund structuring and establishmentFund distribution and marketingIrish-domiciled management companies

Education

Clongowes Wood College: 2002-2008
University College Dublin: 2008-2012
University of California, Davis: 2010-2011
Law Society of Ireland: 2013-2015

Admissions

Law Society of Ireland