Gayle Bowen

Advised a large UK-based asset manager on obtaining fund management company licence with add on MiFID permissions to manage €150bn AUM.  Largest post-Brexit licence received by the Central Bank

Advised a large UK-based asset manager on obtaining fund management company licence with add on MiFID permissions to manage €130bn AUM. Second largest post-Brexit licence received by the Central Bank

Advised a provider of asset management services on the first ever specialised /real asset depositary license from the Central Bank

Advised a large Scottish manager on the restructuring of their MiFID licence into a Fund Management Company licence with MiFID add-on permissions

Advised a large Swiss private wealth manager on the cross-border merger of 22 sub-funds between Luxembourg and Ireland

Advised Dutch asset manager on investing into lending platforms via Irish ICAV structure and pursuing a credit/debt strategy

Advised a large UK asset manager on SFDR compliance in relation to their Irish UCITS funds, which invest in companies based on their resource efficient factor, which measures companies based on their energy and water efficiency

Advised an Australian-based investment manager on setting up their Irish UCITS fund which invests in companies based on their diversity and inclusion policies. This was the first Irish UCITS fund that the Central Bank permitted to operate a donation account, which investors could use to elect to donate any divident payments into a charities that promote and enable young girls

Advised a UK-based manager on the establishment of an Irish QIAIF which invests globally into liquid, regulated carbon markets or Emission Trading Systems (ETS), to generate absolute returns with a low correlation plus a direct impact on climate change