Dillon Eustace

Managing Partner: Donnacha O’Connor

Number of partners: 39

Number of lawyers: 44

Languages: English, French, German, Italian

Firm Overview

Dillon Eustace is one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms focusing on asset management and investment funds, banking and capital markets, corporate and M&A, employment, litigation and dispute resolution, financial regulation, real estate, restructuring and insolvency and taxation. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the firm’s international practice has seen it establish offices in Tokyo (2000), New York (2009) and the Cayman Islands (2012). The firm has developed a dynamic team of lawyers representing international and domestic clients, asset managers, investment fund promoters, insurers, banks, corporates, government and supranational bodies as well as media, insurance companies, aviation, maritime industry participants and real estate investors and developers.

Main Areas of Practice

Asset Management and Investment Funds:

From Dublin and Cayman, the asset management and investment funds practice serves clients across a whole range of activities, including:

■ Fund Establishment

■ Regulatory and Compliance Advice

■ Derivatives

■ Investment Services

■ Insurance

■ Fund Marketing

Key Clients: Asset managers, insurers, retail and investment banks, prime brokers, broker/dealers, funds service providers and investors. Through its international offices Dillon Eustace is a leading adviser to the international asset management community, building off its Irish base.

Contact (Dublin): Etain de Valera

Email: [email protected]

Contact (Cayman): Jonathan Law

Email:[email protected]

Banking & Capital Markets:

The banking and capital markets practice advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions and other clients on a full range of banking and capital markets work including:

■ Capital Markets & Derivatives

■ Commercial Property Finance

■ Corporate & General Banking

■ Distressed Assets/Bank Deleveraging

■ Securitisation & Structured Finance

■ Specialist Debt Listing

■ Asset Finance & Leasing

Contact: Mark Thorne

Email: [email protected]

Corporate and M&A:

The corporate and M&A practice advises both domestic and international clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law providing clients with innovative but practical solutions throughout the lifecycle of the client’s business, including:

■ Mergers and Acquisitions

■ Reorganisations and Restructurings

■ Corporate and other business structures

■ Intellectual property rights

■ EU and competition law

Contact: Adrian Benson

Email: [email protected]

Employment:

The employment group advises domestic and international clients on all issues arising from the employment relationship including employment contracts, handbooks, termination issues and employment policies as well as strategic issues arising in the context of M&A activity including TUPE, redundancies and industrial relations.

Contact: David Kavanagh

Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Dispute Resolution:

The litigation and dispute resolution team has a well-established and highly regarded practice covering a variety of areas including:

■ Financial Services & Securities Litigation

■ Commercial Litigation

■ Insurance – professional indemnity and personal injuries defence

■ Insolvency & Recovery

■ Product Liability

■ Aviation

■ Admiralty, Maritime & Transport

■ Media & Entertainment

■ Regulatory Investigations

■ Healthcare Disputes

■ Alternative Dispute Resolution

■ Asset Recovery & Fraud

Key Clients: The firm’s clients include some of the leading global banks, financial institutions, insurers, product manufacturers, airlines, media organisations and public companies.

Contact: Paul Breen

Email: [email protected]

Contact: John O’Riordan

Email: [email protected]

Financial Regulation:

The financial regulation team provides regulatory advice and support to the firm’s financial services clients, including on their most sensitive and complex regulatory issues. The team has extensive experience assisting clients with:

■ licensing applications and regulatory perimeter issues

■ conduct of business requirements, including MiFID, payments and e-money, consumer protection, etc.

■ non-bank consumer lending

■ capital requirements

■ fitness and probity and senior executive accountability

■ anti-money laundering

■ regulatory investigations and enforcement

■ acquiring transaction notifications

■ compliance risk management

■ data protection and information management

Clients include international banks, asset managers, payment and e-money institutions, insurers, trading platforms, and crypto-asset service providers.

Contact: Keith Waine

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:

The real estate practice represents a diverse range of clients, including private equity, pension and real estate investment funds, developers, retailers, institutional investors and financial institutions across all areas of real estate law, including:

■ Acquisition and sale of investment properties

■ Complex commercial conveyancing and title remediation

■ Property development and construction

■ Multi-family investment/PRS deals

■ Commercial leasing and landlord and tenant law matters

■ Property finance

■ Distressed Asset Disposals/Bank Deleveraging

■ Loan portfolio sales

■ Advising on landlord and tenant matters

■ Social and affordable housing

The firm also provides, on a cross-disciplinary basis, specialised advices on establishing real estate investment vehicles (including QIAIFs and ICAVs) for the acquisition of investment properties.

Contact: Martin Colman

Email: [email protected]

Restructuring and Insolvency:

Our Restructuring and Insolvency team works with a range of stakeholders on all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency to find practical solutions to challenging financial and business scenarios.

We advise leading insolvency practitioners, major accountancy firms, domestic and foreign banks, NAMA, loan servicers and NPL funds on a regular basis. We also advise companies, creditors, shareholders and company directors on all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency. Our extensive expertise in national and cross-border insolvency matters includes examinerships, receiverships, liquidations (voluntary and involuntary), scheme of arrangements, SCARPs and bankruptcies.

Our services include advising insolvency practitioners on all aspects of their appointments, with particular expertise in acting for them before the Superior Courts. We also advise company directors on matters such as reckless trading, fraudulent trading, misfeasance and restriction or disqualification. We act for shareholders in exercising their legal rights against companies or directors who have engaged in wrongful conduct or minority oppression. We have significant experience in advising domestic and foreign secured creditors on their security enforcement and distressed asset recovery. We offer a team of specialists selected to meet the needs of each situation.

Contact: Jamie Ensor

Email: [email protected]

Taxation:

The tax practice is multi-disciplinary and is comprised of a combination of tax, legal and accounting professionals providing a comprehensive range of tax services to domestic and international clients across all areas of international financial services in particular in the areas of:

■ Asset Management & Investment Funds

■ Securitisation & Structured Finance

■ Private Equity

■ Property acquisition structuring

■ Mergers and acquisitions

■ Indirect taxes

■ FATCA, CRS and DAC6 reporting

■ Holding Companies Cross border transactions are conducted in conjunction with tax counsel in other jurisdictions based on extensive relationships built up over many years.

Contact: David Lawless

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Richard Lacken

Email: [email protected]

International Work

Dillon Eustace has a significant domestic practice, though the major focus of the firm to date has been on international work for leading US, UK, Continental European and Asian financial services groups, finance houses, asset managers, banks, and insurers as well as an increasing client base in the Middle East, South Africa and Australia.