The two leading cross-border investment fund and investment management entity domiciles in the European Union (EU) are Ireland and Luxembourg and our Irish and Luxembourg lawyers specialise in EU regulated investment fund products of all types, including mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, loan originator funds, debt funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds, managed account platforms, master-feeder funds, fund of funds, ETFs, money market funds and various hybrid structures.
The EU investment funds market is one of the largest and most sophisticated in the world. The two leading cross-border investment fund and investment management entity domiciles in the European Union are Ireland and Luxembourg. Our teams in these jurisdictions comprise some of the best lawyers and legal professionals in Europe.
We advise on UCITS (both traditional and alternative strategies) and AIFs (both qualifying investor AIFs (QIAIFs, SIFs, SICARs and RAIFs) and retail investor AIFs (RIAIFs and Part II funds)), we also advise on the distribution of these funds through the Maples Group’s Global Registration Services.
These regulatory categories can be adapted to fit almost any investment strategy and there are a wide variety of legal structures available:
